Thanks! I will give this a try. It sounds promising. I concur with your opinion of Lexmark.
Steve On Nov 18, 2003, at 2:02 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > 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>. > | 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>.
