Low quality prints from OSX Yosemite

Hello ladies and gents,
I bought a new colour laser printer yesterday: the Samsung SL-C460WXpress.
I installed the latest OS X drivers and software which I downloaded from the Samsung website. I did the same thing for my Windows machine.
The problem:
When I print from my MBPR with OS X Yosemite, I have barely any options. I can't select the print quality, I can't select the type of photo paper, I basically miss every single option necessary to make good photo prints. As a result, the photos come out granular and of low quality.
When I print from my Windows machine, I can setup my print properties. E.G. paper type (thick, photo matte, photo glossy, etc.), print quality (normal, photo, etc.) and what not. When I set the properties to 'photo' the prints come out amazing.
I don't want to send back the printer, just because OS X is lacking in functionality. Is there anything I can do? Or am I stuck with eithre Windows, or changing printer?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Yours,
Danny

Your initial post was very clear. My response to you was based on your statement of...
When I print from my MBPR with OS X Yosemite, I have barely any options. I can't select the print quality, I can't select the type of photo paper,
My recommendation of contacting the manufacturer and/or reading the user manual still stands if repairing permissions does not work. On some printer/scanners not all of the printer options work in Yosemite. Reason why you need to confirm directly from the manufacturer if the user manual does not state so.
kahjot has already provided you w/repairing permissions instructions.

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via System Preferences
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] ------------------------------------------------------
D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] Pre-processing tasks:
D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] Line - %%BeginDocument     Processor - EmbeddedDocumentCounter     "Check for embedded document"     (pre, mandatory, substr)
D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] Line - %!PS-Adobe     Processor - EmbeddedDocumentCounter     "Check for embedded document"     (pre, mandatory, substr)
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] Line - %%Page:     Processor - PageAccounting     "Log page for accounting"     (post, mandatory, substr)
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] Set job-printer-state-message to "Connected to printer.", current level=INFO
D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] Connected to 10.157.32.92:515 (local port 1009)...
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] Reading command status...
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] End of messages
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] printer-state-message="/usr/libexec/cups/backend/lpd failed"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:24:35 -0500] [Job 27] printer-state-reasons=paused
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] Queued on "DOBL_24HR1" by "lab".
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] job-sheets=none,none
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] argv[1]="28"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] argv[2]="lab"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] argv[3]="testprint"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] argv[4]="1"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] argv[5]="AP_ColorMatchingMode=AP_ApplicationColorMatching AP_D_InputSlot= collate com.apple.print.DocumentTicket.PMSpoolFormat=application/pdf com.apple.print.JobInfo.PMJobName=testprint com.apple.print.PrinterInfo.PMColorDeviceID..n.=3671 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMColorMatchingMode..n.=0 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMColorSyncProfileID..n.=1580 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMCopies..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMCopyCollate..b. com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMFirstPage..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMLastPage..n.=2147483647 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMPageRange..a.0..n.=1 com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMPageRange..a.1..n.=2147483647 fit-to-page media=Letter pserrorhandler-requested=standard job-uuid=urn:uuid:ad3091e2-399a-3964-4c78-b8a81bf25bdf job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1320945980 time-at-processing=1320945980 PageSize=Letter"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] argv[6]="/private/var/spool/cups/d00028-001"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[0]="<CFProcessPath>"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[1]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/private/var/spool/cups/cache"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[2]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[3]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/doc/cups"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[4]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[5]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/private/var/spool/cups"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/libexec/cups"
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[8]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/private/etc/cups"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[9]="HOME=/private/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[10]="PATH=/usr/libexec/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[11]="[email protected]"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[12]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.5.0"
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[14]="USER=root"
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[17]="IPP_PORT=631"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[18]="CHARSET=utf-8"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[19]="LANG=en_US.UTF-8"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[20]="APPLE_LANGUAGE=en-US"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[21]="PPD=/private/etc/cups/ppd/DOBL_24HR1.ppd"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[22]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=128m"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[23]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/vnd.cups-banner"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[24]="DEVICE_URI=smb://utlab-prsrv-02/DOBL_24HR1"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[25]="PRINTER_INFO=DOBL_24HR1"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[26]="PRINTER_LOCATION="
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[27]="PRINTER=DOBL_24HR1"
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[29]="CUPS_FILETYPE=document"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[30]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=printer/DOBL_24HR1"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[31]="AUTH_I****"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[32]="AUTH_U****"
D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] envp[33]="AUTH_P****"
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] Line - %%BeginDocument     Processor - EmbeddedDocumentCounter     "Check for embedded document"     (pre, mandatory, substr)
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] Line - %%EndComments     Processor - DriverVersion     "Insert driver info"     (pre, mandatory, substr)
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:26:21 -0500] [Job 28] Line - %%Page:     Processor - PageAccounting     "Log page for accounting"     (post, mandatory, substr)
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SAMBA--
smb://username:password@serverhost/printer
smb://username:password@serverip/printer
smb://serverhost/printer
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D [10/Nov/2011:12:39:00 -0500] [Job 29] PageTop = 780.0, PageBottom = 12.0
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So yeah...
I'm totally stumped now.
I feel like I've tried every method imaginable, but still no luck.
Printing from OSX 10.6.8 works just FINE.
On the server side, I'm running Windows Server 2008... there's only a local admin and a local user account.
Clients running OSX Lion 10.7.2 -- All updated.
Printer is an HP LaserJet P4010-4510 series.
Workstation is an iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2009
3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
Please help!!!
--- Richard

