Dear Mr. Harrington,
Thanks for your help. Since the note in QTR says that you don't have
much info on the Epson R800, I will share my experiences so far.
Attached is a close up of the "scrapes" from my first email. I
finally got everything going by resetting the printer system and
tried again. The first time through produced one line of scrapes
instead of two. I changed to byedirectional from unidirectional and
it printed fine. the Epson matteHW looked really good. I tried the
Han fine art pearl set to fineart proof and it really blocked up. The
Hanphotorag looks really good with the appropriate curves. Next I
tried the Han WmTurner and it would not seat, it just passed it on
through. I tried three times and even restarted the printer. The last
time it passed it through and took the next sheet of paper which was
the Epson MatteHW and it was the best print of the night, although it
looks a little damp (imagine that) but it has the most detail and
separation in the shadows. Attached is the info from your script.
Thanks for taking the time to keep your work current and I hope this
helps a little. At least it is no longer scraping. After all this I
will have to send Jon Cone another $150 for some more ink. Maybe I'll
try the split-tone this time. Well I'm getting sleepy.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Dave Polcyn, OHIO U. FBA 1981
Last login: Wed Mar 14 20:52:45 on ttyp1
/Applications/QuadtoneRip/DiagnosticScript.command; exit
Welcome to Darwin!
david-polcyns-powermacg3series:~ davepolcyn$ /Applications/
QuadtoneRip/DiagnosticScript.command; exit
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**** QuadToneRIP 2.4.3 Diagnostic Script --- Save Output for Analysis
****
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Wed Mar 14 22:30:36 EDT 2007
**** System Info ****
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.0: Fri Sep 8 17:18:57 PDT 2006;
root:xnu-792.12.6.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
**** Printer Info ****
scheduler is running
system default destination: QuadR800-K7
device for QuadR800-K7: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R800?
serial=NKO210404171147520
device for Quadtone_K_7_R800: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R800?
serial=NKO210404171147520
device for Stylus_Photo_R800: ///dev/null
QuadR800-K7 accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00
Quadtone_K_7_R800 accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00
Stylus_Photo_R800 accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00
printer QuadR800-K7 is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00
Ready to print.
printer Quadtone_K_7_R800 is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00
printer Stylus_Photo_R800 is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00
**** QTR Programs ****
/usr/local/bin
Quad.pm* qcurve* qgamma* qmerge*
quadcurves*
qacv* qdensity* qgraph* qpart*
quadprofile*
qacvraw* qdiff* qlimit* qplot*
qadd* qdotgain* qline* qspline*
/usr/libexec/cups/filter
quadtoneprint* quadtoprinter*
**** Plugin Programs ****
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 3 root admin 102 Feb 27 22:29 AdobePDFPDE.plugin
drwxr-xr-x 3 davepolc admin 102 May 23 2006 QuadTone.plugin
**** QTR Printer Descriptions ****
/usr/share/cups/model/C
escp2-10000-quad.ppd.gz escp2-860-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1160-quad.ppd.gz escp2-870-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1200-quad.ppd.gz escp2-890-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1270-quad.ppd.gz escp2-9000-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1280-quad.ppd.gz escp2-9500-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1290-quad.ppd.gz escp2-9600-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-2000-quad.ppd.gz escp2-980-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-2100-quad.ppd.gz escp2-9800-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-2200-quad.ppd.gz escp2-EX-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-3000-quad.ppd.gz escp2-R1800-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-3800-quad.ppd.gz escp2-R200-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-4000-quad.ppd.gz escp2-R220-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-4800-quad.ppd.gz escp2-R2400-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-7000-quad.ppd.gz escp2-R300-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-7500-quad.ppd.gz escp2-R320-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-7600-quad.ppd.gz escp2-R340-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-7800-quad.ppd.gz escp2-R800-quad.ppd.gz
**** QTR Profiles ****
K7-2880-BradfordBCoolMatte.quad K7-2880-IPCanvas.quad
K7-2880-BradfordRBrightW.quad K7-2880-IPPictRagCool.quad
K7-2880-BradfordRBrilliantWD.quad K7-2880-IPPictRagWarm.quad
K7-2880-BradfordRNaturalW.quad K7-2880-IPPrintPlusM.quad
K7-2880-EpEnhancedMatte.quad K7-2880-IPVelvet.quad
K7-2880-EpMatteHW.quad K7-2880-InnovaColdPressArt.quad
K7-2880-HanAlbrechtDurer.quad K7-2880-InnovaPhotoFibaP.quad
K7-2880-HanArtProof.quad K7-2880-InnovaPhotoSmoothC.quad
K7-2880-HanEtching.quad K7-2880-InnovaSoftTexArt.quad
K7-2880-HanPhotoRag.quad K7-2880-LgnSomersetPEnhVel.quad
K7-2880-HanPhotoRagBrtW.quad K7-2880-MoabEntradaFABW.quad
K7-2880-HanPhotoRagSatin.quad K7-2880-MoabEntradaFANat.quad
K7-2880-HanWhiteVelvet.quad K7-2880-MoabKayentaPhotoM.quad
K7-2880-HanWilliamTurner.quad
**** USB connections ****
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 29516 Apr 28 2006 /usr/libexec/cups/
backend/usb
direct usb "Unknown" "USB Printer (usb)"
direct usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R800?serial=NKO210404171147520
"EPSON Stylus Photo R800" "Stylus Photo R800"
**** CUPS Info ****
N [14/Mar/2007:21:48:53 -0400] [Job 4] : cupsWidth = 5940
N [14/Mar/2007:21:48:53 -0400] [Job 4] : cupsHeight = 7740
N [14/Mar/2007:21:48:53 -0400] [Job 4] : stp_get_resolution(v) |2880|
N [14/Mar/2007:21:48:53 -0400] [Job 4] : stp_get_dither_algorithm(v) |
Ordered|
N [14/Mar/2007:21:48:53 -0400] [Job 4] : GIMP-PRINT w=612 l=9 r=603
h=792 t=783 b=9
N [14/Mar/2007:21:48:53 -0400] [Job 4] : GIMP-PRINT w=5940 l=90 r=90
h=7740 t=90 b=90
I [14/Mar/2007:22:04:28 -0400] Adding start banner page "none" to job 5.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:04:28 -0400] Job 5 queued on 'QuadR800-K7' by
'davepolcyn'.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:04:28 -0400] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/
filter/cgpdftoraster (PID 442) for job 5.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:04:29 -0400] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/
filter/quadtoneprint (PID 443) for job 5.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:04:29 -0400] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/
backend/usb (PID 444) for job 5.
