WHEN PRINTING FROM CS3 ILLUSTRATOR DIRECTLY TO OUR EPSON 4800, OUR EDGES SEEM TO BE SLIGHTLY JAGGED, AND NOT SHARP LIKE IT USED TO BE WITH FAST FILMS - ANY FIX?

hi Anthony, i spent a month trying to figure out a similar problem with an epson 2200. Now, the printers are different but not that much, and, the changes in paper and ink gave me "some" color issues but not as bad as what i was getting. your problem seems very similar. i run a PC so this is similar but not exactly the same. what i found was that a Magenta/ violet cast was due to double profiling. I could verify that i had the correct settings but i was wrong! I print from CS3 into the epson 2200. What i found was there is an error(no one is talking about) in the printer driver. You cannot shut off the color management completely! Assume this scenario, you are printing with CS3 applying your profile in CS3. Make the settings in CS3 as normal, then you are directed to the printer settings. Go to the print driver and make the selections for ICM Color, and select "no color". The KEY is to make sure you do this step LAST , make sure to click on the "apply" button, then "Close". Once you make the selection of "No Color" do NOT click on anything else. If you change screens in the print driver once you select "no color mgmt" the driver CHANGES your settings. ANY settings in the other pages in the print driver cause the driver to apply a printer profile, this effectively "double profiles" your photo print causing the magenta cast. None of this should happen if the driver was created correctly but there it is! It took a long time to test and verify but it is as i stated. Once i got it sorted out my photos are excellent ALL the time. Good luck, worm1855.

Did u install toshiba driver?

Maybe it's low on ink or you need to run a cleaning cycle. Try printing the test pattern and look for any missing lines or streaks.

Make sure the paper size is not set to US letter sheetfeeder borderless use just US letter. the borderless function slightly enlarges document content to ensure that it bleeds overthe edge. If your has a bleed, use in page setup - US letter sheetfeeder borderless - In the print dialog box click printer button which brings up a warning about using a different settings dialog box, - continue on to the r1800 print dialog box. about midway down is a pull down menu - choose expansion and adjust it to the lowest setting. if your printout does not bleed to the edge bump the expansion adjustment up 1 measure.

even if you have the same document size and paper size the printer will not print exactly to edge to edge... so please select scale to fit and check the percentage of scaling if it is more than 95 then your document should look as big as it is desired

you need a snippet {software patch installed}call .xerox support

Are you sure that it's not Photoshop related?

make sure u have the latest graphic card installed on ur mac, so that it matches with the compatibility of photoshop cs3

call epson and tell them your problem, the can help you, most of the time epson will replace the printer for you for free.

the only thing that comes to mind is maybe the cable is partially crimped and as the scanner moves the wires dont touch. otherwise, its possible there is an issue with a main board.