QTR-Quadtone RIP

I am having a strange thing happen on my 9600 with QTR. I've used the
current set up hundreds of times with no issues but all of a sudden on
a 40" wide by 24"inch print on a 44"x30" deep canvas, on roll media,
the print goes perfectly for 3/4 of the file then it stops the machine
rolls the paper back to the beginning and it trys to start again. This
happened twice in a row and is becoming costly. I'm running Mac G4
dual with 10.3.9. The QTR is 2.2 version.

I am going to try to reload QTR and try printing it as a sheet. But
I've worked with much much larger work in this same configuration for
a long time with no glitches. Why all of a sudden this occurance?

John

John,  I had the exact problem with my 4000 and QTR, running G5  
(panther). It was sporadic, and wasteful. Printed some interesting  
images though.  Nothing I tried eliminated the problem until my G5  
started having hardware issues, I then installed and ran QTR from my  
G4 powerbook in order to print, running OS 10.4.2, and I believe with  
a QTR upgrade at that time as well. The printing problem  
disappeared.  I remember running this by Roy, but couldn't figure out  
the problem. It was very strange indeed, and expensive... I have no  
idea why it suddenly began, and with perhaps three variable changes  
in the mix, what in fact 'fixed' it.

Carolyn

On 6-Oct-05, at 7:28 AM, john dean wrote:

> I am having a strange thing happen on my 9600 with QTR. I've used the
> current set up hundreds of times with no issues but all of a sudden on
> a 40" wide by 24"inch print on a 44"x30" deep canvas, on roll media,
> the print goes perfectly for 3/4 of the file then it stops the machine
> rolls the paper back to the beginning and it trys to start again. This
> happened twice in a row and is becoming costly. I'm running Mac G4
> dual with 10.3.9. The QTR is 2.2 version.
>
> I am going to try to reload QTR and try printing it as a sheet. But
> I've worked with much much larger work in this same configuration for
> a long time with no glitches. Why all of a sudden this occurance?
>
> John
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> a 40" wide by 24"inch print on a 44"x30" deep canvas, on roll media,
> the print goes perfectly for 3/4 of the file then it stops the machine
> rolls the paper back to the beginning and it trys to start again. This
> happened twice in a row and is becoming costly. I'm running Mac G4
> dual with 10.3.9. The QTR is 2.2 version.
> John

Hey John, hope all is going well!

Hmm...I know my client had a misfeeding problem like that on a 4000, but would start at the 
beginning...it wouldn't happen all the time, maybe about 5% of the time. Once I installed the 
USB patch that behavior went away completely.

http://harrington.com/USB-Patch.sit

I've had this problem sporadically as well, using an Epson 4000 with  
OS 10.4.2 (and with earlier versions as well).  Roy says it an OS X  
USB bug that apparently first showed up in Panther and has not yet  
been fixed by Apple.  There is a patch on his site you can run to fix  
it.

On Oct 6, 2005, at 9:28 AM, john dean wrote:

> I am having a strange thing happen on my 9600 with QTR. I've used the
> current set up hundreds of times with no issues but all of a sudden on
> a 40" wide by 24"inch print on a 44"x30" deep canvas, on roll media,
> the print goes perfectly for 3/4 of the file then it stops the machine
> rolls the paper back to the beginning and it trys to start again. This
> happened twice in a row and is becoming costly. I'm running Mac G4
> dual with 10.3.9. The QTR is 2.2 version.
>
> I am going to try to reload QTR and try printing it as a sheet. But
> I've worked with much much larger work in this same configuration for
> a long time with no glitches. Why all of a sudden this occurance?
>
> John
>
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Thanks John,

How are ya? I guess you are looking forward to the trade show coming
up this month. I don't know if I can make it.

Thanks for that patch. Very nice of ya. I'll try it. 

Right now I'm trying to do this one print as a sheet rather than using
the roll setting. 

You know the only thing I can think of that could be different in my
total set up from what I've been doing is the usual update to the
Panther OS. It is 10.3.9. I don't think I'll be touching Tiger with a
ten foot pole.

John



-- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "John Vitollo" <jvlist@c...> wrote:
> > a 40" wide by 24"inch print on a 44"x30" deep canvas, on roll media,
> > the print goes perfectly for 3/4 of the file then it stops the machine
> > rolls the paper back to the beginning and it trys to start again. This
> > happened twice in a row and is becoming costly. I'm running Mac G4
> > dual with 10.3.9. The QTR is 2.2 version.
> > John
> 
> Hey John, hope all is going well!
> 
> Hmm...I know my client had a misfeeding problem like that on a 4000,
but would start at the 
> beginning...it wouldn't happen all the time, maybe about 5% of the
time. Once I installed the 

> USB patch that behavior went away completely.
> 
> http://harrington.com/USB-Patch.sit

When I tried it as a sheet instead of a roll everything went fine. 
I'll install that usb patch and check it out again tomorrow.

John



--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" <deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> Thanks John,
> 
> How are ya? I guess you are looking forward to the trade show coming
> up this month. I don't know if I can make it.
> 
> Thanks for that patch. Very nice of ya. I'll try it. 
> 
> Right now I'm trying to do this one print as a sheet rather than using
> the roll setting. 
> 
> You know the only thing I can think of that could be different in my
> total set up from what I've been doing is the usual update to the
> Panther OS. It is 10.3.9. I don't think I'll be touching Tiger with a
> ten foot pole.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> -- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "John Vitollo" <jvlist@c...> wrote:
> > > a 40" wide by 24"inch print on a 44"x30" deep canvas, on roll media,
> > > the print goes perfectly for 3/4 of the file then it stops the
machine
> > > rolls the paper back to the beginning and it trys to start
again. This

> > > happened twice in a row and is becoming costly. I'm running Mac G4
> > > dual with 10.3.9. The QTR is 2.2 version.
> > > John
> > 
> > Hey John, hope all is going well!
> > 
> > Hmm...I know my client had a misfeeding problem like that on a 4000,
> but would start at the 
> > beginning...it wouldn't happen all the time, maybe about 5% of the
> time. Once I installed the 
> > USB patch that behavior went away completely.
> > 
> > http://harrington.com/USB-Patch.sit