Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think I found your problem. I was updating an older computer and used the custom installation settings. OAX 10.3 does not install the Epson 1270 driver in the default installation- you have to customize and install "Epson Printers 2" to get the 1270 driver. I read on MacFixit.com a strategy for going back and installing extra drivers. Allen >I am working on it now, in the hope that others may be helped, I >will post this to list, but after this maybe we'll take this off >list... I cleaned the printer heads twice, downloaded the latest beta >version of gimp print (through versiontracker)and properly loaded it, >checked the configuration... and it seems to be working now... I am >rather surprised but... voila !.... > >possibly more later, thanks to all who provided help, > >Steve > >> ii tried everything I could think of. The banding started for me >> about a month after an OS upgrade and remained intermittent. It even >> does it on text documents. >> I tried the 1270 with OSX 10.3 on a new imac that we just got a few >> weeks ago. It still bands there. It did come with 10.2, so I guess >> that there could be a problem with old drivers, but I updated using >> archive and install, so it should have a clean, new set of drivers. >> >> The older imac attached to an 875 still bands occasionally with 10.3 >> but doesn't seem as bad as before. It was never as bad as the 1270, >> which has become unusable for anything. Epson "support" has answered >> none of the >10 emails I have sent them over a period of 6 months. >> >> The 2200 is a fine machine and makes beautiful prints, but the >> drivers do a lousy job of the "fancier" options- borderless printing >> to 4x6 paper for example-it likes to print the photo ~1 1/2 inches >> off center. >> >> Allen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >I have been thinking about a 2200..but no way to resolve/fix the >issue >> >I assume...? Steve >> > >> >> My 1270 started doing this back in 10.1: then an Epson 875 did >it >> >> under 10.2 (on a different computer). I would get irregular >bands of >> >> closely spaced red and cyan lines. I changed my printer driver >to >> >> Gimp Print (an open source Unix driver) and it continued. It >seems >> >to >> >> be one of the things that happen to the printers when they start >to >> >> fail. >> >> >> >> I now use an Epson 2200 with no problems. >> >> >> >> Allen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >Ever since an upgrade to Mac OS 10.3 Panther my printing of >Leica >> >> >images in Photoshop 7 to an Epson 1270 seems to have >suffered, >> >> >with unusual streaking and colors seen even in the b and w >> >images... >> >> >I think the change to the new OS was the critical issue...but >> >> >??....anyone else notice a problem or a change? ....there is >no >> >new >> >> >driver yet for the Epson in this OS....thanks, Steve >> >> >-- >> >> >To unsubscribe, see >> >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe, see >> >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > >> >-- >> >To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html