Digital BW, The Print

Bob,

I'm selecting the Epson 1160 driver, rather than the generic XP 
driver. I have installed both the driver and the status monitor that 
are available on the Epson site. However, I do not get a reading of 
the ink levels in the print dialogue boxes. Apart from this, the 
print dialogue is the same as before (i.e. I can establish a series 
of profiles under the "advanced" tab, depending on how I want to 
print). However, when I try to print, I get a "comunication error", 
which seems to be pointing to a cable problem - but I don't think 
that there is a problem with the cable, as I have treid both USB and 
parallel port connections, and end up with the same problem.

Regards

David  

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" 
<bobfrost@b...> wrote:
> David,
> 
> Are you selecting the Epson 1160 printer driver (rather than the XP 
1160
> version) in the Printer box? There should be two 1160 printers 
showing up,
> and you need to select the correct one. If that is OK, what about 
the Epson
> Status Monitor? Is that installed properly?
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "djhedley" <djhedley@y...>
> 
> > I can install the Epson XP drivers for the printer, and receive a
> > confirmation message that they have been correctly installed. 
Within
> > Photoshop, the dialogue with the printer driver appears normal, 
and
> > follows the same process as before. However, printing fails, 
because
> > of a "communication error". I think what is happening is that 
Windows
> > XP wants to use its own "plug and play" driver, which will work, 
but
> > not at the resolution that I am looking for (1400 dpi). 
Consequently
> > I think I end up with a conflict between the Epson and the Windows
> > driver, leading to an apparent communiction problem with the 
printer.
> >
> > I do not know how to resolve this - can anyone help me? I have 
tried
> > all sorts of things - both USB and parallel port connections, and
> > reloaded the drivers several times - so far without success and am
> > feeling increasingly desperate!