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 know this does not help but I found Epson (in the UK) so unhelpful when I had a defect (from new) in my 1270 that I decided never to buy anything Epson again! cheers Frank On Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 12:01 am, Steve Barbour wrote: > 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