Finally Resolved my Printer Issues - HP 1012 and Canon Pixma

This has been about to drive me crazy... I cannot tell you how much browsing I have done on this forum and via google searches. For me... my issue is related to VM Fusion. This also identified why my CD / DVD wouldn't always eject.
My printer would work when I removed and re-added or reset printer services... it would work for maybe an hour or so then nothing would print. It would show up as paused in the printer status... but never would print.
What I ended up doing was removing my printer from the USB connection within VMware Fusion and it has worked flawlessly... will print from any application. Since I am only running a Weather Station through Windows and VMware I don't need the printer function. But it does make me wonder why... I will ping the guys on the VMware Fusion forum to see if they have any answers.

I've been using this printer with LR for over a year and I've had fantastic results.  The secret, for me at least, is just before I print I increase the brightness by about 20 to 25 - depending on the paper.
Here is how I arrived at this value:
Make 3 virtual copies
Increase the brighness of each by 10
You now have four images at 50, 60, 70, and 80 brightness
Highlight the four images and go to the print module
Print them all on one 5x7 (or larger if you prefer) sheet of your target paper
See which one looks the best.
Use that brightness level for that paper.
If you're not sure and have it narrowed down to two values and can't decide, you can always repeat this at something like 65, 70, 75, 80, etc...  It only uses a couple of small sheets and a little bit of ink.
The one thing to keep in mind when using this (or any other ink printer) is that even a properly calibrated monitor is going to look brighter than your print.  This is not a fault of the printer, but rather the nature of today's LCD monitors - particularly the nice bright LED ones.  Your paper does not have nice, bright white lights pushing trough it to backlight it, so a little push in the brightness will do the trick.
BTW - in case anyone is interested, there are some simple ways to work around the forced borders on the FA prints on this printer.  For example, the Canon Museum Rag paper is made by Hahnemuhle in Germany.  You can use the Hahnemuhle profile and it works just fine!  Likewise, my favorite paper is the Epson Velvet Fine Art paper.  Since it is made by Legion I use the Legion Sommerset Velvet profiles and get full 13x19 FA prints with no border.
Tom W.

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