Re: speaking of printers...
OH, this sounds contradictory--sorry for wasting e-particles, but I gave away MY computer and all I have left at home is this s--ta-s piece of work that was my husband's, a cheap Gateway laptop $600 thing...so I do have a PC to test the printer with, just no Photoshop on it. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "zphoto@montana.net" <zphoto@montana.net> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: speaking of printers... Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:45:24 -0700 >Thanks, Keith, for all the advice, >It is photo black. It is the same print/file printed with a >windows and a mac both, same printer, same everything >except printer driver/platform. > >What happens with the Mac is that it prints...weird...like >the printer driver is not making all nozzles fire. But no >problem with this on the PC! But I will print a nozzle >check on the Mac and PC at the same time and see if I am >correct. > >When I print out the test pattern head alignment thing, it >only prints a few spots. Again, I will do a side by side >of PC and Mac and see if my surmise is correct--that it is >not the nozzles but the driver. No problem with this >printer ever until I printed with the new driver. The old >driver of course is still on the PC. > >THAT'S also what I will do--print a nozzle check etc. from >the printer itself. Can't wait to get home and do it. > >BTW it is not just an issue of PDN negs, but ALL docs I am >printing are not working--Excel, Word, Images in Photoshop, >PDFs--everything. It is the worst buggy issue I have ever >seen in 22 years of computers. > >Unfortunately I got rid of my computer and all previous >software. When I went whole hog Mac I gave the whole kit >and caboodle away :( so there is no turning back. >Chris >----- Original Message ----- >From: Keith Schreiber <keith@jkschreiber.com> >To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca >Subject: Re: speaking of printers... >Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:20:06 -0700 > >>Hi Chris, >> >>A few comments, observations and questions: >> >>First, I looked at the images linked to in your other >>post. The one on the left looks like what my 3800 would >>do printing a text document on plain paper using Photo >>black. The one on the right, using Matte black. Which >>black do you have installed in the printer in question? >>I understand that the 2400, unlike the 3800, requires >>physically changing the cartridge to change black modes. >> >>By "sprayer thingies" I think you mean nozzles. Are you >>saying that the same printer will produce good nozzle >>checks when printed from your PC, but not from your Mac? >>What happens if you run the nozzle check from the >>printer's control panel rather than from either computer? >> >>I'm pretty sure head alignment and nozzle cleaning is >>strictly a printer issue and is independent of platform, >>though coincidence may seem to suggest otherwise. >> >>According to chatter on a few digital groups that I follow >>, both Snow Leopard and CS4 have been quite buggy with >>Epson (and other) printer drivers, especially with >>regards to color management, so it seems wise to stay >>with Leopard (or Tiger) and CS3 if possible, at least >>until Apple, Adobe, and Epson learn to play well together. >> >>I agree with other suggestions regarding QTR for making >>digital negs. Not that there is anything wrong with PDN >>but it does rely on the Epson driver which seems to be >>where the problems lie. The Mac version of QTR functions >>as a separate printer driver, bypassing the Epson >>driver. >>Good luck solving your problem and I hope this helps at >>least a little. >> >>Keith >>www.jkschreiber.com >> >> >> >>On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Christina Anderson wrote: >> >>> Wow, >>> I had said to the list I was going all Mac. Well, my >>> 2400 printer now doesn't work very well at all. Only >>> some of the heads are firing it seems. I know it is >>> not the printer, because it works normally on other >>> computers, and it works fine if I use Ultra photo mode >>in Photoshop. I uninstalled the old driver and installed >>> the downloaded new driver from the Epson site. Anyone >>> have any advice on this or experience with similar >>> inadequate printing? It wasn't only the firing of the >>> sprayer thingies (technical term) that was the issue. >>> I had to realign the heads as well. Many times. So >>caveat--if you are switching to the new Mac operating >>> system be prepared for a lot of time spent with the >>>peripheral drivers... >>> I also noticed that CS4 is a bit buggy with my 4990 >>>scanner, too. >>> Didn't realize making the permanent switch to Mac would >>> take so much time and dinkin' around. It has literally >>> taken a week or more. Chris >>
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