Digital BW, The Print

Now have a more specific idea about this problem.  The issue appears 
to be a conflict in the 2200 RIP and the epson driver/software for 
my second, general printer, an Epson 777. 

With a number of system restores and trial and error I find the 
following:

If I never install the 777, all works.  

If I install it (777, driver from Windows XP) but never print with 
it, all works.  

If I install it (the 777, and always after the 2200 driver (the 
older version even though I downloaded it Friday) and then the 2200 
RIP), use it but do not restart the computer the RIP still works 

HOWEVER, if I then restart the computer after doint the above, the 
RIP has the fading , trailing edge issue again (now easily tested 
for by sending the printer a windows test page and seeing the last 
lines fading off).  

It appears the 777, once installed and used, rewrites somthing that 
on restartup takes the place of somthing used by the RIP.

I then bagged the 777 and used a C42UX stolen from my son's room to 
be the general printer and all works, all the time (so far).

I do like the output of the RIP but there are some asthetic 
adjustments in the prints I would like to try.  This will be easier 
with the silly thing working.

BTW does anyone using the RIP know how to have it keep the settings 
(paper choice, DPI, etc.) or do I just need to reset these each time 
I open the server?

Hope this invistigation helps someone who may have a similar problem 
with the RIP (Windows XP Home, prints sent to the RIP server from 
PS7 as standard PS files).

Robert






--- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "robert_ardinger" 
<rardinger@k...> wrote:
> I thnk I've got it. 
> 
> My problem was that the trailing edge of the image was not being 
> printed well. After processing through the suggestions I received 
I 
> thought it might be some buffer/spool somewhere was not being 
large 
> enough. I searched and could not find how to change it. I thought 
> that probably it might be a common epson thing so in frustration 
> removed all my epson software and installed things back one at a 
> time with the RIP being second (after the 2200 driver) and it 
> worked. I put back my second printer (777) and the scanner (3200), 
> they worked and the RIP still worked. Right now I am a happy 
camper. 
> The B&W are the best I have done. I tried a dedicated ink system 
for 
> an older 870 epson and those were good, these are better. 
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> > "robert_ardinger" 
> > <rardinger@k...> wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > > 
> > > I have been reading the group for awhile and recently joined.  
I 
> > > have a question I am puzzled over.
> > > 
> > > I am using the Epson 2200 printer, Matte black ink, PS7, WinXP
> > home, 
> > > 2.4 ghz, 1 gb ram. I have no problem using the Epson dirver 
for 
> > > color and have learned (from this group) a "workflow" that 
> prints 
> > > very nice Black and White orints with only a hint of 
metamersim. 
> > To 
> > > improve matters I bought the Epson Stylus 2200 RIP and after a 
> few 
> > > false starts got it to produce very nice black and white 
> images.  
> > > The only problem is that no matter what my settings, the 
> trailing 
> > > edge (last out of the printer) has about a near 1/4 inch fade 
to
> > it, 
> > > like the printer just slowly stopped using some of the ink.
> > > 
> > > you can see the problem at:
> > > 
> > > http://home.kc.rr.com/rardinger/fading.jpg
> > > 
> > > These are scans of parts of two pictures, one with the RIP the
> > other 
> > > without.  (the one without does not look that magenta in 
person 
> but 
> > > does shift to a slight magenta underdifferent light.
> > > 
> > > I have gone through the settings on the RIP and think it is 
close
> > to 
> > > correct for a good B&W image but I cannot shake the fading off 
> at 
> > > the end of the print. If I flip the image it happens to the 
> other 
> > > side (the trailing edge that was once the leading edge).
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance for the help.
> > > 
> > > Robert