Originally Posted by pminmo Not sure what to do to keep that from happening. Your not the first, won't be the last. Keep us posted. THanks, |
Other than using a Laser printer with a postscript RIP on-board (as opposed to the cheapy "do-it-in-the-driver" printers most people sell these days for Windows) and then using EPS, PS files directly to the printer there is little you can do. PDF's are the next best if you can convert them (or the printer driver does) to EPS or PCL.
Under Linux with a Ghostscript RIP driver for my Samsung ML1740 printer I just do :-
[alan@random ~]$ lpr -P ml1740 board_to_print.ps
and I get perfect results, but under WinXP unless I tune the drivers exactly right and the stars are in alignment and the breeze is blowing to the south it might print it at the exact dimensions, otherwise it's off by a few millimeters here an there. Most annoying!
I get perfect results with my toner transfer setup now. But it took a bit of patience and trial and error. I found the most critical thing was the irons temperature and pressure. To hot the image distorts and blurs at the edges. To cold and bits don't transfer or are very thin. Also a quick touch up with a sharpy fixes many things.
Alan.