QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thank you. I'll try the trick you suggest.

Apple does not get a gold star for this implementation.



--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington  wrote:
>
> OSX does use the unique serial number of the printer.  So you will
> need to re-setup the printers --
> i.e. Delete and re-Add in Print&Fax for Epson, Delete for QTR and
> Install3880 to re-Add.
> 
> Presets are a bit more complicated.  There are 2 kinds -- general and
> printer specific.  The
> printer specific ones will be gone since you have a new printer.  The
> general ones should be there.
> (not if you do a "reset printing system")
> 
> I would always recommend printer specific presets.  If you have these
> a way you might preserve
> them is to take the printer specific preset, save as a general preset,
> get your new printer going
> and then convert the general back to a specific.  I never tried this
> but I'd think it should work.
> However Presets are touchy (i.e. error prone) so better write down
> what you have in case you
> need to start over.
> 
> Roy
> 
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:38 PM, paulraphaelson
>  wrote:
> > This is a really basic question, but I realize I've never replaced a printer with an identical model before. Epson is replacing my 3880 because of a sensor issue, and I don't know if the OSX printing system identifies printers by some kind of unique ID number, and if so, if I'll have to reinstall printing sofware.
> >
> > It's not such a big deal if I have to reset the printing system, but I'm hoping all my old presets,  for the epson driver and the QTR driver will still work.
> >
> > Is there anything that has to be done besides plugging in the new printer?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> >
> >
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