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I'm trying to print to HP Z2100 photo, but the image is not centered, the bottom margin is wider than the top margin, although I have center image ticked.. Also sometimes I get and error: printer doesn't exist. Selecting anothere printer and the getting back to Z2100 works. In osx I had no problems, but win7 doesn't seem to work well. I've reinstalled printer drivers, reboot both computer and printer. Also in osx the printer driver accepted 16-bit data, but haven't found it in win7. The printer driver is latest from HP.
Any help appreciated.
Matti

The margins are going to be be different on the Z2100 unless you use wide enough margins to account for the area at the bottom of the print where the printer grabs the paper. I typically set up a number of custom paper sizes that have the margins tweaked so my image prints centered, and then use those. The factory defaults tend to try and maximize the printable area, which will mean uneven margins.
16-bit printing is a mac-only feature.
When reinstalling the printer driver, you need to make sure that all the old bits have been removed before installing the new driver. The steps I usually follow are:
1 - disconnect the printer
2 - remove the printer using the Devices & Printers control panel
3 - remove the printer driver using the Programs and Features control panel
4 - reboot
5 - install the new printer driver
6 - connect the printer when prompted, which will re-create the printer queue

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