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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Custom size has been grayed out after upgraded to 10.6.5

2010-11-17 by Walker Blackwell

I just confirmed this this morning. Was about to post and then I saw this!!!

Thanks for the quick reply Roy.

Walker

On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Roy Harrington wrote:

> I've started looking into this.  Kees's assessment is right on target.
> The whole custom size feature
> seems to be a problem.  From what I've seen so far QTR is not the only
> driver which shows this.
> All my custom sizes are grayed out even with Epson drivers and HP
> drivers.  I've looked at the
> Apple discussion boards and there's a fair amount of talk about
> printing issues with 10.6.5.
> 
> Roy
> 
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Kees <ctb@...> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "hongwanglinux" <chanhongwang@...> wrote:
>>> 
>>> After I upgraded to osx 10.6.5, i can't create custom size for my prints, not even after i select the paper to roll. does anyone have the same problem as I do?
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yes I can confirm this. Last week I had created a custom paper for printing a panorama on my epson 3800. The resulting print came out fine (42x120cm).
>> 
>> After this printing session I upgraded to 10.6.5. Then(but possibly not related) I tried to print a second copy of this same image.
>> I noticed this:
>> 
>> 
>> The custom paper I had defined was greyed out in the list, but can still be selected in the 'manage custom sizes' dialog. In this dialog the QUOD3800 printer has dissappeared from the dropdown menu, were you set the margins. Reinstalling QTR over the existing installation did not change anything.
>> 
>> Although, after selecting the paper at 'manage custom sizes', the image and paper show ok in the print preview in photoshop it is not possible to print it entirely anymore. Only a small portion of the images (± letter size) was printed on the top right of the large sheet.
>> 
>> I think this has something to do with default margins QTR expects. I did fall back on the default epson values (0,32 cm on all sides) but this might not be right for QTR
>> 
>> Any ideas about what to do next? Other than completely uninstalling and resetting this printer.
>> 
>> kees
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Walker Blackwell
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