In short, I've had the biscuit with CS3 and my Epson 2200. In reviewing both Luminous Landscape and the Adobe forums there appears to be a problem under the Windows platform.
After reinstalling both the Epson driver and print monitor I got one centred print before it reverted to off centre printing.
Two suggestions have come out of my reading, one is to print using CS2 the other is to use Qimage.
Qimage is a wonderful package. I use it exclusively for printing and resizing images for print. It's layout capabilities are really nice although I just got Lightroom and that's looking good too. Qimage has some handy, and really effective, sharpening tools for printing. I will say though that even with their recent upgrades, it's not the most intuitive application and takes a bit of playing around to get the hang of it. For the price, it's hard to beat. I'm fairly competent with Photoshop, but I can't match the print quality that I get using Qimage. Mike Chaney, the author, frequents the forums on dpreview, so support is always easily available. Definitely worth a look.
If I have to print something in a hurry, I always use Q-Image.
While great for printing, it is not designed to edit an image. For that, you will still need something like Photoshop. The moral of the story is to always try to get the image right, just like when we were using film. Don't figure that you can fix the image in Photoshop.
The difference between digital and film is you didn't have to buy a new camera every time you changed a film batch number! I'll be damned if I'm buying a new printer after the price of CS3. I'm so furious I'm almost hoping Bill Gates gives Adobe a run for their money! Almost.
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5 repliesAfter reinstalling both the Epson driver and print monitor I got one centred print before it reverted to off centre printing.
Two suggestions have come out of my reading, one is to print using CS2 the other is to use Qimage.
I'd be interested in any experiences with Qimage.
Cheers,
Dave
While great for printing, it is not designed to edit an image. For that, you will still need something like Photoshop. The moral of the story is to always try to get the image right, just like when we were using film. Don't figure that you can fix the image in Photoshop.
The difference between digital and film is you didn't have to buy a new camera every time you changed a film batch number! I'll be damned if I'm buying a new printer after the price of CS3. I'm so furious I'm almost hoping Bill Gates gives Adobe a run for their money! Almost.
Cheers,
Dave
I hear you. Nothing like reverse in-compatibility!!!! Arrrgh!