Digital BW, The Print

If anyone is having Gimp Print problems with USB connections, you 
should check the Source Forge.net website.  There is a new Gimp print 
USB back end that may fix your problems.  It also allows ink level 
checking for Epson printers and gives a 25% speed increase.  I am 
finding that for general printing, I am using Gimp Print over the Epson 
drivers more and more.

Question for Roy:

As I understand QuadTone RIP, the Gimp Print/Cups function is now built 
into your download package so that no separate installation of  Gimp 
Print is required.  If I update to the latest Gimp Print version, 4.7.7 
(the last before 5.0 comes out), and install the new USB back end will 
I have problems or  conflicts with Quadtone RIP?

Best regards,

David

So this will not fix the same problems when using the Epson driver? And 
exactly how would one know if they are using the Epson driver or Gimp 
in the background? I find that I get very slow printing times with OSX 
but fast with OS9 no matter how connected, USB or network.
Mark

On Aug 24, 2004, at 10:14 AM, David M. Dorn wrote:

> If anyone is having Gimp Print problems with USB connections, you
>  should check the Source Forge.net website.  There is a new Gimp print
>  USB back end that may fix your problems.  It also allows ink level
>  checking for Epson printers and gives a 25% speed increase.  I am
>  finding that for general printing, I am using Gimp Print over the 
> Epson
>  drivers more and more.
>


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Here is one that is stumping me. I have two Epson 9000s. If I do a head 
alignment pattern using the standard control panel procedure on one 
printer it prints 12 "patterns" of seven rows. If I do the same on 
other printer it only prints 6 "patterns" of seven rows. It is not a 
clogged nozzle problem, I get good nozzle checks. Is there some hidden 
feature I need to activate to get it to print 12 "patterns" of seven 
rows?

Mark