LPD print service is not enabled by default in Server 2008. It can be enabled via the Print Serveer role, but I am remote and cannot confirm the exact setting.
As for SMB, the error log is showing;
Failed to connect to "smb://<username>:<password>@utlab-prsrv-02/"
So it would suggest that there is still an issue with the account detail you are using as you show you have tried this syntax at one stage. If you want to continue to create the queue using SMB rather than LPD then I recommend using the CUPS web page (http://127.0.01:631) to create the queue. This will allow you to enter the syntax exactly as the error message shows. From previous testing I found it was okay to just use the account name rather than domain/account name on a domain bound server.

Poor quality printing from reader

I am getting poor quality printing from adobe reader.
I tried 3 different PC with the same printer (windows 7 - Epson xp 600)
DOC XLS JPG and all other files are excellent on the printer.
I tried almost all the configurations on the properties of the printer and adobe
I don't know what else to do to get my printing correctly.
Please HELP MEEEEEEEE
Thanks a lot for your time.

What is your Reader version?
What exactly means "poor quality"?
Have you tried Print as Image?

Can I extract low quality links from a indd which the links are missing?

Can I extract low quality links from a indd which the links are missing?
That's it...
I've an old file without it's links folder, I was wondering If there was any way to extract low quality images from it to relink them.

@Bernardo – you could export the graphic frame that holds the low res preview to e.g. PNG.
But I would *NOT* re-link them! Place them anew in case someone has geometrically transformed (cropped, rotated, skewed, mirrored) the original ones. Keep in mind that by exporting graphic frames to PNG, fill and stroke properties together with applied effects are exported as well.
Uwe

When I print pictures from my IMAC to my Hp C8180 they are grainy, even when I select the Best Quality- Why can't I get good quality printing from Imac ?

When I print pictures from my IMAC to my Hp C8180 they are grainy, even when I select the Best Quality- Why can't I get good quality printing from Imac ? Use the same printer with a PC and printed the same picture files- they are printed with high quality- Why can't the IMAC do the same?

Does this involve iPhoto for the Mac?
How exactly are you printing these photos?
LN

Printing on Deskjet 5940 from OSX Yosemite

Hi,
Trying to install an HP Deskjet 5940 on a MacBook with Yosemite. The test page prints OK but nothing happens when printing from Notes, Pages, etc.
I haven't downloaded any driver yet since they seem to stop at OSX 5.
Anyone has a clue ?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
Officially the HP Deskjet 5940 is not compatible with Yosemite, only the printers listed below are compatible with the OS:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c04473034&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
You may try the 3rd part HPIJS print drivers which seems to support your printer, although it is only listed as compatible with OS X 10.8 or lower it should work on your operating system as well.
Be sure to install any of the 3 required downloads below:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/hpijs
Next go to Printers & Scanners and select the printer, click the Use drop down and click on Select Printer Software, then locate and select the listed 5940 driver by HPIJS and check if that might work.
Regards,
Shlomi
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How can i choose a lower quality print density when printing from firefox on my Mac. I cant move the slider along the scale ( I can when printing from the computer).

I can't change the print density when printing from Firefox. It is set at standard and although there is a "slider button" to use for choosing less or more density, it can't be moved. I can tick "grayscale". I can choose the density when printing from the computer. I have a Mac

I also have this problem where I used to be able to shrink a 2 page doc to a single page. Since upgrade to FF4 it no longer works - but you can choose say 60% and it will work. All used to work fine in FF3

Low quality printing

Hello,
I just recently started using a iMac vs OSX 10.9.4 with adobe illustrateCS5. I do sublimation printing, I print to a Ricoh SG 3110 printer.
I have been using an older vs of illustrator on a PC without any problems. Now when I print all of my designs they are coming out low quality. I can print the same image from Indesign and from photo shop and they print good, but not illustrator CS5 on a Mac. Does any one have any suggestions
Thank You
David Baldwin

David,
I wonder whether either of these PDFs may be relevant.
http://sawgrassink.indigofiles.com/product_documentation/sublijet/SJR-SG3110DN-PSG-AI-CSCS 5_-_MP.pdf
http://sawgrasseurope.indigofiles.com/technical_support/sublijetr/3110_wp/SJR-SG3110DN-PSG -AI-CS-CS6-WP.pdf

