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2004-09-08 by escott46
Is there any way to make a custom paper size of half a letter 5.5 X 8.5? I can do this for epson driver 2200 but when I tried it for QTR the printer spools but never prints?? It might of even locked up? Any ideas? Thanks Eric
2004-09-08 by Steve Kale
Eric please let us know whether you are using the Mac or PC version...
> From: escott46 <eric@...> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 05:16:41 -0000 > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [Digital BW] custom paper size > > Is there any way to make a custom paper size of half a letter 5.5 X 8.5? I > can > do this for epson driver 2200 but when I tried it for QTR the printer spools > but > never prints?? It might of even locked up? Any ideas? Thanks > Eric > >
2004-09-08 by escott46
Steve I am on Mac OS 10.2.6
2004-09-08 by Steve Kale
Ok - I use a Mac and 10.3.5. I use a custom paper size without any issues. With your settings problem (non sticking) have you saved a setting set and named it? I find this works fine but each time I make sure that I select the named setting (even if it was the used the last time). One piece of software I have found very useful in the past is Printer Setup Repair which you can use to repair permissions, CUPS issues etc. You might want to download it and run it through (you can get it via www.Versiontracker.com).
> From: escott46 <eric@...> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 12:30:41 -0000 > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] custom paper size > > > Steve I am on Mac OS 10.2.6 > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as > they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to > unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same > page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep > them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames. > Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the membership > without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W > printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from the > membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and > guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner and > Moderators. See ³Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines² in the Files section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT > YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE ³OWNER² AND > ³MODERATORS² OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU > FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY > DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, > USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE ³OWNER² AND ³MODERATORS² OF > DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH > DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, > THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR > TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE > DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE > DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
2004-09-08 by Mark Savoia
Steve, I looked for Printer Setup Repair on VersionTracker and do not see it, even with a search. Does it go by another name? Mark On Sep 8, 2004, at 8:41 AM, Steve Kale wrote: > Printer Setup Repair
2004-09-08 by Steve Kale
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14641 I just searched with Printer and it turned up
2004-09-08 by Carl Schofield
I ran into a problem using custom paper sizes in QTR recently and Roy told me that it is an issue with Jaguar (OS 10.2.x) and ghostscript - no problems with Panther (10.3.x) which does not use ghostscript. Also, different applications use different algorithms or pathways for printing so in some cases custom paper sizes will not work when printing through QTR from Photoshop, but printing via QTR from Apple's Preview application will work. Carl
On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at 08:30 AM, escott46 wrote: > > Steve I am on Mac OS 10.2.6 > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > resources as they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish > to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting > this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to > keep them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from > the membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be > removed from the membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and > guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group > Owner and Moderators. See “Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines” in the > Files section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE “OWNER” > AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE > LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE > LOSSES (EVEN IF THE “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT > YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), > RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, > THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF > YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD > PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER > MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
2004-09-08 by Mark Savoia
Thanks, that worked. Mark On Sep 8, 2004, at 9:11 AM, Steve Kale wrote: > http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14641 > > > I just searched with Printer and it turned up > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > resources as they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish > to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting > this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to > keep them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from > the membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be > removed from the membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and > guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group > Owner and Moderators. See �Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines� in the > Files section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE �OWNER� > AND �MODERATORS� OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE > LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE > LOSSES (EVEN IF THE� �OWNER� AND �MODERATORS� OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT > YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), > RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, > THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF > YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD > PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER > MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > <81804_0704_b_300250a.gif> > <l.gif> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > � To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/ > � > � To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > � > � Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2004-09-08 by sandersm@aol.com
I just went through this problem with Mac OS X 10.2.8, QTR and an Epson 7600, and roy and I puzzled it through via email and experimentation. The bottom line is that the custom papers sizes your create in Page Setup do not work with QTR under 10.2.x (or, at least, under 10.2.8 as installed on my Powerbook G4). I finally upgraded to OS X 10.3.5 this past weekend, and now all works as it should. As an added bonus, my 7600 prints faster now with the upgraded OS. Sanders McNew [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2004-09-08 by Carl Schofield
Yes, I just went through the same using OS 10.2.8 and QTR on a G4. However, I was able to get custom paper sizes to print with QTR via Apple's Preview application, but not with Photoshop (CS). Following was Roy's explanation of what was going on, based on the error logs I sent to him.
> Yes, that looks familiar. The error is in the pictwpstops program > (PID 506). It seems to > fail on arbitrary custom page sizes (some work, some don't). This is > a part of the OSX print > system. The print system has an elaborate way to choose which > programs get run to > process print data. So in the first example we have: > Photoshop --> pictwpstops --> pstoraster (Ghostscript) --> > quadtoneprint (QTR) --> usb > and the first program is the one that bombs. > > With Preview a different set of programs are used: > Preview --> cgpdftoraster --> quadtoneprint --> usb > Here cgpdftoraster works fine and the printing works. > > This is the way Jaguar works. Panther takes the second route in all > cases and that's why > ghostscript is not needed in Panther. I've had others run into the > same thing and as soon as > they upgrade to Panther these problems go away. I've tried to find a > way to make Jaguar > avoid the first route but wasn't able to make it work. > > I hadn't thought of using Preview to circumvent the problem, but it > looks like that is a good > temporary workaround. Since you don't get a Print Preview screen I > assume that the image > is always centered in the printable area. On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at 03:14 PM, sandersm@... wrote: > I just went through this problem with Mac OS X 10.2.8, QTR and an > Epson 7600, > and roy and I puzzled it through via email and experimentation. The > bottom > line is that the custom papers sizes your create in Page Setup do not > work > with QTR under 10.2.x (or, at least, under 10.2.8 as installed on my > Powerbook > G4). I finally upgraded to OS X 10.3.5 this past weekend, and now > all works as > it should. As an added bonus, my 7600 prints faster now with the > upgraded > OS. > > Sanders McNew
2004-09-08 by escott46
Thanks to all. It looks like I need to upgrade??? Then some other app will not work. Will Apple ever settle in on an OS for more than a month?? Eric
2004-09-08 by Steve Kale
Oh I think you will like 10.3.5......and iLife 2004
> From: escott46 <eric@...> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 21:05:58 -0000 > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: custom paper size > > Thanks to all. It looks like I need to upgrade??? Then some other app will > not > work. Will Apple ever settle in on an OS for more than a month?? > > Eric