Digital BW, The Print

any ideas anyone? (I've asked on the QTR list with no results...):

I'm not sure if this was due to changes in printers or in versions of
QTR, but when I used an Epson 2200, this was never a problem.

Then I found that with an Epson 2400, QTR was taking forever to
process and/or (I'm not exactly clear on what the actual process is
it goes through...) spool prints

Doesn't matter if they are 8x10 or 13x19 - the former just don't take
quite so long. But for a 13x19, I'm talking 30+ minutes

I recently got a 3800 and thought maybe it was just the interface
with the 2400, but no - I get the same.

I've tried various different connections - Firewire, USB, Network -
same for each. I've also fiddled with all sorts of different Windows
settings, but none made a difference.

This is compared with using the Epson driver that for the same print
takes maybe 4-5 minutes at most

All on the same (somewhat old, but still fairly fast) Windows 2000
machine

Any ideas or suggestions (as I really like QTR...)

thanks

tim a

I suggest you upgrade to XP. It's been rock-steady for me since the
beginning...no issues at all with a dozen machines, including the 4 I
use today. 

With XP a big print might take 5 minutes (I've never timed). Not at
all frustrating. 

You might also look at RAM (QTR/2200 is happy with as little as 512KB)
and at free space on C-drive (do disc cleanups).


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Atherton"
<timatherton@...> wrote:

>
> any ideas anyone? (I've asked on the QTR list with no results...):
> 
> I'm not sure if this was due to changes in printers or in versions of
> QTR, but when I used an Epson 2200, this was never a problem.
> 
> Then I found that with an Epson 2400, QTR was taking forever to
> process and/or (I'm not exactly clear on what the actual process is
> it goes through...) spool prints
> 
> Doesn't matter if they are 8x10 or 13x19 - the former just don't take
> quite so long. But for a 13x19, I'm talking 30+ minutes
> 
> I recently got a 3800 and thought maybe it was just the interface
> with the 2400, but no - I get the same.
> 
> I've tried various different connections - Firewire, USB, Network -
> same for each. I've also fiddled with all sorts of different Windows
> settings, but none made a difference.
> 
> This is compared with using the Epson driver that for the same print
> takes maybe 4-5 minutes at most
> 
> All on the same (somewhat old, but still fairly fast) Windows 2000
> machine
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions (as I really like QTR...)
> 
> thanks
> 
> tim a
>

Just a thought but what is the file structure of your file for QTR 
printing?  I usually do my image editing in RGB b/w, 16bit, PSD file 
format and then when ready to save for QTR printing I convert to 
grayscale, 8 bit, and save as a compressed TIF file.  The QTR info 
says that it will convert if necessary to make the TIF file a 
grayscale 8-bit file.  Regardless of processing this conversion takes 
time and on an older PC this can be important.  

Just my thought...Mike

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "djon43" 
<djon43@...> wrote:
>
> I suggest you upgrade to XP. It's been rock-steady for me since the
> beginning...no issues at all with a dozen machines, including the 4 
I
> use today. 
> 
> With XP a big print might take 5 minutes (I've never timed). Not at
> all frustrating. 
> 
> You might also look at RAM (QTR/2200 is happy with as little as 
512KB)
> and at free space on C-drive (do disc cleanups).
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Atherton"
> <timatherton@> wrote:
> >
> > any ideas anyone? (I've asked on the QTR list with no results...):
> > 
> > I'm not sure if this was due to changes in printers or in 
versions of
> > QTR, but when I used an Epson 2200, this was never a problem.
> > 
> > Then I found that with an Epson 2400, QTR was taking forever to
> > process and/or (I'm not exactly clear on what the actual process 
is
> > it goes through...) spool prints
> > 
> > Doesn't matter if they are 8x10 or 13x19 - the former just don't 
take
> > quite so long. But for a 13x19, I'm talking 30+ minutes
> > 
> > I recently got a 3800 and thought maybe it was just the interface
> > with the 2400, but no - I get the same.
> > 
> > I've tried various different connections - Firewire, USB, 
Network -
> > same for each. I've also fiddled with all sorts of different 
Windows
> > settings, but none made a difference.
> > 
> > This is compared with using the Epson driver that for the same 
print

> > takes maybe 4-5 minutes at most
> > 
> > All on the same (somewhat old, but still fairly fast) Windows 2000
> > machine
> > 
> > Any ideas or suggestions (as I really like QTR...)
> > 
> > thanks
> > 
> > tim a
> >
>