Epson 9600, films not lining up right!

[ericheartsu]

We are using an Epson 9600 and having issues with some of our films lining up correctly when they are printed in a big group sheet.

Is there anything i can do to fix this?

[Frog]

Are some of the seps oriented 90 degrees differently than others?

[cbjamel]

Are you printing on roll? If so then it should? Are you using a rip?
Shane

[ericheartsu]

Yes on a roll, right now, no rip. just using the Epson driver.

Printing from photoshop and illustrator cs6. i believe they are all pointing in the same direction!

[jasonl]

Yes on a roll, right now, no rip. just using the Epson driver.

Printing from photoshop and illustrator cs6. i believe they are all pointing in the same direction!

are you at the within 4ft. from the end of the roll?  I have been having this problem on my 4900.  ONly at the end of the roll.

[ericheartsu]

possibly. i know it's running low.

[Evo]

I did a layout grid film to go under the glass on my light table with my 9600 when I still had it. Once with the stock driver, once with Accurip.

The stock driver film was WAY off. Like it lost 3/4" accuracy over about 20". The film printed with Accurip was dead on, and the registration on my films were always very accurate too. There is more than a few reasons to use a dedicated RIP.

[ericheartsu]

I did a layout grid film to go under the glass on my light table with my 9600 when I still had it. Once with the stock driver, once with Accurip.

The stock driver film was WAY off. Like it lost 3/4" accuracy over about 20". The film printed with Accurip was dead on, and the registration on my films were always very accurate too. There is more than a few reasons to use a dedicated RIP.

looks like i'm getting an accurip!

[ericheartsu]

Also Jason, i know you are selling them together, but i'll gladly buy your accurip from you if you want to sell it separately!

[blue moon]

before spending money on the AccuRip, check out the Film Maker.
It has many options not available on other RIPs (for example, it has feed calibration option so you can make sure the prints are exact size on your printer).

they have a 30 trial.

pierre

[ericheartsu]

Doesn't look like Film Maker covers this printer, nor does it work for mac!

[ebscreen]

Neither Accurip nor Filmmaker say they cover my 9000, but both work for it with other drivers.

That said, I'm working on automating Ghostscript for our workflow. I didn't end up liking
the way either of the programs worked.

[Evo]

Neither Accurip nor Filmmaker say they cover my 9000, but both work for it with other drivers.

That said, I'm working on automating Ghostscript for our workflow. I didn't end up liking
the way either of the programs worked.

Good luck with this. I tried several different work-arounds for Ghostscript workflow and ended up with fistfulls of hair.

BTW - Accurip needs the native stock driver to be installed first, then you run a test print with the stock driver on all default settings to make sure it works, then you point Accurip to that printer in the Accurip settings dialog. Accurip "takes over" the stock driver in a sense and overrides or modifies how the driver lays down the ink or handles the media.

It also has a calibration feature for print length, that's not exclusive to Filmmaker.

[inkman996]

Where is this calibration in FM I use FM and on longer films 16"+ I get alignment issues as well on my 1430.

[squeezee]

I don't think that a RIP will solve your registration problems.
I have seen misregistration caused by the printer skipping over blank areas of film - it runs at a faster rate than when printing.  You can put a fine keyline to make it print every line.
What does the misregistration look like?  Are all the films square but different lengths or might they be skewed?
Wasatch is a damn good RIP IMHO.