QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi Lionel,

Are you sure you have the same settings each time?  It's pretty unusual 
for
you to get different results with the same settings.   Your mention of 
it
happening more in landscape vs portrait is suspicious since that is 
entirely
handled in OS X before QTR sees the page.

There was a fix for the R1800 in version 2.4.3 so it is important that 
you use that
version rather than 2.4.2.   The R1800 is particular picky about the 
Paper Feed
slot you use.  If you use the single sheet slot in the back its very 
important that
Paper Feed has Manual Roll (Rear) selected.   If you have been using the
standard sheet feed maybe its having trouble with the heavy Photo Rag  
-- try
the Manual Roll slot.

I think its good with OSX to always print using Print with Preview.  
Use Page Setup
from here so you get a view of the image on the page -- take notice of 
the 1/8
margin all around the edge.  If it's uneven you might have a Format for 
Any Printer.
In the Print dialog use separate Presets for all your standard setups.  
Any custom selections
are always lost on the next Print command.   (Feed is a very easy one 
to miss).

Hope that helps.
Roy


On Thursday, October 26, 2006, at 03:51  AM, crazy4blacknwhite wrote:

> Dear fellow photographers,
> In one out of 3 prints I make, I have a problem trying to center them, 
> particularly when
> they are oriented for Landscape. It's not just slightly off centered, 
> it prints completely to
> one side, to the edge of the paper. The images are always sized to fit 
> within the paper
> (Tabloid), with enough space for margins as well. Sometimes it works 
> and sometimes it
> doesn't. I have wasted a lot of paper and ink trying to narrow down 
> the problem, but I still
> can't work it out.
>
> My setup is:
> Mac OS X latest.
> Aperture for organization.
> Printing & editing with Photoshop CS2
> Printer (new): Epson R1800.
> Page Setup: Format for: QuadToneRIP (2.4.3) Epson R1800
> Paper: Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Bright White (11x17).
> Ink: Neutral K7
> Paper Size set up: 'Tabloid'.
> Position: 'Center Images' checked.
>
> I cannot figure out why sometimes it prints centered and straight 
> forward, and there are
> times when it prints completely to one side, starting from the edge of 
> the paper. I tried
> using Customized paper size setting (11X17) instead of using 
> 'Tabloid', using both options
> for Landscape orientation, tried sizing the image to fit, in 'Image 
> Size' in Photoshop, and in
> 'Scaled Print Size' in the Printer With Preview Panel.
>
> I have tried everything I know how, and still I cannot rectify the 
> problem. Please, can
> someone help? and find a solution for me.
> Looking forward to your reply.
>
> Lionel
>
>
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Roy Harrington
roy@...
Black & White Photo Gallery
http://www.harrington.com