On Nov 18, 2003, at 1:22 PM, Stephen Ellis complained: > I am new to the world of OS X. My printer is a Lexmark Z52, which I > also used with my former computer (a Gateway PC). I frequently > prepared a Word document that has a line to a bitmap file. When I > print, the copy is not as clear and sharp as I would get before. What > is most curious is that if I use the same bitmap in ax Excel file, the > image is a sharp as it was before. I created the bitmap file with > Finale (music notation software), printed out the page (which was > sharp), then scanned that into a bitmap file (which when printed is > also sharp). Since the same printer is being used for all of these > applications, it would seem to be something within Word. Does anyone > have any thoughts on the problem?
I also have a Z52 printer, and it worked fine in Mac OS X until version 10.2 came along. At that point the Lexmark software really started acting strangely. The colors weren't as bright as before, and printing really slowed down. Finally, the software decided I had inserted a new ink cartridge and told me to calibrate it over and over again. I switched over to the freeware GIMP Print driver and all works as it should. I did have to mess around with the density settings when I first started using the GIMP driver, but once that was set, the printouts were as good or better than they ever were. Another advantage to the GIMP drivers is that they don't care if you refill a cartridge with fresh ink. I can get two or three refills on a cartridge before it starts to look sloppy. By the way, I'll never own another Lexmark printer, unless they stop trying to use the DMCA as a means to make refilling ink cartridges illegal. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
