Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lambonick" 
<BMWNick@i...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lambonick"
> <BMWNick@i...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > I'm confounded.
> > 
> > QTR works just fine on my Mac, but I need to use the Windows 
version
> > as well. I d'loaded the Win version, plus QTRgui, but it won't 
print
> > properly. The resulting images are stretched horizontally, so that
> 1/3 of the original 
> image
> > fills the space that the entire image should have. There is also
> severe banding, and very 
> > flat contrast - a much too dark print. This does not occur using
> the Epson driver.
> > 
> > I'm using an 8bit PS file converted to tiff for printing, not yet
> > using the new Lab profiles, and I'm on XP.
> > 
> > I've tried:
> > 
> > 1. Updating the printer firmware
> > 2. Printing at 1440, 1440 Super, and 2880
> > 3. Rotating the originally horizontal image to a vertical
> > 4. USB and FireWire
> > 
> > None of this makes any difference.
> > 
> > Help!
> 
> Bump.


I know you say youre using 8bit, but I have this repeatedly with any 
16bit image, they come out completely grainy and stretched lengthways 
by a huge amount.  Just an idea but are you sure the images were 
8bit....?
Steve