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QTR & Linux Distros

2004-07-12 by Roger L Sopher

I've had a strange phenomenon occur when trying to get QTR up and going for
my 2200. It just won't go... but when I use my 860 it prints like a
champion. That has occurred with Fedora, Mandrake 10 and SuSe 9.2 When I
revert back to RedHat 9 it works.  My preference would be to use a distro
that is supported rather than the now defunct RedHat 9. 

The problem seems like it may be in the filter which quad.convs will fix
with RH 9.0 but it doesn't seem to do it with the newer distros.

Is anyone successfully using a 2200, QTR and one of the newer distros of
Linux? My Linux box is a MSI Nvidia motherboard, Athlon processor and 1.5
gig of dram. 

My old Mac Beige desktop G3 works well, if slow, but is pretty much at the
end of its life cycle. Linux and my 860 are a dynamite combination and
blazingly fast. BUT I do need to get the 2200 up.  

Roger

Roger L Sopher
rlsopher@...
http:\\deCorrales.com



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Re: QTR & Linux Distros

2004-07-12 by Roy Harrington

Hi Roger,

What are the symptoms of the problem? 
It would be best to email me the errors and also the last page
of the gimp errorlog.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roger L Sopher" 
<rlsopher@c...> wrote:
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> I've had a strange phenomenon occur when trying to get QTR up and going for
> my 2200. It just won't go... but when I use my 860 it prints like a
> champion. That has occurred with Fedora, Mandrake 10 and SuSe 9.2 When I
> revert back to RedHat 9 it works.  My preference would be to use a distro
> that is supported rather than the now defunct RedHat 9. 
> 
> The problem seems like it may be in the filter which quad.convs will fix
> with RH 9.0 but it doesn't seem to do it with the newer distros.
> 
> Is anyone successfully using a 2200, QTR and one of the newer distros of
> Linux? My Linux box is a MSI Nvidia motherboard, Athlon processor and 1.5
> gig of dram. 
> 
> My old Mac Beige desktop G3 works well, if slow, but is pretty much at the
> end of its life cycle. Linux and my 860 are a dynamite combination and
> blazingly fast. BUT I do need to get the 2200 up.  
> 
> Roger
> 
> Roger L Sopher
> rlsopher@d...
> http:\\deCorrales.com
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

RE: [Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros

2004-07-12 by Roger L Sopher

Hi Roy,

I'll load up one of the Linux versions (probably Fedora) as a clean new
install and make a run. I should be able to get you the error log in a day
or two. I thought I had all this in my notes but I probably tossed it in a
fit of house keeping. My desk doesn't reflect it but the pile has to be kept
to a reasonable height :-)

Briefly what happens is that QTR  processes the image, sends it to the print
queue and then it just bails out without printing. This is the same behavior
we saw earlier in the game with RH 9 that Dave Wroblewski's quad.convs
fixed. That similarity is what makes me think the problem might be in the
filter. I tried using quad.convs and when it didn't work pulled that and
then  I modified the filter settings directly so that the sum would force it
to use the proper sequence. That didn't work either.  With Fedora I could
print with the 860 (since sent to printer heaven...) but not the 2200. There
seems to be a change in the way gimp-print functions in the newer rpm based
distros???? I haven't tried one of the debian based distros. Using the 2200
ppd from gimp-print it will print without a problem but, of course, lacks
the QTR features.

This is more of an intellectual challenge since I can print with my old Mac
albeit a bit slower and for a few bucks I can pick up a G4 dual 533 that
will not have the limitations of the old Beige Box. On the other hand, Linux
is becoming more mature with every iteration and for many purposes is easily
the equal of Windows and is far more stable and much less prone to attack by
idiot script kiddies. Since by using CrossOver one can use the windows
version of photoshop within Linux it makes a killer printing system. But...
I am not enough of a Unix/Linux maven to dig out the problem.

Roger
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Roy Harrington [mailto:roy@...]
  Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:43 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros



  Hi Roger,

  What are the symptoms of the problem?
  It would be best to email me the errors and also the last page
  of the gimp errorlog.

  Roy



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Re: QTR & Linux Distros-Any Word on a Windows Version?

2004-07-12 by Tom Husband

I came close to getting Redhat 9 working with QTR but had to put it 
aside after many attempts.  I'm sure my problem was lack of Linux 
experience.  Any word on a Windows version?  I bet it would be very 
popular.

Tom

QTR-Any Word on a Windows Version? Nevermind.

2004-07-12 by Tom Husband

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband" 
<thusband@s...> wrote:
> I came close to getting Redhat 9 working with QTR but had to put it 
> aside after many attempts.  I'm sure my problem was lack of Linux 
> experience.  Any word on a Windows version?  I bet it would be very 
> popular.
> 
> Tom

My apoligies.  I should look before I leap.  Wonderful news, Roy.  I 
most certainly will be interested.

