QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi,

I have a strange and intermittent problem when printing several 
letter-size prints at a time on my Epson 2200. I'm using version 
2.518 currently (Win XP Pro, SP 2). 

Today I copied about 15 tiffs into the folder that QTRGui is 
monitoring. All of these were sized in Photoshop (CS3) to 7.5 x 
10" (at 360 dpi), mostly landscape and a couple of portraits. Paper 
size was set to "letter", "centered" was checked, and scale was set 
to 100%.

The first half-dozen printed fine, and then suddenly the next couple 
printed only about 2/3rds, squeezed down to the lower left corner. I 
halted the print queue at that point, wondering what was wrong.

I then noticed that in QTRGui the print size had changed from 
"letter" to "A7", spontaneously, with no intervention from me! I then 
set it back to "letter" and reloaded the bad images and the ones that 
hadn't printed yet, and they all came out just fine.

I wouldn't even bother posting this except that this is the third 
time this has happened recently. The other two times were on prints 
from CS2. The designated print sizes are correct, but if I spool 
several prints at a time, something seems to change the paper size on 
me.

Anybody else have this happen? Is there any way I can "lock" in the 
settings so it won't change when I'm not looking?

Eric M.

OK, here is a theory about what happened.

If the last thing you touched in QTRgui was the paper size, it will remain
selected. If you just run QTRgui, the paper size will also be selected. If
QTRgui remains the top window and you press the letter "a" on your keyboard,
the A7 size will be selected. I suggest you minimize QTRgui to the system
tray while it is processing the queue. That way no keystrokes will be sent
its way. 


- Stephen
stephen.sbillard.org

-----Original Message-----
From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of e.myrv
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:40 PM
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR changes print size in midstream

Hi,

I have a strange and intermittent problem when printing several letter-size
prints at a time on my Epson 2200. I'm using version
2.518 currently (Win XP Pro, SP 2). 

Today I copied about 15 tiffs into the folder that QTRGui is monitoring. All
of these were sized in Photoshop (CS3) to 7.5 x 10" (at 360 dpi), mostly
landscape and a couple of portraits. Paper size was set to "letter",
"centered" was checked, and scale was set to 100%.

The first half-dozen printed fine, and then suddenly the next couple printed
only about 2/3rds, squeezed down to the lower left corner. I halted the
print queue at that point, wondering what was wrong.

I then noticed that in QTRGui the print size had changed from "letter" to
"A7", spontaneously, with no intervention from me! I then set it back to
"letter" and reloaded the bad images and the ones that hadn't printed yet,
and they all came out just fine.

I wouldn't even bother posting this except that this is the third time this
has happened recently. The other two times were on prints from CS2. The
designated print sizes are correct, but if I spool several prints at a time,
something seems to change the paper size on me.

Anybody else have this happen? Is there any way I can "lock" in the settings
so it won't change when I'm not looking?

Eric M.



 
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Thanks, Stephen. That sounds quite plausible and would certainly 
explain the apparent unpredictability. I will take your advice and 
minimize it while printing.

It is fantastic software, and I am so dependent on it now that I get 
very anxious when the least little thing seems to misbehave. Thanks 
again for the workaround.

-Eric

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Billard" <stephen@...> 
wrote:
>
> OK, here is a theory about what happened.
> 
> If the last thing you touched in QTRgui was the paper size, it will 
remain
> selected. If you just run QTRgui, the paper size will also be 
selected. If
> QTRgui remains the top window and you press the letter "a" on your 
keyboard,
> the A7 size will be selected. I suggest you minimize QTRgui to the 
system
> tray while it is processing the queue. That way no keystrokes will 
be sent
> its way. 
> 
> 
> - Stephen
> stephen.sbillard.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of e.myrv
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:40 PM
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR changes print size in midstream
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a strange and intermittent problem when printing several 
letter-size
> prints at a time on my Epson 2200. I'm using version
> 2.518 currently (Win XP Pro, SP 2). 
> 
> Today I copied about 15 tiffs into the folder that QTRGui is 
monitoring. All
> of these were sized in Photoshop (CS3) to 7.5 x 10" (at 360 dpi), 
mostly
> landscape and a couple of portraits. Paper size was set to "letter",
> "centered" was checked, and scale was set to 100%.
> 
> The first half-dozen printed fine, and then suddenly the next 
couple printed
> only about 2/3rds, squeezed down to the lower left corner. I halted 
the
> print queue at that point, wondering what was wrong.
> 
> I then noticed that in QTRGui the print size had changed from 
"letter" to
> "A7", spontaneously, with no intervention from me! I then set it 
back to
> "letter" and reloaded the bad images and the ones that hadn't 
printed yet,
> and they all came out just fine.
> 
> I wouldn't even bother posting this except that this is the third 
time this
> has happened recently. The other two times were on prints from CS2. 
The
> designated print sizes are correct, but if I spool several prints 
at a time,
> something seems to change the paper size on me.
> 
> Anybody else have this happen? Is there any way I can "lock" in the 
settings

> so it won't change when I'm not looking?
> 
> Eric M.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>