Digital BW, The Print

Please help me before I shoot myself.

I'm running 
  QTR v2.1b
  QTR v2.1.5
  Win XP Home SP2
  Sharing is on 
  Name is Quad2200
  Loopback adapter on
  Printer port is USB
  Tif files appear to load into GUI OK

I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of the log
file reads
'unable to write raster data to driver!'

I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled reinstalled.
Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with a nice
Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer sharing
functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try next.
Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos for
everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling my good
work. Imageprint is only a last resort.

Thanks

Dave K

Also: Firewall is off

Dave K

> Please help me before I shoot myself.
> 
> I'm running 
>   QTR v2.1b
>   QTR v2.1.5
>   Win XP Home SP2
>   Sharing is on 
>   Name is Quad2200
>   Loopback adapter on
>   Printer port is USB
>   Tif files appear to load into GUI OK
> 
> I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of the log
> file reads
> 'unable to write raster data to driver!'
> 
> I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled reinstalled.
> Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with a nice
> Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer sharing
> functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try next.
> Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos for
> everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling my good
> work. Imageprint is only a last resort.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave K

spamzany2003 wrote:
> 
> Please help me before I shoot myself.
> 
> I'm running 
>   QTR v2.1b
>   QTR v2.1.5
>   Win XP Home SP2
>   Sharing is on 
>   Name is Quad2200
>   Loopback adapter on
>   Printer port is USB
>   Tif files appear to load into GUI OK
> 
> I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of the log
> file reads
> 'unable to write raster data to driver!'

When that happened to me, it turned out that I did not have the printer 
shared properly, even though I thought I did.

I suggest you check the sharing status again.

Other than that I don't know what might cause that symptom.

	Walt

Check to see if you have firewall or Anti-virus that is blocking printer
sharing.
 
 
-Stephen
 www.sbillard.org/Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: spamzany2003 [mailto:spamzany@...] 
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:32 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] QTR - QTRgui won't access printer. Help a newbie?



Please help me before I shoot myself.

I'm running 
  QTR v2.1b
  QTR v2.1.5
  Win XP Home SP2
  Sharing is on 
  Name is Quad2200
  Loopback adapter on
  Printer port is USB
  Tif files appear to load into GUI OK

I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of the log
file reads
'unable to write raster data to driver!'

I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled reinstalled.
Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with a nice
Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer sharing
functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try next.
Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos for
everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling my good
work. Imageprint is only a last resort.

Thanks

Dave K











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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I had a similar problem until this morning.  Drove me nuts.

I originally tried to run QTR in a similar setup as the one you 
describe below.  Tried everything without success.  I even installed 
a print server in the hope that it might solve the problem...but it 
did not.

Finally hit upon the right combination of stuff.

Since I am running a print server, I needed to manually configure 
QTRGui (using "Configure Printer Manually" under "Options" in the 
QtrGui tool bar.)  I set it to the print server name instead of the 
Epson 2200 printer.

Then in Windows "Printers and Faxes" I set the Epson 2200 
to "Shared" and gave it the share name of Quad2200.

Finally, I added the QTRgui program as an "Exception" to the Windows 
Firewall (on the "Exceptions" tab using the "Add Programs" option.)

That did it.  Now I can print thru QtrGui.

Hope some of this helps.

Regards,

Fred Rothenberg

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "spamzany2003" 
<spamzany@p...> wrote:
> 
> Please help me before I shoot myself.
> 
> I'm running 
>   QTR v2.1b
>   QTR v2.1.5
>   Win XP Home SP2
>   Sharing is on 
>   Name is Quad2200
>   Loopback adapter on
>   Printer port is USB
>   Tif files appear to load into GUI OK
> 
> I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of the 
log
> file reads
> 'unable to write raster data to driver!'
> 
> I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled 
reinstalled.
> Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with a 
nice
> Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer 
sharing
> functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try 
next.
> Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos for
> everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling my 
good

> work. Imageprint is only a last resort.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave K

I can't go as far as purchasing a print server since I only have one
computer. But I did enter QTR and QTRgui as exceptions in SP2
firewall. I tried entering the host and shared names manually but
nothing is working. I'll probably have to bite the bullet and buy
Imageprint tomorrow. Ouch.