Tom

[Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros

2004-07-12 by Roy Harrington

Hi Roger,

At the risk of jumping the gun on a diagnosis, one problem that has shown
up is a roll/sheet paper inconsistency.  If you edit the PPD file and remove
the 7 line section referring to InputSlot you might solve the problem.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roger L Sopher" <rlsopher@c...> 
wrote:
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> Hi Roy,
> 
> I'll load up one of the Linux versions (probably Fedora) as a clean new
> install and make a run. I should be able to get you the error log in a day
> or two. I thought I had all this in my notes but I probably tossed it in a
> fit of house keeping. My desk doesn't reflect it but the pile has to be kept
> to a reasonable height :-)
> 
> Briefly what happens is that QTR  processes the image, sends it to the print
> queue and then it just bails out without printing. This is the same behavior
> we saw earlier in the game with RH 9 that Dave Wroblewski's quad.convs
> fixed. That similarity is what makes me think the problem might be in the
> filter. I tried using quad.convs and when it didn't work pulled that and
> then  I modified the filter settings directly so that the sum would force it
> to use the proper sequence. That didn't work either.  With Fedora I could
> print with the 860 (since sent to printer heaven...) but not the 2200. There
> seems to be a change in the way gimp-print functions in the newer rpm based
> distros???? I haven't tried one of the debian based distros. Using the 2200
> ppd from gimp-print it will print without a problem but, of course, lacks
> the QTR features.
> 
> This is more of an intellectual challenge since I can print with my old Mac
> albeit a bit slower and for a few bucks I can pick up a G4 dual 533 that
> will not have the limitations of the old Beige Box. On the other hand, Linux
> is becoming more mature with every iteration and for many purposes is easily
> the equal of Windows and is far more stable and much less prone to attack by
> idiot script kiddies. Since by using CrossOver one can use the windows
> version of photoshop within Linux it makes a killer printing system. But...
> I am not enough of a Unix/Linux maven to dig out the problem.
> 
> Roger
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Roy Harrington [mailto:roy@h...]
>   Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:43 AM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros
> 
> 
> 
>   Hi Roger,
> 
>   What are the symptoms of the problem?
>   It would be best to email me the errors and also the last page
>   of the gimp errorlog.
> 
>   Roy
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

RE: [Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros

2004-07-12 by Roger L Sopher

Aha! I'll give it a shot

Roger
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Roy Harrington [mailto:roy@...]
  Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:30 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros


  Hi Roger,

  At the risk of jumping the gun on a diagnosis, one problem that has shown
  up is a roll/sheet paper inconsistency.  If you edit the PPD file and
remove
  the 7 line section referring to InputSlot you might solve the problem.

  Roy

  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roger L Sopher"
<rlsopher@c...>
  wrote:
  > Hi Roy,
  >
  > I'll load up one of the Linux versions (probably Fedora) as a clean new
  > install and make a run. I should be able to get you the error log in a
day
  > or two. I thought I had all this in my notes but I probably tossed it in
a
  > fit of house keeping. My desk doesn't reflect it but the pile has to be
kept
  > to a reasonable height :-)
  >
  > Briefly what happens is that QTR  processes the image, sends it to the
print
  > queue and then it just bails out without printing. This is the same
behavior
  > we saw earlier in the game with RH 9 that Dave Wroblewski's quad.convs
  > fixed. That similarity is what makes me think the problem might be in
the
  > filter. I tried using quad.convs and when it didn't work pulled that and
  > then  I modified the filter settings directly so that the sum would
force it
  > to use the proper sequence. That didn't work either.  With Fedora I
could
  > print with the 860 (since sent to printer heaven...) but not the 2200.
There
  > seems to be a change in the way gimp-print functions in the newer rpm
based
  > distros???? I haven't tried one of the debian based distros. Using the
2200
  > ppd from gimp-print it will print without a problem but, of course,
lacks
  > the QTR features.
  >
  > This is more of an intellectual challenge since I can print with my old
Mac
  > albeit a bit slower and for a few bucks I can pick up a G4 dual 533 that
  > will not have the limitations of the old Beige Box. On the other hand,
Linux
  > is becoming more mature with every iteration and for many purposes is
easily
  > the equal of Windows and is far more stable and much less prone to
attack by
  > idiot script kiddies. Since by using CrossOver one can use the windows
  > version of photoshop within Linux it makes a killer printing system.
But...
  > I am not enough of a Unix/Linux maven to dig out the problem.
  >
  > Roger
  >   -----Original Message-----
  >   From: Roy Harrington [mailto:roy@h...]
  >   Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:43 AM
  >   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  >   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros
  >
  >
  >
  >   Hi Roger,
  >
  >   What are the symptoms of the problem?
  >   It would be best to email me the errors and also the last page
  >   of the gimp errorlog.
  >
  >   Roy
  >
  >
  >
  > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



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