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Hi
I am running CS4 on Windows 7 64bit and I've noticed that b/w prints from my HP Laserjet 1320n is very poor. I typically print screen shots or print single page PDFs to the 1320n. The output is low res and looks like newspaper print magnified several times (halftone printing?)! The prints are still low res even when I change the doc to 300 pixels/inch. However when I print the same docs to my Canon IP4500 inkjet the prints come out perfect. I am not sure if its a problem with CS4 or a HP driver problem. The HP prints without problems from other packages such as MS Word.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Hi
It looks like a driver problem in Windows 7. I removed the HP PCL6 driver and replaced it with the built-in (but older) PCL5 driver in Windows 7 and it seems to have resolved the issue. I compared the two drivers and it seems that PCL6 does not have the 'Printer Features | Graphics Mode | Send Graphics As Vector' mode. This seems to be the crucial setting that allows high res bitmaped graphics and PDF's to be printed properly.
Thanks.

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I have a canon MX700 connected via usb to a PC running Windows Vista. The printer is shared through my router and works wirelessly with all my other windows based pcs.
I can see the pc in finder on my macbook running osx 10.6.3 but i not yet found a solution to help me print from my macbook. I have researched far and wide and nothing i have tried has worked.
Can someone please help me?

When you have a Canon inkjet shared by a Windows computer, you cannot use the Canon provided drivers. They will cause errors and give the impression that you have authentication problems.
For Windows shared connections, you need to use a driver that supports these types of network connections. Gutenprint is one such drivers set that will work and is preferred as it is free. However the MX700 is not listed as a supported model with the version of Gutenprint included with Snow Leopard and even with the latest version of Gutenprint does not support any MX series.
So you can either try one of the other Canon Gutenprint models, such as the MP150. But you may find that you spend a lot of time and waste a lot of ink and paper until you find a model that is compatible.
Therefore you could look at using PrintFab (www.printfab.net), which does list the MX700 as a supported model, but it does cost 49 Euro. There is a 30 day trial of the driver suite if you wanted to test it first to be sure it will work. If it does then you can purchase it later.

Low quality graphics from screenshots

I did some full screen screen shots to use in Keynote (using apple + shift 3). These are pict files which look perfectly fine when I open them in preview. I then dragged and dropped them into Keynote, and both in preview mode and when I play the show, the graphics appear fuzzy and low quality - as if they are JPEGs converted to the lowest quality setting.
Any fix for this? Other than that KN works great and its easy to use. But these graphics are really bad.
[ Imac G5/ 20 in / 2 g ram : monitor at 1680x1050]

Why are they saved as picts? I save mine as PNG and they look fine in Keynote. You could also use TIFF or PDF and those should look pretty good too. I think the problem is that other images scale much better than pict does.
If you want to try changing the format, instructions are here.
http://textsnippets.com/posts/show/131
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I'm new to Premiere Pro CS5, and I'm having difficulty creating a good-quality DVD from my SD footage. It may be because my video is too long (2 hr. 14 min.), but I thought maybe I was doing something wrong.
I've done similar things (DVDs from plays I've recorded, with the same camera) using different software, and the final quality was better. However, for various reasons, the old software isn't working well any more and I'm making the switch to PP.
I've included some technical details below. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jon
Original footage:
Shot on Panasonic DVX 100B, SD: 720x480 (0.9091), 23.976 fps (24p)
Captured as .avi files using Premiere Pro
Edited in Premiere Pro CS5 64bit (ver.5.0.3)
Total video length: 2h:14m
Sample of .avi footage, original size:
400% magnification:
Dynamic linked to Encore (ver.5.0.0.5)
Added 2 menu screens with a small jpg on each
1st try: Transcoded using Automatic settings
(DVD Transcode in Properties dialog). Quality was awful -- faces very blotchy.
2nd try: Changed DVD Transcode to:
NTSC DV 23.976 Hi-Qual 7Mb VBR 2 pass
Quality didn't improve.
3rd try: Specified a 2-sided DVD to give it more room. (I don't have a 2-sided DVD, but I thought I could burn it onto 2 DVDs). The transcoded file size increased (6.89GB m2v file), but the quality didn't really improve.
Sample of m2v footage, original size:
400% magnification:
It's a 3-act play, and my next thought was to try to do Act 1 as one file, on one DVD, and Acts 2 & 3 (shorter) as a separate project on a 2nd DVD. Blu-Ray isn't an option, unfortunately.
Thanks!