Dave K

> I had a similar problem until this morning.  Drove me nuts.
> 
> I originally tried to run QTR in a similar setup as the one you 
> describe below.  Tried everything without success.  I even
installed 
> a print server in the hope that it might solve the problem...but it 
> did not.
> 
> Finally hit upon the right combination of stuff.
> 
> Since I am running a print server, I needed to manually configure 
> QTRGui (using "Configure Printer Manually" under "Options" in the 
> QtrGui tool bar.)  I set it to the print server name instead of the 
> Epson 2200 printer.
> 
> Then in Windows "Printers and Faxes" I set the Epson 2200 
> to "Shared" and gave it the share name of Quad2200.
> 
> Finally, I added the QTRgui program as an "Exception" to the
Windows 
> Firewall (on the "Exceptions" tab using the "Add Programs" option.)
> 
> That did it.  Now I can print thru QtrGui.
> 
> Hope some of this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Fred Rothenberg
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "spamzany2003" 
> <spamzany@p...> wrote:
> > 
> > Please help me before I shoot myself.
> > 
> > I'm running 
> >   QTR v2.1b
> >   QTR v2.1.5
> >   Win XP Home SP2
> >   Sharing is on 
> >   Name is Quad2200
> >   Loopback adapter on
> >   Printer port is USB
> >   Tif files appear to load into GUI OK
> > 
> > I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of
the 

> log
> > file reads
> > 'unable to write raster data to driver!'
> > 
> > I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled 
> reinstalled.
> > Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with a 
> nice
> > Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer 
> sharing
> > functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try 
> next.
> > Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos for
> > everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling my 
> good
> > work. Imageprint is only a last resort.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Dave K

spamzany2003 wrote:
> 
> I can't go as far as purchasing a print server since I only have one
> computer. But I did enter QTR and QTRgui as exceptions in SP2
> firewall. I tried entering the host and shared names manually but
> nothing is working. I'll probably have to bite the bullet and buy
> Imageprint tomorrow. Ouch.

You might try turning off the firewall completely and see if that allows 
it to work.  If it doesn't, then you don't have a firewall problem.

And you should not need a print server to get this to work.  I have (I 
think) the same setup as you have and it works fine.  I still suspect 
you have something setup incorrectly in the sharing, or in the networking.

	Walt

Dave, 
I have the same setup as you except for the 4000 printer and W2K, and 
I get the exact same error!  Even a had a C++ developer look at it 
and after hours we could not get it to work...  Bummer! 
His feedback was more explicit instruction are needed or my computer 
is really screwed up ...  

If you get it working (or anyone else) please contact me at 
stevebrink@...!! I need it ASAP for a show in March ... 
SteveB   
  
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "fredila2" 
<fred@f...> wrote:
> 
> I had a similar problem until this morning.  Drove me nuts.
> 
> I originally tried to run QTR in a similar setup as the one you 
> describe below.  Tried everything without success.  I even 
installed 
> a print server in the hope that it might solve the problem...but it 
> did not.
> 
> Finally hit upon the right combination of stuff.
> 
> Since I am running a print server, I needed to manually configure 
> QTRGui (using "Configure Printer Manually" under "Options" in the 
> QtrGui tool bar.)  I set it to the print server name instead of the 
> Epson 2200 printer.
> 
> Then in Windows "Printers and Faxes" I set the Epson 2200 
> to "Shared" and gave it the share name of Quad2200.
> 
> Finally, I added the QTRgui program as an "Exception" to the 
Windows 
> Firewall (on the "Exceptions" tab using the "Add Programs" option.)
> 
> That did it.  Now I can print thru QtrGui.
> 
> Hope some of this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Fred Rothenberg
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "spamzany2003" 
> <spamzany@p...> wrote:
> > 
> > Please help me before I shoot myself.
> > 
> > I'm running 
> >   QTR v2.1b
> >   QTR v2.1.5
> >   Win XP Home SP2
> >   Sharing is on 
> >   Name is Quad2200
> >   Loopback adapter on
> >   Printer port is USB
> >   Tif files appear to load into GUI OK
> > 
> > I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of 
the 

