Thanks for your input Sean. I have an Epson 777, that I read is essentially
the same as a 680, and had used 680, 760 & 860 drivers in past with success
(before the addtion of 777). The 777 and others were real bad, while the 680
were only little better. I had never had to play around with those settings
in the past (previous versons), tho now I remember looking through them. I
had tried the calibration app listed in the menu, but had no luck. Now with
your post (actually the printer icon don't do anything on mine, but it's the
same as qtcups in menu - right?), I went thru and upped the dpi from whatever
it was (around 72 or something - a strange and surprizing default) up to
about 360 (these printers are supposed to be capable of 2880 x 720) and it
actually looks better. (I feel silly that I didn't think of trying to find
out where to adjust the dpi before). But in asking around here and several
ngs, you're the only one who has mentioned it. The print time (pps) still
seem excessive, but maybe a little better. I have some more fiddling to do,
but at least now I'm hopeful again.
Thanks,
-s
On Tuesday 22 May 2001 08:13 am, you wrote:
>
> Well, as expected the 680 output looked like crap, but there weren't the
> options on offer that there were for the 440, so I had a poke around.
> Clicking on the desktop printer icon revealed a dialogue that has allowed
> me to specify the dpi, page size, margins etc., and achieve reasonable
> output.
>
> Sean
