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Okay, I forgot how Windows works...
Riso Rinc 3 installed and Drivers installed.Now I have to try another cable or try to connect it via CUPS.
I'm so fucking close.
In the meantime with all the boots and stuff in between I dissembled a iMac G4 and replaced the hard-drive...to no success, guess the problem is the logic board.
But that was fun!
- maybe it's the usb to parallel that messes it up...usb (serial port) is COM1, COM2,
parallel is LPT1. maybe you can tell the driver to use COM instead of LPT ?uan - just an idea... if you have all drivers and shit installed, but it doesn't see the printer, maybe it's looking at the wrong portuan
- hey uan! thanks for your input. i downloaded a couple fo usb-to-parallel drivers for win xp before reading this cause that's also one of my guesses********
- i added two printers, one via USB and the other LPT. one gave me a there's not enough paper message but that's not true!********
- someone suggested me to get a WIN XP laptop but I'm still refusing! that's my last resort!********
- my friend's Riso's (she has 3) all have firewire ports...fuck me!********
- Look into an external RIP, perhaps -- I assume you're using the embedded controllerGnash
- what do you mean by embedded controller? The Software it seems works with Riso files?********
- Any RIP suggestion?********
- http://us.riso.com/w…Gnash
- Riso has external RIPs (controllers) that may be able to bridge the gap for you. Might find some on ebayGnash
- https://www.ebay.com…Gnash
- https://www.ebay.com…Gnash
- Maybe these guys have a solution: http://www.efi.comGnash
- thanks Gnash!********
- fuck those prices...LOL! For that money I can buy a Riso with Firewire that will probably work...hm...checking EFI. ;)********
- I know, right? these old RIPs should be way cheaper if not freeGnash
- I'm stuck. I even checked and changed the Info.list for the P2303 usb-to-parallel driver. The machine seems to need a special network card to work with mac.********
- I found one for 400€. To work via Ethernet. Somewhere I finally read that connected like this if here's no driver for the printer one can forget it.********
- MAcs simply not work with Parallel. And VirtualBox or other VM can not change that the connection is actually with a Mac. Weird cause it's a software prob.********
- maybe it's the usb to parallel that messes it up...usb (serial port) is COM1, COM2,
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I did it!
So my ultimate try before buying a RIP was to buy an old PC with Windows XP.
I tried it before with a Win XP but because it was someone elses computer I didn't hack it.
I bought a IBM Thinkpad X31 with a Dockingstation and Parallel Ports for 50$.
I tried the usually cables and drivers and nothing.
Then I went to get a Parallel cable and after two tries...voilá!RISO is receiving and printing data...yes!!!
You should have seen my face when that Squirrel started running into Master Mode :)
- Now I will use the IBM as printing station after I connect it over the network to my Mac Pro.********
- We've finally decided to upgrade a CNC controller to USB because dicking around with WinXP and Parallel connections just isn't worth the time any more :\detritus
- eg. Our machine is caught in an 'activation loop' - it's a legit copy, but can't be activated, so we have to reset the counter every 29 days...detritus
- ..except at xmas we had a lot of downtime on the CNC, so it flipped over the 30 days = full re-install. And this isn't the first time either :\detritus
- Anyway., have fun! :)
(And DON'T let your XP box ANYWHERE near the the internet! (!!) )detritus - hey detritus, I hope you guys manage that. i was "forbidden" by the people running our server to connect the XP to House's network...hehehe!********
- and thanks, I really plan to have fun with it!********
- good newsGnash
- yes good news Gnash! and thanks to everybody for their input.********
- lol how did i miss this? :D
usb to parallel cable, a vm with that xp could do the jab******** - but i see u already sucked with that lol :D********
- Now I will use the IBM as printing station after I connect it over the network to my Mac Pro.
- shapesalad0
With regards to Giclée printing - what's the finest line thickness it can print?
Eg, you have a 2cm long black stroke in Illustrator, no BG, is 0.1mm too thin? 0.05mm?
- Ask the printer?OBBTKN
- 0.05 should work, but i wouldn't go with that.
0.1-.2 is fine, a decent visible line starts at 0.3********
- shapesalad0
Surely in the year 2021, a better, more simple process could be conceived rather than having colour profiles for:
the monitor
the input device
the document working space
the printer.- https://helpx.adobe.…shapesalad
- I hate all this... Just confuses the crap out of me and I have no idea if I'm doing things right.shapesalad
- I have an ICC for the output printer. I've no profile assigned to the working space. I have no idea if I'm doing things right... Black (K) is looking brown ffsshapesalad