Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"murph278 <maybeck@a...>" <maybeck@a...> wrote:
> Thanks Roy - tried this as well, and it still did not work.  Your 
system sounds really cool.  I noticed that the driver did not save 
all the settings after I changed and saved them, so maybe I just 
assumed they were set correctly when I printed.  I'll try 
again...thanks..
> 
> -Murph
> 

Hi Murph,

I've been working with Charles and there's two problems that
need to be fixed.  Here's the fixes:

1) One of OS X's programs is using an old version of the PPD.

This is how to fix that:

Go to PrintCenter, select the quadtone printer you're using,
now under the Printers command at the top is a Show Info, run 
that.
There's a pull down, select Printer Model.  That should display 
another
pull down with the long nickname for the printer.  The long 
nickname
should have "Quad Tone" at the end.  If not, just click the Apply 
Changes
button on the bottom.  It should immediately reload the PPD file 
and
you should see Quad Tone added to the end.

2) One of the programs lost execute permission.

This is how to fix this:

You need to run Terminal found in Applications>Utilities

first to look at permissions, type (actually cut & paste is safest):

ls -l /usr/libexec/cups/filter/quadrastertoprinter

if the output starts with -rw-r--r-- we've somehow lost the execute 
permission, it should be -rwxr-xr-x  (the 3 x's are needed).

to fix it:

sudo chmod +x /usr/libexec/cups/filter/quadrastertoprinter

similarly, look at:

ls -l /usr/local/bin/quadraster

if there's no x's, fix it with:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/quadraster


BTW, you probably know this but the sudo command will ask for 
your
password.

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At this point you should be able to print.  I'm currently working
with Charles to make the curves better, since I don't have
the 1280 printer.  

As soon as we get some better curves I'll redo the distribution.

Thanks,
Roy