> log
> > file reads
> > 'unable to write raster data to driver!'
> > 
> > I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled 
> reinstalled.
> > Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with a 
> nice
> > Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer 
> sharing
> > functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try 
> next.
> > Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos for
> > everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling my 
> good
> > work. Imageprint is only a last resort.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Dave K

Fred, 
What does it take to install a print server?
SteveB 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "fredila2" 
<fred@f...> wrote:
> 
> I had a similar problem until this morning.  Drove me nuts.
> 
> I originally tried to run QTR in a similar setup as the one you 
> describe below.  Tried everything without success.  I even 
installed 
> a print server in the hope that it might solve the problem...but it 
> did not.
> 
> Finally hit upon the right combination of stuff.
> 
> Since I am running a print server, I needed to manually configure 
> QTRGui (using "Configure Printer Manually" under "Options" in the 
> QtrGui tool bar.)  I set it to the print server name instead of the 
> Epson 2200 printer.
> 
> Then in Windows "Printers and Faxes" I set the Epson 2200 
> to "Shared" and gave it the share name of Quad2200.
> 
> Finally, I added the QTRgui program as an "Exception" to the 
Windows 
> Firewall (on the "Exceptions" tab using the "Add Programs" option.)
> 
> That did it.  Now I can print thru QtrGui.
> 
> Hope some of this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Fred Rothenberg
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "spamzany2003" 
> <spamzany@p...> wrote:
> > 
> > Please help me before I shoot myself.
> > 
> > I'm running 
> >   QTR v2.1b
> >   QTR v2.1.5
> >   Win XP Home SP2
> >   Sharing is on 
> >   Name is Quad2200
> >   Loopback adapter on
> >   Printer port is USB
> >   Tif files appear to load into GUI OK
> > 
> > I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of 
the 

> log
> > file reads
> > 'unable to write raster data to driver!'
> > 
> > I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled 
> reinstalled.
> > Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with a 
> nice
> > Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer 
> sharing
> > functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try 
> next.
> > Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos for
> > everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling my 
> good
> > work. Imageprint is only a last resort.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Dave K

Has anyone seen this error with W2K and potential fixes...? 

'unable to write raster data to driver!'

Does W2K have a firewall feature similar to XP that will not allow 
writing data to printer port...? 

Thanks in advance!
SteveB 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveabrink" 
<steveabrink@y...> wrote:
> 
> Fred, 
> What does it take to install a print server?
> SteveB 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "fredila2" 
> <fred@f...> wrote:
> > 
> > I had a similar problem until this morning.  Drove me nuts.
> > 
> > I originally tried to run QTR in a similar setup as the one you 
> > describe below.  Tried everything without success.  I even 
> installed 
> > a print server in the hope that it might solve the problem...but 
it 
> > did not.
> > 
> > Finally hit upon the right combination of stuff.
> > 
> > Since I am running a print server, I needed to manually configure 
> > QTRGui (using "Configure Printer Manually" under "Options" in the 
> > QtrGui tool bar.)  I set it to the print server name instead of 
the 
> > Epson 2200 printer.
> > 
> > Then in Windows "Printers and Faxes" I set the Epson 2200 
> > to "Shared" and gave it the share name of Quad2200.
> > 
> > Finally, I added the QTRgui program as an "Exception" to the 
> Windows 
> > Firewall (on the "Exceptions" tab using the "Add Programs" 
option.)
> > 
> > That did it.  Now I can print thru QtrGui.
> > 
> > Hope some of this helps.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Fred Rothenberg
> > 
> > --- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "spamzany2003" 
> > <spamzany@p...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Please help me before I shoot myself.
> > > 
> > > I'm running 
> > >   QTR v2.1b
> > >   QTR v2.1.5
> > >   Win XP Home SP2
> > >   Sharing is on 
> > >   Name is Quad2200
> > >   Loopback adapter on
> > >   Printer port is USB
> > >   Tif files appear to load into GUI OK
> > > 
> > > I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of 
> the 
> > log
> > > file reads
> > > 'unable to write raster data to driver!'
> > > 
> > > I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled 
> > reinstalled.
> > > Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with 
a 
> > nice
> > > Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer 
> > sharing
> > > functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try 
> > next.
> > > Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos 
for

> > > everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling my 
> > good
> > > work. Imageprint is only a last resort.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > Dave K

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveabrink" 
<steveabrink@y...> wrote:
> 
> Dave, 
> I have the same setup as you except for the 4000 printer and W2K, 
and 
\\

Let me join the club....
I get a windows error when I try to print.
Using qrtgui to drop files onto to attempt to print.

AppName: quadtoprinter.exe	 AppVer: 0.0.0.0	 ModName: 
quadtoprinter.exe
ModVer: 0.0.0.0	 Offset: 00026679

I disabled firewall settings, anti-vrus, etc.  Still no luck.

Rob

> 
> I disabled firewall settings, anti-vrus, etc.  Still no luck.
> 
> Rob

But....if I print at 1440 it works......

Rob

You need to purchase a fairly inexpensive piece of equipment.  Mine 
is a Trendnet TE100-P2U1P.  It's a box about 4x6 and 2" high.  You 
can connect 2 USB printers directly to the box and an Ethernet cable 
from the box to an Ethernet connection on the back of your 
computer.  You can then follow the setup instructions provided with 
the print server.  I'm really not an expert and had some assistance 
with the set-up.

Fred

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveabrink" 
<steveabrink@y...> wrote:
> 
> Fred, 
> What does it take to install a print server?
> SteveB 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "fredila2" 
> <fred@f...> wrote:
> > 
> > I had a similar problem until this morning.  Drove me nuts.
> > 
> > I originally tried to run QTR in a similar setup as the one you 
> > describe below.  Tried everything without success.  I even 
> installed 
> > a print server in the hope that it might solve the problem...but 
it 
> > did not.
> > 
> > Finally hit upon the right combination of stuff.
> > 
> > Since I am running a print server, I needed to manually 
configure 
> > QTRGui (using "Configure Printer Manually" under "Options" in 
the 
> > QtrGui tool bar.)  I set it to the print server name instead of 
the 
> > Epson 2200 printer.
> > 
> > Then in Windows "Printers and Faxes" I set the Epson 2200 
> > to "Shared" and gave it the share name of Quad2200.
> > 
> > Finally, I added the QTRgui program as an "Exception" to the 
> Windows 
> > Firewall (on the "Exceptions" tab using the "Add Programs" 
option.)
> > 
> > That did it.  Now I can print thru QtrGui.
> > 
> > Hope some of this helps.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Fred Rothenberg
> > 
> > --- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "spamzany2003" 
> > <spamzany@p...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Please help me before I shoot myself.
> > > 
> > > I'm running 
> > >   QTR v2.1b
> > >   QTR v2.1.5
> > >   Win XP Home SP2
> > >   Sharing is on 
> > >   Name is Quad2200
> > >   Loopback adapter on
> > >   Printer port is USB
> > >   Tif files appear to load into GUI OK
> > > 
> > > I am not getting anything out of the printer. The last line of 
> the 
> > log
> > > file reads
> > > 'unable to write raster data to driver!'
> > > 
> > > I have down loaded the latest Epson drivers. Uninstalled 
> > reinstalled.
> > > Downloaded sp2 and installed, spent several hours talking with 
a 
> > nice
> > > Microsoft tech support gentleman in India getting the printer 
> > sharing
> > > functioning (service was turned off). I don't know what to try 
> > next.
> > > Any help if GREATLY appreciated. I'm trying to print BW photos 
for
> > > everyone this Christmas and the Epson metamerism is spoiling 
my 

> > good
> > > work. Imageprint is only a last resort.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > Dave K