(printing)
I recently read that the band “Rage Against the Machine” never specified what machine…it was probably a printer.
I don’t use my printer much, but occasionally a project comes along which requires, well, printing. I’m sure some of this will seem familiar:
Print 1 – This fine apart from the yellow. No Yellow at all. However I’m sure the cartridge was relatively new, so it’s probably just been sat too long.
Clean print heads, print check page, repeat, repeat, repeat.
Take ink cartridge out stare at it and shake vigorously. Deep clean heads, print check page.
Slight smear of yellow. Repeat above steps again.
Yellow!
Print 2 – Yellow is fine, blue fades out half way through image.
Throw cartidge (far) away, insert spare cartridge bought last time. Do test print.
Test print is fine!
Print actual image. OK this works, but now it’s in my hands I perceive that it will need to be larger by about 25%.
The PDF file can be upsized, but I’m wise to this dodge, that changes the screen image, not the print size, so I copy to Paint (an old faithful). Increase 25%.
Print. I get about 75% of the image on one sheet and that’s it.
Print settings, Print actual size (was fit to page).
I get about 50% of the image across the top half of a portrait print.
Print setting , print actual size, print landscape, print preview.
Preview, almost exactly on 2 landscape pages.
Print: Get the other 50% of the portrait from last time ???!!! one landscape page, and then, Out of paper.
Reload paper:
Print: Looking good, page 1, page 2,….page 3? a sliver of image on the third sheet despite the preview.
I contemplate whether I could do without the sliver.
Resize to 98%?? No better, reduce page margins to minimum!
Print: Image prints out across 6 sheets in portrait.
Resort to strong drink. Reset everything. Preview, check, preview, check, preview, check.
Print: Page 1…… printer stops. Red ink is too low.
Go get axe from shed.
I think about the damage I could do with a 3d printer…
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