Digital BW, The Print

Hi Colin - I don't get this entirely.  I have two 1290 printers 
running on one machine, and a third through my home network onto 
another machine (all on USB both PCs running XP pro).  I only have 
one of these printers using the 1280 driver.  You must not have the 
Status Monitor installed.
In the printers advanced setting tab, you can choose the driver for 
each printer.  Providing you have both sets of software installed, 
this should be switchable.  Did you re-install the 1290 printer 
software first and THEN upgrade to the 1280 - if not, this could be 
the problem.
Otherwise, try the actual printer settings in control panel, set the 
one to use the 1290 driver and the other to use the 1280 driver.  

Let me know how you get on.

Steve


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "colingruk" 
<colin.conway@b...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Gareth" 
> <g.loc@o...> wrote:
> > I have done same printing onto EAM using four permutations - NCA, 
> > Colour Adjust-Auto, 1280 and 1290.  The results can be seen at 
> > http://www.imagesoflife.co.uk/full-analysis.jpg 
> 
> 
> I suffered - yet another -  crash on my Win2k system (HDD 
containing 
> system and program files only)  last week and colleagues got me 
back 
> on track.  However loads of files were lost/corrupted.  
> 
> {As an aside that may be useful to some, I like a print to have 
wider 
> margins at the bottom than at the top and so use many custom print 
> sizes.  I did not know where to find these settings and Epson UK 
> advised that the "Custom Paper Size File extension … can be
> found 
> under the following path:
> D:\Program files\EPSON\EPSON stylus ( printer model )
> ( Where D is the drive where Windows 2000 is installed ) 
> An example of the file that may be within the folder is 
> E_DD02JE.UCF. "] 
> 
> To get to the point!
> 
> As no printers were available and all had to be reinstalled,  I 
> decided to load first one 1290 with UT2 on continuous flow using 
the 
> conventional printer port so that I could subsequently load the 
other 
> 1290, which uses a continuous flow with colour inks, and not get 
the 
> printers confused in Win 2k.
> 
> The 1280 on 1290 loading process failed to install many of files, 
> many of which appear to be printer monitor GIF files.  Every time I 
> switch the printer on it asks for "xxx..dll"'s and the rest,
> so I 
> cancel the operation.  Bit of a pain but the printer works.  Maybe 
> they are files for the status monitor?
> 
> I used Pettit's 100 step wedge (modified so that all adjacent
> tones 
> are adjacent when printed).  They looked good to me although there 
> are clear steps in two or three places, differing depending on the 
> curves used.
> 
> I did some prints and am very pleased.  For a recent birthday, 
> colleagues bought me book of photos taken by Edward List (Magnum) 
in 
> the thirties of ancient Greek monuments.  They have a lovely burnt 
> umber/chocolate hue.  I found the dark sepia on EEM too rich for my 
> taste and just played about.  I have the curves as an action and 
> found, after a bit of fiddling, that > edit > fade 50% was very 
close 
> to what I wanted for one image, and this was even better when done 
on 
> Photorag.  I also like the carbon curves, but am experiencing some 
> roller issues. This may be because of using the printer port, which 
> is painfully slow.
> 
> In conclusion I'm thrilled and eagerly await the promised 1290 
> curves, Paul, when you have time, or, alternatively, advice on how 
to 
> have two 1290 printers operating using USB through the same hub as 
> before, but one using the 1280 and the other the 1290 printer 
systems.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Colin