Digital BW, The Print

Hi all,

>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. 

YES IT IS ...

> 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 . 

NO  see below ... 
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>DIR \\STEVEBRINK01\C$
The network path was not found.

Thanks for the help!
SteveB

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen 
Billard" <stephen@s...> wrote:
> 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@f...] 
> > 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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