undersized output using custom paper sizes
2013-12-07 by Kathleen Tolman-Young
Printing from osx 10.9 to an epson 4000 printer, custom page sizes yield an undersized output, approximately 2% undersize. Standard paper sizes are perfect.
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undersized output using custom paper sizes
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] undersized output using custom paper sizes
2013-12-08 by Marc De Blieck
nothing I was ever confronted with, but maybe this explanation that Roy gave a while ago could help:
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What's going on is that the Preset (actually Last Used Settings)
has both QTR settings and Epson settings. The Epson settings come
from some previous
printing that had borderless 13x19 printing. So it sets this
variable to expand the size by
3% (Epson does this to make sure there's no white line on side). So
in the end the
13in wide is multiplied by 1.03 which is too big. Pretty weird and
contrived but that's whats happening.
I tried to find a way to clean up a particular Preset but OSX seems
pretty determined.
The most foolproof is probably to Trash all the preset files and
reboot the computer
and start from scratch. But the less drastic way that I think will work is:
When you are trying to make a Preset, first select Printer, second
select Standard as
the Preset, (or on newer OS's its called Default Settings.
select all the options you want and then in the Preset - Save As a new name.
The main thing here is not to start with an existing Preset which may
have old values in it.
Another thing that I'd recommend is to always use Presets for a
particular printer not
all printers. -- you should see that in the Preset Save window. Be
sure to keep Epson Presets separate from QTR Presets.
On 2013 Dec07, at 16:56, Kathleen Tolman-Young <MYoung4828@...> wrote:
Printing from osx 10.9 to an epson 4000 printer, custom page sizes yield an undersized output, approximately 2% undersize. Standard paper sizes are perfect.
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] undersized output using custom paper sizes
2013-12-08 by MYoung4828@...
thanks, will try that!
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-----Original Message----- From: Marc De Blieck <marc.deblieck@...> To: QuadtoneRIP <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Dec 8, 2013 1:46 am Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] undersized output using custom paper sizes nothing I was ever confronted with, but maybe this explanation that Roy gave a while ago could help: What's going on is that the Preset (actually Last Used Settings) has both QTR settings and Epson settings. The Epson settings come from some previous printing that had borderless 13x19 printing. So it sets this variable to expand the size by 3% (Epson does this to make sure there's no white line on side). So in the end the 13in wide is multiplied by 1.03 which is too big. Pretty weird and contrived but that's whats happening. I tried to find a way to clean up a particular Preset but OSX seems pretty determined. The most foolproof is probably to Trash all the preset files and reboot the computer and start from scratch. But the less drastic way that I think will work is: When you are trying to make a Preset, first select Printer, second select Standard as the Preset, (or on newer OS's its called Default Settings. select all the options you want and then in the Preset - Save As a new name. The main thing here is not to start with an existing Preset which may have old values in it. Another thing that I'd recommend is to always use Presets for a particular printer not all printers. -- you should see that in the Preset Save window. Be sure to keep Epson Presets separate from QTR Presets. On 2013 Dec07, at 16:56, Kathleen Tolman-Young <MYoung4828@aol.com> wrote: Printing from osx 10.9 to an epson 4000 printer, custom page sizes yield an undersized output, approximately 2% undersize. Standard paper sizes are perfect.