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:29 -0400] [Job 5] : QuadToneRIP: using curve
K7-2880-HanWilliamTurner
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:29 -0400] [Job 5] : QuadToneRIP: using curve
K7-2880-HanWilliamTurner
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : QTR using curve file K7-2880-
HanWilliamTurner
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : QTR using curve file K7-2880-
HanWilliamTurner
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : HWResolution = [ 720 720 ]
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : ImagingBoundingBox = [ 9 9
594 774 ]
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : Margins = [ 0 0 ]
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : PageSize = [ 612 792 ]
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : cupsWidth = 5940
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : cupsHeight = 7740
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : stp_get_resolution(v) |2880|
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : stp_get_dither_algorithm(v) |
Ordered|
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : GIMP-PRINT w=612 l=9 r=603
h=792 t=783 b=9
N [14/Mar/2007:22:04:30 -0400] [Job 5] : GIMP-PRINT w=5940 l=90 r=90
h=7740 t=90 b=90
E [14/Mar/2007:22:05:24 -0400] [Job 5] -536870163: Unable to send
print file to printer (canceled -536870163)
E [14/Mar/2007:22:05:24 -0400] PID 444 stopped with status 237!
I [14/Mar/2007:22:05:24 -0400] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to
"debug" to find out more.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:06:09 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [14/Mar/2007:22:06:09 -0400] Job 5 was held by 'davepolcyn'.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:06:11 -0400] Job 5 was released by 'davepolcyn'.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:06:29 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [14/Mar/2007:22:06:29 -0400] Printer 'QuadR800-K7' started by ''.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:06:29 -0400] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/
filter/cgpdftoraster (PID 457) for job 5.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:06:29 -0400] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/
filter/quadtoneprint (PID 458) for job 5.
I [14/Mar/2007:22:06:29 -0400] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/
backend/usb (PID 459) for job 5.
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:29 -0400] [Job 5] : QuadToneRIP: using curve
K7-2880-HanWilliamTurner
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:29 -0400] [Job 5] : QuadToneRIP: using curve
K7-2880-HanWilliamTurner
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : QTR using curve file K7-2880-
HanWilliamTurner
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : QTR using curve file K7-2880-
HanWilliamTurner
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : HWResolution = [ 720 720 ]
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : ImagingBoundingBox = [ 9 9
594 774 ]
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : Margins = [ 0 0 ]
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : PageSize = [ 612 792 ]
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : cupsWidth = 5940
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : cupsHeight = 7740
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : stp_get_resolution(v) |2880|
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : stp_get_dither_algorithm(v) |
Ordered|
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : GIMP-PRINT w=612 l=9 r=603
h=792 t=783 b=9
N [14/Mar/2007:22:06:30 -0400] [Job 5] : GIMP-PRINT w=5940 l=90 r=90
h=7740 t=90 b=90
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On Mar 12, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Roy Harrington wrote:
> I haven't heard of head scraping on the R800 and people use a lot
> thicker
> paper than Epson HW Matte.
> It's hard to visualize what you mean by 3/8 inch scrapes but I suspect
> that
> you are getting some banding or roller wheel scrapes.
> In the email you sent me you used 1440 resolution. The R800 is best at
> 2880 dpi and that is what all the K7 profiles are designed for. The
> other issue
> is that the print top and bottom areas are always more prone to
> banding.
> Leaving more white margin is a good idea.
>
> Roy
>
> On Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 03:46 PM, David Polcyn wrote:
>
> > Hi All, I hope someone can help. I just loaded my K-7 inks and
> > installed the rip and Epson R800 profiles and started with Epson
> > Matte/Hwt paper to get set up. The print looks great but there are
> > two lines of 3/8 inch scrapes just about the whole length of the
> > print. It looks like the print head or something else is making
> > contact. I put it back on the Epson print settings and it went
> > through fine. Is like the matte setting is not raising the print
> head
> > enough. Has anyone had a similar problem and is there a fix.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave Polcyn
> >
> >
> -
> Roy Harrington
> roy@...
> Black & White Photo Gallery
> http://www.harrington.com
>
>
>
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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Matte paper scraped by printhead
2007-03-15 by David Polcyn