Jeff,
As I just posted, it turns out that Dan's instructions about HC Encoder were the ones that basically got me what I needed. However, I really appreciate your suggestions, and I wanted to post my test results and procedure, in case it's helpful to anyone (or if I need it again).
Regarding your test scenarios, I started on two different sequences: one set up as DV 24P, and the other as DV NTSC. My detailed notes are below -- too much to read, unless you're interested how it all turned out.
Thanks again,
Jon
Test 1: Playing in the Premiere Program Window
A. On DV 24P sequence:
   1. Leave Interpret Footage parameters at current settings. Quality OK
   2. Change just the "Remove 24p DV Pulldown" setting. Quality Terrible
   3. Change just the Field Order setting to Progressive. OK
   4. Change both the Remove and LFF settings. OK, but w/ interlace combing
B. On DV NTSC sequence:
   1. Leave Interpret Footage parameters at current settings. Quite bad
   2. Change just the "Remove 24p DV Pulldown" setting. Worse
   3. Change just the Field Order setting to Progressive. Quite bad
   4. Change both the Remove and LFF settings. Lots of combing
So, after this round, DV 24P sequence was best, either w/ default settings, or making field order progressive.
Test 2: AVI export
Created a split-screen test clip, on DV 24 P sequence, with no change on left, and change of setting from LFF to progressive on right (A1 & A3 above, which were the best after the first round).
Exported to avi files, using:
1. NTSC DV 24P preset, DV (24P Advanced) codec
2. Lagarith codec, progressive
3. Lagarith, LFF
Played avi file on Media Player Classic and Windows Media Player.
Not a lot of discernible difference among the three files.
Test 3: HC Encoder
Created *.avs fils for each of 3 test files (using Dan's directions), plus original avi (captured directly from the camera)
(Note: HC Encoder doesn't like file names with spaces or underscores,apparently.)
1. NTSC: couldn't open
2. Input for encoding OK
3. Input for encoding OK
4. Original avi couldn't be decompressed
So, the lagarith-encoded files work fine with HC Encoder, but I still have interlace combing artifacts - throughout Act 2, and at the curtain call for Sat (when the background is lighter -- is that significant?), and throughout (but not completely) Acts 2 & 3 for Fri (all on one tape). Act 1 either night doesn't appear to have a problem.
Looking at the original captured footage (in MPC and Win Media Player), there is no interlacing problem, so it appears to be an issue with PP.
Previewing the files in PP (before putting them in a sequence), there is no interlacing problem.
When creating a new sequence, I tried: New Sequence, General, Playback Settings button, choose "Repeat Frame (ABBCD)" rather than "Interlaced Frame" (the default).
This sort of fixed the problem -- no more combing, EXCEPT at the curtain call -- the very end of tape 3. The other footage that was combing is now a little softer -- kind of annoying, but I applied an Unsharp Mask filter (default settings), and it helped. (I also tried Auto Color, to see if it would quickly help the color. Not a good move: the color changes sometimes frame by frame, and all black becomes gray static. Obviously, I need to understand what that does next time I try to use it.)
I decided to live with the combing at the end. (It was "good enough" at that point -- not a commercial project.) At least I've learned a lot.
I put the .h2v and .aac files into Encore, created some menus and built it to a folder, to test the files one more time before committing them to plastic. It all looked good. Then, for one more hurdle, Encore didn't like my DVD burner ("unknown error"!) It worked last week! However, I used a different burner, since I had the DVD files already, and it worked fine. Phew!
I'd love to know what the interlace combing at the end was about. My only guess it that it may be because I was using a sort-of-cheapo DV tape, recording over it for the third time. Maybe the tape was a bit stretched or something and the frames got out of synch at the very end. (?) If anyone has ideas, I'd be interested.

Low quality print warning

Several of my photos I want to use in my book show the yellow triangle with !.
I am warned that the photos will print at a low resolution and or print quality. When I printed the same photos on my epson R1800 the images are sharp, clear and high quality. What am I missing here? the images are jpgs about 1000x1100/500kb in size. Sequential photos taken within a minute of each other either have the alert or they do not, is iphoto 6.0.6 buggy?
Photos imported from pictures folder>photoshop elements folder get the same alert. the photos have several layers.

Actually, the warning in books is triggered at 180 dpi. For prints the trigger point appears to be 140 dpi. You can see them in the iPhoto preference file if you use an application like Pref Setter.
The book is printed at 300 dpi and Apple figures 180 or below is suspect for acceptable print quality so the warning.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
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I have it installed by IP address with the drivers that Apple Update provided. When I send a print job to it, the status shows that it's connected and printing and the little sideways barber pole is screwing away, but the job never prints. As a matter of fact, the printer never even starts its warm-up cycle. Has anyone gotten this printer to work on a bone stock OSX Lion 10.7 image? This iMAC 27 is brand-freakin-new.
I have absolutely no printing issues from any of the 5 (cringe) - Windows 7 machines in the house.
Thanks for looking. I hope to have some helpful response soon.

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