Printing 4x6 on Epson CX6600 problem
Hi All,
I have been printing 4x6 prints with no problem till last week. Now when I choose the 4x6 borderless option in iPhoto 6 the preview looks fine on the printer settings page but when I choose preview the photo shows up as a 4x6 on letter size paper and that is how it prints. Inserting 4x6 paper I get 1/4 of the picture printed on one edge.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Do you think this is an iPhoto problem or should I reinstall the printer driver?
Thanks for your help in advance.
iMAC 1.25GHz 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) OWC 160GB FW HD, 4G iPod 40GB
Thanks, this did help me. The absolutely confounding thing is the print preview you see in the print dialog LIES. This scale to size option is a truly obscure setting nested in the advanced set under a pull down menu. I have never looked at it much less changed it. I have wasted HOURS of time on this simple problem which is quite frustrating as I am normally quite technically proficient.
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At this point, the best I can do, is give you instructions, on how to uninstall & reinstall the printer. I know you have already done that, but perhaps you may have missed a file or two.
I have an Epson C86, so some of the instructions may need to be modified for the CX6600.
Change my references to C86 to CX6600.
But the procedure should be the same.
*Download the most current driver from www.epson.com.
* Before moving the folder & files listed below, to a "Temporary Epson Trash Folder", open "Printer Setup Utility" and delete the C86.
* "Quit' "Printer Setup Utility"
* Move the files (Posted in Capitals) to the "Temporary Epson Trash Folder" on the Desktop
HD > Applications >
EPSON PRINTER UTILITY (Alias)
HD > Users > Your Home > Library > Preferences >
COM.EPSON.IJPRINTER.UTILITY.PLIST
COM.APPLE.PRINT.CUSTOMPRESETS.PLIST
COM.APPLE.PRINT.PRINTCENTER.PLIST
COM.APPLE.PRINT.PRINTERPROXY.INTERNAL_MODEM.PLIST
COM.APPLE.PRINT.PRINTINGPREFS.PLIST
HD > Library > Printers >
EPSON (Folder) Only move this folder if you have no other
Epson products
I also had a "OS X booklet.pdf" (Epson) that I had saved in my "Documents" folder. You will get a new one. After the installation, I replaced it. You may not have saved your original one. It's no big deal, there's really not much in it, In fact I don't remember ever opening it, before today!
* Quit ALL running Applications
* "Repair Permissions" using "Disk Utility" in the "Utilities" folder
* Dig out your Epson C86 "Start Here" instruction quick sheet, for reference
* Unplug the USB cable from the Mac & then the C86
* Re-attach the USB cable to the C86 & then the Mac
* Turn on your C86
* Double click on: "epson11518.sea.hqx" to unzip (This is the downloaded driver)
* Double click on: "epson11518.sea" to expand
* Follow the prompts & instructions
* When the "Vise" installer opens in a window, double click it to start the install
* When the installation is complete, turn off the printer & restart your Mac.
* "Repair Permisions" again
* Turn on the C86
* Open "Printer Setup Utility"
* "You have no printers available" will appear. Click "Add"
* Select "Epson USB" in the contextual menu
* Click on "Stylus C86" to highlight
* Add "Page Setup:" select "All", from the contextual menu
* Click "Add"
* Quit "Printer Setup Utility"
The images below, that are left on the "Desktop", can be trashed, unless you prefer to keep the installer.
epson11518.sea.hqx
epson11518.sea
C86Series_1.8bAs.dmg
You should be good to go!
Good Luck!
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I have installed the Intel Compatible Epson CX6600 drivers on my Macbook. I am using Tiger 10.4.8 and iPhoto supplied with the Mac with all the latest updates. Printing from iPhoto (and actually the GIMP) is proving problematic. 1stly is seems to be difficult to orient my pictures to fit 4x6 photo paper and crop in so there are no white borders and also to print the right way around.
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In the Layer floating window, create a New Adjustment Layer by clicking on the half black/half white circle, and choose Hue/Saturation or Color Balance or Selective Color. Because the prints come out too red, you want to increase the green sliders, which is the opposite of red, and/or decrease the red. (Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Color Balance) is another way to do it.
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Vriendelijke groet,
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Op 3 jan. 2012 om 20:23 heeft "c.frans w" <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven:
Re: Print quality on Epson Stylus Photo R800
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I would shine some light on your remark:
One of the things that I noticed is that the maximum resolution for printing in LR is 720 ppi. My Epson is capable of 1550 ppi.
I see a lot of discussion going about print quality with lightroom...
My name is :
Frans
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