Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody" 
<moodymz3@y...> wrote:
> It prints, but it's all wrong.  The image appears to have different 
scales
> and shifts.
> I'll call Steve, but it looks like the driver is not finished.  I 
tried all
> the resolutions.
> 
> I believe I have a good grasp on what to do, in part due to 
figuring out how
> to make curves in QTR.  I could see how someone who never set ink 
limits and
> calibrated a printer would be lost with this software.
> 
> John

Sounds a little like you are printing the ink reduction image, which 
for the most part, you can skip and just set the saturation at about 
60 or 65 (general tab, output settings). Your limits shouldn't be set 
yet. Now when you go to file --> linearize, move over and select the 
type of chart size (i1, normal, etc.) Then file --> linearize --> 
print 6, 18, or 52 chart you should get the normal step gradiant that 
you're expecting. If you get something other than the steps, there is 
really something wrong, as that's a core process, and the same for 
every printer. If you print the variable dots charts, then things 
might be different, I never use those charts, and just keep my 
machine on micro-dot.

Did Steve give you an idea when he might be able to finish the driver 
for the 2200? And if your prints are starting with 2 lines of text 
that go something like:

284.4
@EJL

Then an error is being generated, and who knows what the printer will 
do with the rest of the incoming data.