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Re: Kidvention: Printing Posters Troubleshooting
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lugnet.publish, lugnet.events
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Date:
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Sun, 9 Jul 2000 05:55:46 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Todd Lehman writes:
> How much RAM does the printer have for its image buffer?
>
> Does it rasterize a whole frame buffer once and then dump the whole image or
> does it rasterize the image incrementally in swaths? Does the printer pause
> for a few seconds every inch or two or does it go continuously?
Its continuous.
> Is the image rasterized on the printer or on the host machine? What type of
> data is sent over the parallel port to the printer -- a finished frame buffer
> or something like PostScript or PCL?
Dunno.
> Does the printer's display or log give any error or warning messages? Does
> the printer have a way to print out an informational log sheet?
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> Does Epson have any troubleshooting suggestions for these symptoms in the
> printer's manual or at their website?
Update on the situation...
Mike and I downloaded the manual for it off their site. The max printable
width is 13.6", so that's why it cuts off. But, when you select 'center on
paper' it offsets it up about 2". If you select 'maximum' instead, it prints
centered. Anyways, we've been getting printouts to print 12" wide physically,
when measured. This has caused several mess ups with author/image credits
getting cropped. So far we've blown 5 sheets out of 20, and you can only buy
this paper at $30/20 sheets :| So, we've been forced to bump more models down
to 300dpi at 8.5x11 - which looks even better, but isn't as big.
Right now even if I process an image to print a max of 12 wide, it'll print at
11". This has caused another cropping of image credits, and its getting
pretty darn frustrating. The only solace is printing out the 8.5x11 ones and
getting absolutely BREATHTAKING results with it.
Anyways, I'm going to call up Epson on Monday morning and try to figure out
what's the problem with the offsetting and printable area. These are going to
look killer (and I believe we have 5 successful full size posters printed),
but I can't afford to missprint another sheet of 17x22 glossy :\
Thanks for your help, but I believe we've semi-isolated the problem, after
this, only Epson themselves can help, I believe.
Unless anyone has experience with an Epson 1520..... a printer which is SO
GOOD I'm considering buying on eBay....(its about 3 years old, and kicks the
snot out of anything I've ever seen)
-Tim
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