-
Post Script issues with laser printer…please help!
(Maybe miscellaneous Printing is the forum for this question, but it’s a PS type one…)
Lexmark C710- colour laser printer…
When installed, it loads three drivers- the standard PCL one, a PS2 driver, and a PS3 driver.
If I go into Photoshop of any other program and use either of the post script drivers, and in output settings, select a line frequency, angle & dot shape, then go to print- it prints as though we have just a PCL print- smooth & no dots at all.
I’ve tried altering settings all over the place & in neither the PS2 or PS3 drivers, can I get to control the dots. I can do it manually in P’shop, via the bitmap conversion, but I want to do it via the printer’s post script driver.
Does anyone have any ideas on what setting may be overriding my settings?
We have a black & white Lexmark optra s1855 and I have no problem with the PS settings on that being output as requested- just the colour printer, even when set for just black & white on a B&W print.
TIA
__________________ -
5 Replies
-
You could try one of these open drivers to see if they work better. http://www.opendrivers.com/freedownload … nload.html
-
so ur changing the screen frequency of a grey image to get it to print in larger dots?
or outputting a CMYK set and trying to alter the dot sizes per colour?
Not done it via Photoshop for yonks.
I dont have ur printer, just done it in the past.
-
Thanks, Simon, I’ll try that driver.
Dave, yes, I want to be able to set the dot size & line angle to get halftone output.
I can do it perfectly on the B&W laser printer, the optra s1855, when printing on vellum for making screen positives, but I wanted to be able to do it on the colour OPtra c710 also- even if only in black mode on a black/greyscale picture, and it ignores any settings I select in the output section of the print options, and prints an even gradual toned picture, not a dotted halftone one.I appreciate the feedback-thanks!
-
think i ran into similar issues with xerox colour ps… dont think i solved it…
-
That driver was the standard lexmark one for all printers- 24 meg- and we’re on dialup-ugh!
I’ve not yet tried it, but will do so.
Log in to reply.