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Wired Mac behavior...

Wired Mac behavior...

2009-08-24 by andrevallejo

Hi everyone...
I print BW using a Epson 1160 with MIS inks, and I have recently moved from PC to Mac. I installed the printer driver downloaded from the Epson site(version 1.29), and I use Ligthroom 2.4 to print. MacOS is 10.5.8. Profiles were re-maid with Spyder3Print and PrintFix colorimeter. 
What happens that when I print from Lightroom or Photoshop, using the profiles or even with Printer Management, prints come out with very thin white lines, like if some ink nozzles were not being fired. I also notice that the printer prints very fast, like it was in draft mode. If I print from iPhoto, it prints slowly,and the lines disappear 99%. When I printed the Spyder3Print Patch Target, it printed ok too. Tried with Matte and Luster paper.
It looks live a driver problem,right? I uninstalled the printer and installed again, just the same happens. Maybe something related to ColorSync?
Any clues? I'm lost here...
Best,
André

Re: Wired Mac behavior...

2009-08-24 by photog0946

Sounds like you might be printing in High Speed mode André. I assume the profiles were made with High Speed OFF, so that could be the problem. In the final print driver dialog, go to "Printer Settings" and in the advanced area check and make sure High Speed is turned OFF and that your dpi setting is correct, at least 720 or higher. If you were printing in High Speed at a low dpi there's little doubt that you would probably encounter some banding.

Gary



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "andrevallejo" <vallejodasilva@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone...
> I print BW using a Epson 1160 with MIS inks, and I have recently moved from PC to Mac. I installed the printer driver downloaded from the Epson site(version 1.29), and I use Ligthroom 2.4 to print. MacOS is 10.5.8. Profiles were re-maid with Spyder3Print and PrintFix colorimeter. 
> What happens that when I print from Lightroom or Photoshop, using the profiles or even with Printer Management, prints come out with very thin white lines, like if some ink nozzles were not being fired. I also notice that the printer prints very fast, like it was in draft mode. If I print from iPhoto, it prints slowly,and the lines disappear 99%. When I printed the Spyder3Print Patch Target, it printed ok too. Tried with Matte and Luster paper.
> It looks live a driver problem,right? I uninstalled the printer and installed again, just the same happens. Maybe something related to ColorSync?
> Any clues? I'm lost here...
> Best,
> André
>

Re: Wired Mac behavior...

2009-08-24 by andrevallejo

There`s a problem here. I guess 'cose the 1160 is an old printer, the MacOS driver from Epson is outdated and  has the Print Settings and Color Management disabled (hatched) in the printing dialog. If I don't find a way around this, maybe I''have to print in Windows Xp again...(argh...)
(8-)


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "photog0946" <photog0946@...> wrote:
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> Sounds like you might be printing in High Speed mode André. I assume the profiles were made with High Speed OFF, so that could be the problem. In the final print driver dialog, go to "Printer Settings" and in the advanced area check and make sure High Speed is turned OFF and that your dpi setting is correct, at least 720 or higher. If you were printing in High Speed at a low dpi there's little doubt that you would probably encounter some banding.
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "andrevallejo" <vallejodasilva@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone...
> > I print BW using a Epson 1160 with MIS inks, and I have recently moved from PC to Mac. I installed the printer driver downloaded from the Epson site(version 1.29), and I use Ligthroom 2.4 to print. MacOS is 10.5.8. Profiles were re-maid with Spyder3Print and PrintFix colorimeter. 
> > What happens that when I print from Lightroom or Photoshop, using the profiles or even with Printer Management, prints come out with very thin white lines, like if some ink nozzles were not being fired. I also notice that the printer prints very fast, like it was in draft mode. If I print from iPhoto, it prints slowly,and the lines disappear 99%. When I printed the Spyder3Print Patch Target, it printed ok too. Tried with Matte and Luster paper.
> > It looks live a driver problem,right? I uninstalled the printer and installed again, just the same happens. Maybe something related to ColorSync?
> > Any clues? I'm lost here...
> > Best,
> > André
> >
>

Re: Wired Mac behavior...and Gutenprint 5 solves it!

2009-08-24 by andrevallejo

Just found Gutenprint 5, it has the options for print settings that works! Even has options for MIS Quads, but when I tried them,the prints came out solarized...does anyone knows the right settings to use it?
Best,
André

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "andrevallejo" <vallejodasilva@...> wrote:
Show quoted textHide quoted text
>
> There`s a problem here. I guess 'cose the 1160 is an old printer, the MacOS driver from Epson is outdated and  has the Print Settings and Color Management disabled (hatched) in the printing dialog. If I don't find a way around this, maybe I''have to print in Windows Xp again...(argh...)
> (8-)
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "photog0946" <photog0946@> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like you might be printing in High Speed mode André. I assume the profiles were made with High Speed OFF, so that could be the problem. In the final print driver dialog, go to "Printer Settings" and in the advanced area check and make sure High Speed is turned OFF and that your dpi setting is correct, at least 720 or higher. If you were printing in High Speed at a low dpi there's little doubt that you would probably encounter some banding.
> > 
> > Gary
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "andrevallejo" <vallejodasilva@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone...
> > > I print BW using a Epson 1160 with MIS inks, and I have recently moved from PC to Mac. I installed the printer driver downloaded from the Epson site(version 1.29), and I use Ligthroom 2.4 to print. MacOS is 10.5.8. Profiles were re-maid with Spyder3Print and PrintFix colorimeter. 
> > > What happens that when I print from Lightroom or Photoshop, using the profiles or even with Printer Management, prints come out with very thin white lines, like if some ink nozzles were not being fired. I also notice that the printer prints very fast, like it was in draft mode. If I print from iPhoto, it prints slowly,and the lines disappear 99%. When I printed the Spyder3Print Patch Target, it printed ok too. Tried with Matte and Luster paper.
> > > It looks live a driver problem,right? I uninstalled the printer and installed again, just the same happens. Maybe something related to ColorSync?
> > > Any clues? I'm lost here...
> > > Best,
> > > André
> > >
> >
>

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