Digital BW, The Print

Peter,

Do you check the "Print Preview" box on the "Main" tab in the "Printer
Preferences" box? A preview will tell you if all of the image is being sent
to the spooler.

If the image is truncated then in  the "Printer Preferences" box under the
"Utility" tab click the "Speed & Progress" button then check the "Always
spool RAW datatype". This has eliminated a similar problem for me.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "kd7mw" <pklein@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 1:18 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Premature page eject with B&W printing


> I'm having a problem with Hextone B&W printing with my Epson 1280.
> I'm using Picture Window Pro 3.1h.  PWP supports the Roarke .ACV
> correction curves.
>
> I follow the workflow, which is to convert the 8-bit greyscale file
> to 24-bit color, apply one of Paul Roarke's color correction curves,
> and print.  The printer starts normally, but the back-and-forth
> rhythm of the print heads gets gradually slower, there are a few
> stops and starts, and then the page ejects with only about a linear
> inch or two of printing on it.  What's on the page looks fine.  I
> then have to halt printing in the driver, which is stuck at the point
> where the page halted.  I've also gotten a red circle with a slash
> through it showing on the Epson driver window where it shows an
> animated page going through the printer.
>
> I've tried this with two different greyscale files and two or three
> different curves, and I get the same result.
>
> I had this problem once previously, when I took someone's advice and
> converted a greyscale file to 24-bit color, and tried to print it
> with black ink only.  I've never had the problem with color images.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --Peter Klein
> Seattle, WA
>