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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Scho on July 29, 2008, 11:19:18 am

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: Scho on July 29, 2008, 11:19:18 am

I can't print to my Epson 4000 when in 64 bit mode using LR 2.0.  Guess I'll have to stay in 32 bit for printing and I doubt that Epson will release new drivers for these older printers.

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: Schewe on July 29, 2008, 11:35:34 am

Correct...only 4/7/9/11880 (and R2880 and 3800) have heads & drivers that are capable of 16 bit output...it's not just a driver issue...

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: vandevanterSH on July 29, 2008, 12:43:58 pm

Thanks for the reminder that the default is 32 bit.

Steve

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: DavidP on July 29, 2008, 03:40:46 pm

Should the 4800 print 16bit with the new version of Lightroom?
Mac Leopard

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: Scho on July 29, 2008, 03:43:26 pm

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Correct...only 4/7/9/11880 (and R2880 and 3800) have heads & drivers that are capable of 16 bit output...it's not just a driver issue...
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Thanks Jeff.  More justification for getting a new printer.

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: KeithR on July 29, 2008, 05:08:22 pm

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Should the 4800 print 16bit with the new version of Lightroom?
Mac Leopard
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I think Mr Schewe stated that: "only 4/7/9/11880 (and R2880 and 3800) have heads & drivers that are capable of 16 bit output...it's not just a driver issue..."
I take that to mean the printers 4880/7880/9880/11880...
So the short answer is no for the 4800

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: Schewe on July 29, 2008, 05:32:05 pm

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Should the 4800 print 16bit with the new version of Lightroom?
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Nope...neither the driver nor the head can print in 16 bit...

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: DavidP on July 29, 2008, 07:29:12 pm

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Nope...neither the driver nor the head can print in 16 bit...
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 I was confused about the beta 16 bit drivers epson released for this printer.
I was wondering why the 16 bit option was not showing up.
thanks for clearing it up.

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: Photo Op on July 29, 2008, 09:01:42 pm

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Correct...only 4/7/9/11880 (and R2880 and 3800) have heads & drivers that are capable of 16 bit output...it's not just a driver issue...
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OK. so what's happening when I print with 16 bit toggled to a R2400 and the print is great? Is the 2400 driver ignoring LR? I'm confused, now (?).

--Dave

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: digitaldog on July 30, 2008, 09:03:18 am

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OK. so what's happening when I print with 16 bit toggled to a R2400 and the print is great? Is the 2400 driver ignoring LR? I'm confused, now (?).

--Dave
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The 2400 and newer 2880 also support 16-bit printing.

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: madmanchan on July 30, 2008, 09:33:35 am

Andrew, are you sure that the older R2400 also supports 16-bit?

(I was under the impression that it was only 8-bit but would be happy to find out I'm wrong ...)

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: digitaldog on July 30, 2008, 09:39:56 am

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Andrew, are you sure that the older R2400 also supports 16-bit?

(I was under the impression that it was only 8-bit but would be happy to find out I'm wrong ...)
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You're right, no 16-bit option. I just sent my older 2400 to a buddy but there's still a driver here and its not showing that option. I do know I updated the Leopard version as the one that shipped with the printer didn't work properly in LR.

The 2880 driver has it for sure.

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: Photo Op on July 30, 2008, 09:55:39 am

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Andrew, are you sure that the older R2400 also supports 16-bit?

(I was under the impression that it was only 8-bit but would be happy to find out I'm wrong ...)
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Assuming Andrew is correct   that the 2400 doesn't do 16-bit, am I doing any harm by leaving the 16-bit option toggled ON in LR2 printing????

--Dave

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: digitaldog on July 30, 2008, 09:57:22 am

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Assuming Andrew is correct   that the 2400 doesn't do 16-bit, am I doing any harm by leaving the 16-bit option toggled ON in LR2 printing????

No. You're sending 8-bits thought the driver.

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: madmanchan on July 30, 2008, 03:31:24 pm

Thanks for checking, Andrew.

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: Doyle Yoder on July 31, 2008, 12:39:51 pm

Wasn't the first post about printing when running LR2 as a 64bit app?

What does that have to do with 16bit printing.

I would be curious to know are there any printer/driver combination that allow printing with LR running as a 64bit app. Right now all I get is the printer driver choices with a line through them and a error message when they are selected.

Doyle

Title: LR 2.0 64 bit printing
Post by: Scho on July 31, 2008, 05:31:46 pm

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Wasn't the first post about printing when running LR2 as a 64bit app?

What does that have to do with 16bit printing.

I would be curious to know are there any printer/driver combination that allow printing with LR running as a 64bit app. Right now all I get is the printer driver choices with a line through them and a error message when they are selected.

Doyle
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I use QTR for my B&W printing and I'm able to get around this problem by selecting "Printer Features" which gets me access to the QTR driver in 64 bit using my Epson 4000 as a Quad4000 printer.  Roy will probably have a 64 bit print dialog available soon to fix this.  I can select 16 bit printing, but as Andrew and others have already noted it is still 8 bit printing with older printers like the 4000.  At least I don't have to switch to 32 bit mode just to get access to the old printer in LR2.  Unfortunately, the Epson driver is not as easy to work with and I use the CB RIP instead for color work.