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topic: 1195Printing problem
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posted: 10 Aug 2010 12:57

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Des Norman
 
 

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Hi all,
Have run through tutorial, read notes on printing, created and saved printer config. file - but can't get printing to work properly.

Have 1 turnout on the pad after a fresh start, covering 2 A4 sheets. When I select print/preview current pages, shows a1, a2. Click 'all remaining pages' only results in 1st page being printed then printer locks up still showing 2nd page outstanding. Selected saved config file when asked.

Windows start/printers, double-click on printer shows document status as printing. Highlighting and selecting restart ineffective.

If I start afresh and omit 1st page, click print all remaining pages, this one page still won't print.

Feel as though I've hit a brick wall already. Any suggestions please?

Regards,
Des

Windows XP SP3
Epson Stylus D88 inkjet printer - prints fine from any other software program.

posted: 10 Aug 2010 13:58

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Hi Des,

Welcome to Templot Club.

What printer resolution are you using? Try changing to a basic 360dpi. Higher resolutions, especially photo-quality printing, require massive amounts of memory for multiple-page printing. 360dpi is fine for a track construction template.

When it locks up, what happens in Templot? If it returns to the normal pad view, there is not much more that can be done, because at that stage all data has been sent to the Windows spooler for printing. If it remains showing the "print pages" dialog, try clicking "cancel all remaining pages".

Epson printers are notoriously temperamental. On Mondays and Wednesdays, mine announces that the printer cable is too long. It's fine on other days. :? Change to HP printer on the same cable, and it has not failed once in 10 years.

Another trick of Epson printers is that there is a print preview screen waiting for an OK click, but the preview window is hidden behind other windows, or not shown at all. Try minimizing Templot to see if there is a print preview screen behind. If you have print preview selected in the printer driver, try disabling it.

If still no joy, please attach your .box file here, so that I can test printing it.

regards,

Martin.

posted: 10 Aug 2010 16:01

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Des Norman
 
 

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Martin Wynne wrote:
Hi Des,

Welcome to Templot Club.

What printer resolution are you using? Try changing to a basic 360dpi. Higher resolutions, especially photo-quality printing, require massive amounts of memory for multiple-page printing. 360dpi is fine for a track construction template.

When it locks up, what happens in Templot? If it returns to the normal pad view, there is not much more that can be done, because at that stage all data has been sent to the Windows spooler for printing. If it remains showing the "print pages" dialog, try clicking "cancel all remaining pages".

Epson printers are notoriously temperamental. On Mondays and Wednesdays, mine announces that the printer cable is too long. It's fine on other days. :? Change to HP printer on the same cable, and it has not failed once in 10 years.

Another trick of Epson printers is that there is a print preview screen waiting for an OK click, but the preview window is hidden behind other windows, or not shown at all. Try minimizing Templot to see if there is a print preview screen behind. If you have print preview selected in the printer driver, try disabling it.

If still no joy, please attach your .box file here, so that I can test printing it.

regards,

Martin.


Thanks Martin.

Been to various Epson settings and help screens and can find no way of checking current dpi.

Templot seems to be OK but in Task Manager the spooler file goes to 98% CPU. Have cleared this as per notes on the web but still no luck.

I've wasted too many hours today trying to sort this so have just installed pdf995 and now have a print of the turnout at last. It's in B&W but I seem to recall one of the club threads refering to getting colour with this app. Also the full lead dimension lines up well with a hand-drawn template for a US no.6 turnout in Proto48 that I drew some time ago, so I'm impressed.

Haven't installed the latest Templot upgrade yet as I thought I would work through the tutorials first.

Thanks again,
Des

posted: 10 Aug 2010 16:21

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Martin Wynne
 
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Des Norman wrote:
have just installed pdf995 and now have a print of the turnout at last. It's in B&W but I seem to recall one of the club threads refering to getting colour with this app.
Hi Des,

Yes, there is a bug in pdf995. It is perfectly capable of creating colour PDFs, but when asked it says no. Templot takes it at its word. Most other software doesn't bother asking first.

Why not try one of the other PDF generators? They all print colour fine. Win2PDF is generally regarded as the best for our purposes. The free version doesn't expire, but prints an extra nag page on each run:

 http://www.win2pdf.com

Remember to set page scaling to "none" when printing in Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader.

In the next Templot version, PDF output will be available natively without installing a virtual printer generator. (Also vector EMF and the common raster image formats).

regards,

Martin.

posted: 10 Aug 2010 17:42

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Des Norman
 
 

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Hi again Martin,
Success! just downloaded Win2PDF and I now have colour printing.

Now to do the tutorial again and read even more of the notes.
Thanks,
Des


posted: 23 Aug 2010 17:28

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Judi R
 
Sutton-on-Sea - United Kingdom

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I use PDF Creator which is free from pdfforge.org, supports colour, and has no nag screens.

Judi

posted: 23 Aug 2010 19:40

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wcampbell23
 
Hamilton, Scotland - United Kingdom

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Hi Judi

Before any other Templot Forum member installs the software from pdfforge.org I suggest that they have a look at the following topic from pdfforge's user forum:

http://www.pdfforge.org/forum/open-discussion/4801-mybrowserbar

I think this software should definitely come with a health warning!

Regards

Bill Campbell

posted: 25 Aug 2010 17:36

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Templot User
 
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Ouch! Sorry!

Should have checked the website before posting my recommendation!

I'm using version 0.9.3 which is nag-free. When I checked the pdfforge.org site and saw the new version 1.something, I found I was being offered a very confusing bundle of super-this and plus-that, so I backed out without downloading anything.

I shall stick with 0.9.3 for as long as it holds up!

Judi



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