Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mike Finley <ekng532@f...> 
wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:57:18 -0000, "John Houghton"
> <j.houghton@n...> wrote:
> 
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> >Odd artifacts found on the left hand side of a centered print (as 
> >viewed emerging from the 2100 printer) when using 13"x19" paper.  
> >Doesn't happen on A3 size.  The image is 2400x3182 at 240ppi = 
> >10"x13.26", and its perimeter is stroked with black to give an 8 
> >pixel border.  A photograph of part of the left border of the image 
> >on the print can be seen at:
> >
> >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.houghton/artifact.jpg
> >
> >This is a narrow image and needs to be viewed at 100% to see the 
> >rogue printer dots clearly (on both sides of the black border line).  
> >The artifacts appear on images of various sizes, not necessarily 
> >centered.  They appear in blocks along the whole length of just that 
> >side of the image and affect every print to 13x19 paper. They can be 
> >prevented by either adding a small extra white border to the image or 
> >defining a slightly smaller custom paper size.
> >
> >Using QTRGui 2.1.5 and QTRPC 2.1b on WinXP Home. 
> >
> >Is this unique to my system, or has anybody else come across this?
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >
> 
> I see something similar on my system, QTR PC 2.1e, Epson 1160, and all
> paper sizes. A white border doesn't help though.
> 
> mike
> Mike Finley, http://www.efikim.co.uk

This is indeed weird.  I haven't yet duplicated it on my system
but I have some more things to try.   I'd certainly like to get to the bottom
of it.  

Roy