Digital BW, The Print

Try the following (which I am probably going to add to the QTRgui help._

Click on the START button on the task bar. Select the RUN option. this will
open a COMMAND window. In this window type net share. This will show all the
shared resources on your computer. The share name of the printer you intend
to use with QuadToneRIP should be listed. 

Now type Set Computername. This should show you the name for your computer.
Your printer will be accessed by the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name
\\<computer name>\<Share Name> (where <Computer Name> is the name you found
from the Set Computername command above and <Share Name> is the share name
listed in the Net share command above. 

Now type DIR \\<Computername>\C$. If you saw your printer in the share list
and you see your C drive directory, then QTR should work using the UNC name
above . 

You can further test the printer by the following: From the Printers and
Faxes window (Click START then click Printers And Faxes) double click on
your printer icon. This will bring up a window showing the printer's
documents queue. From your COMMAND window type Copy Con: "<UNC for your
printer>". Now type DIR several times. You should see a document show up in
the printer queue. Hold down the Ctrl key and type the letter Z. This will
end the copy command. The document in the printer queue will go away. Your
printer may not actually print anything, since this process does not
necessarily send the proper printer control codes. However, if the document
shows up in the printer queue, things are working. 

-Stephen
 www.sbillard.org/Stephen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Unger [mailto:ungram@...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:08 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Print Server - Was: QTR - GUI Problems...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> After reading this posting it appears that my problem is that QTR 
> doesn't run.  I can print from Photoshop; when I ran "net share" I 
> got a response as below #2. My loopback adapter is recognized by the 
> Device Manager.  My printer sharing appears to be correctly set up.  
> I have XP Home. 
> 
> When I installed QTR it set up 2 application files in Bin, 
> Imagetoraster and Quadtoprinter and the Quadtoneprint batch file.  
> Clicking on the first two result in a quick flash on the screen 
> without a actually opening anything.  The batchfile doesn't open the 
> program.  I don't seem to have a way to open the program.
> 
> QTRGui does open and recognizes my printer sharing.  However, when I 
> click "print" the 4000 is not accessed.  The QTRGUILOG shows only 
> the choices that I made to print and then "pause."  The QTRLOG1 is 
> accessed, but no entry is made.  Even though "Debug" was selected no 
> Debug Log is created.  In fact, there is no QTRLOG2 in the QTR 
> folder. 
> 
> How do you run QTR itself?  Am I missing some file in spite of 
> having run and re-run the QTR installation?   
> 
> --- In 
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "richard_h95050" 
> <richardh@j...> wrote:
> > 
> > Steve,
> > 
> > Michael's got you pointed in the right direction here. You need to 
> > break things down into simple pieces because the QTR/GUI isn't a
> real
> > complicated duo. Two things:
> > 
> > 1. In case I missed it in an earlier part of your thread, have you 
> > tried running QTR without the GUI? You're dealing with two programs 
> > here and it would be good to isolate the problem -- Roy has pretty 
> > clear directions on how to run QTR "raw"
> > 
> > 2. When you run "net share" from the command prompt like Michael 
> > suggests, do you also see both your printer and a line that reads 
> > something like "print$ C:\WINNT\systema32\spool\drivers"?
> > 
> > Depending on whether that line is present and if you're spooling
> your
> > output or sending RAW data to the printer may play a part in your 
> > problem -- Roy and/or Steve can fill you in more on how their 
> > respective code deals with the Win2K print spooler.
> > 
> > If you can print from Photoshop (or any other app) to your printer
> and
> > you're not using a print server, the firewall is a non-issue as 
> > Michael suggests. However, do you have any security software of any 
> > sort running on your machine? Are you logged in as and have you 
> > installed all the software in this loop (including your printer 
> > drivers, QTR and GUI with Admin privileges or as the same user?
> > 
> > And again, in case I missed it, you are networked on the machine 
> > you're printing from or have a loopback adapter installed, right?
> And
> > since you're using USB, you've checked for any port mismatches that 
> > may have been introduced when you set up your printer share, yes?
> > 
> > Michael -- FYI I've got about 30+ feet between my 9600 and my
> editing
> > machine. It's a tad over "spec" but I am using a good heavy cable
> with
> > ferrite cores, so I haven't had a bit of trouble with the distance
> for
> > either my 9600 or 7000. Also, you can always drop a good powered
> hub
> > or repeater in the line if noise is an issue, go ethernet, or if
> your
> > network is wireless, the USB wireless adapters are getting very 
> > inexpensive. Distance should be no problem for you...
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > Richard
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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