Digital BW, The Print

Last weekend my computer started restarting itself randomly. I turned 
off the auto restart in XP and was able to trace it down to the Gray 
Balancer software conflicting with my Epson 785EXP printer. I use my 
2200 for anything of importance, however I use the 785 for printing 
family snaps and stuff like that. I like the Gray Balancer and have 
had good luck getting good B&W from the 2200, so I would like both to 
be able to coexist. Has anyone run into this and is there a solution 
that anyone is aware of that would allow the use of both.

Dandy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "disch7634 
<disch7634@y...>" <disch7634@y...> wrote:
> I use my 
> 2200 for anything of importance, however I use the 785 for printing 
> family snaps and stuff like that. I like the Gray Balancer and have 
> had good luck getting good B&W from the 2200, so I would like both 
to 
> be able to coexist. 

How did you decide that the Gray Balancer and the 785 were
conflicting?   What resource were they conflicting over?

I have the Gray Balancer, a 2200, and an 870, and both
printers use my parallel port (via a switch) and I've
never had any problems.   I run Win2K.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Nelson 
<peter@s...>" <peter@s...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "disch7634 
> <disch7634@y...>" <disch7634@y...> wrote:
> > I use my 
> > 2200 for anything of importance, however I use the 785 for 
printing 
> > family snaps and stuff like that. I like the Gray Balancer and 
have 
> > had good luck getting good B&W from the 2200, so I would like 
both 
> to 
> > be able to coexist. 
> 
> How did you decide that the Gray Balancer and the 785 were
> conflicting?   What resource were they conflicting over?
> 
> I have the Gray Balancer, a 2200, and an 870, and both
> printers use my parallel port (via a switch) and I've
> never had any problems.   I run Win2K.

I stripped all of my peripherals and their software off and restored 
XP to before they were added, everything worked fine. I then started 
adding the peripherals back on until I found the combination of 
computer, software and peripherals that caused the error. It was the 
785 and the Gray Balancer software. My theory is that the gray 
balancer is trying to control the 785 in the same way it controls the 
2200. What I don't know is if it is a combination of the 785, Gray 
Balancer and XP. I would have to try a different operating system to 
find that out. The fact that you say that you run Win2k without 
problems would make me think that XP has some hand in the problem as 
well.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "disch7634

> It was the 
> 785 and the Gray Balancer software. My theory is that the gray 
> balancer is trying to control the 785 in the same way it controls 
the 
> 2200. What I don't know is if it is a combination of the 785, Gray 
> Balancer and XP. I would have to try a different operating system 
to 
> find that out. The fact that you say that you run Win2k without 
> problems would make me think that XP has some hand in the problem 
as 
> well.


That's why I was wondering what resource it was competing over.
It may not be the printer itself, but something like the 
parallel port -vs- the USB port.   How are your printers
connected to the PC?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Nelson 
<peter@s...>" <peter@s...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "disch7634
> 
> > It was the 
> > 785 and the Gray Balancer software. My theory is that the gray 
> > balancer is trying to control the 785 in the same way it controls 
> the 
> > 2200. What I don't know is if it is a combination of the 785, 
Gray 
> > Balancer and XP. I would have to try a different operating system 
> to 
> > find that out. The fact that you say that you run Win2k without 
> > problems would make me think that XP has some hand in the problem 
> as 
> > well.
> 
> 
> That's why I was wondering what resource it was competing over.
> It may not be the printer itself, but something like the 
> parallel port -vs- the USB port.   How are your printers
> connected to the PC?

I was thinking about the parallel port thing after you brought it up. 
I have both of my printers connected to the USB hub. Maybe if I would 
hook one of them up through the parallel port it might solve the 
problem. I'm going to try that tonight.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Nelson 
<peter@s...>" <peter@s...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "disch7634
> 
> > It was the 
> > 785 and the Gray Balancer software. My theory is that the gray 
> > balancer is trying to control the 785 in the same way it controls 
> the 
> > 2200. What I don't know is if it is a combination of the 785, 
Gray 
> > Balancer and XP. I would have to try a different operating system 
> to 
> > find that out. The fact that you say that you run Win2k without 
> > problems would make me think that XP has some hand in the problem 
> as 
> > well.
> 
> 
> That's why I was wondering what resource it was competing over.
> It may not be the printer itself, but something like the 
> parallel port -vs- the USB port.   How are your printers
> connected to the PC?

I was thinking about the parallel port thing after you brought it up. 
I have both of my printers connected to the USB hub. Maybe if I would 
hook one of them up through the parallel port it might solve the 
problem. I'm going to try that tonight.