Adobe PhotoshopCS Crashes when printing to Epson 2200

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Bill_Gardner1
Feb 15, 2005
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When printing from Adobe PhotoshopCS to an Epson 2200 the file will load to the print spool, then Photoshop will crash. However the printer will continue to print the image, usually. To continue to work with Adobe, I must restart the Photoshop, which works fine until I print the next image. The software spools the image to the printer spool then crashes again.

I’ve done a clean install of Adobe CS. I have deleted the Epson print driver and reinstalled from a fresh download from Epson. I have
created a new user account in Windows XP on my computer and experience the same problem. I have defragmented the hard drive. I have increased the available memory available to Adobe through Adobe’s preferences. I have gone into MSCONFIG and halted all start up processes.

I called Adobe and spent about two hours with the tech. When the tech couldn’t identify the problem he claimed it as an Epson problem. It could be but I’m not so sure.

The printer and computer are stand-alone and are not networked. Windows XP returns a message similar to the following but different on each occurrence; "The instruction at "0x031c151e" referenced memory at "0x031c151e". The memory could not be "read".

The computer is equipped with a gig of ram and Pentium 4 running at 3 Ghz. I can usually get the Epson 2200 to print one image, but not always. I can print to my Canon without a problem. The set up for printing is from the Epson web site – U.S. Prepress, no color correction, etc. Although you may hear this a lot, it was working fine then out of the blue the problem started. There is a cause and affect to everything but I can’t identify the
cause.

I certainly know the affect and it is very aggravating.

Any help or ideas will be appreciated.

Thanks
Bill

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Michael_D_Sullivan
Feb 15, 2005
One possibility is that you are trying to print a CMYK image, while the Epson driver expects an RGB image. You can use the "U.S. Prepress" proof view to see what the RGB image will look like after conversion, and you can soft-proof it on the Epson by using the proof as the source. I wouldn’t convert it to CMYK before printing, though.

Another possibility is that you are running out of disk space. The spool image is large, and I believe it is typically generated on the C drive, where you probably also have your page file and other temporary files. Can you move the page file to another drive (and then, after rebooting, delete the old dead page file if it’s still there), clear out your recycling bin (and if you use Norton, also clear out the Norton Protected bin), delete old restore points, etc., to free up space that can be used by a large spool file.

The last suggestion is to uninstall the Epson driver and reinstall. I have cleared up some problems this way. (Make sure you have the latest drivers, too.)
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Chris_Cox
Feb 15, 2005
No, there is no way to get CMYK data to the driver — Photoshop has to convert it to RGB before sending the data to the driver.
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LenHewitt
Feb 15, 2005
Bill,

I can print to my Canon without a problem.<<

I think that says it all…
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86
Feb 16, 2005
I read this thread hoping to find an answer to my 2100 problem. (At this link: <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.3bb82d60> )

A couple of questions:
Michael,
delete old restore points, etc., to free up space that can be used by a large spool file.

What are old restore points, etc?

Len,
I think that says it all…

So when I come to replace my 2100, should I be looking at Canon? If so, can you recommend one which does as good/better job as the 2100 (when it works / does not have apparent communication problems with the computer)?
Or was your comment meant as tongue in cheek?
JH
Jake_Hannam
Feb 17, 2005
"What are old restore points, etc?"

When your operating system makes changes via downloads of patches, etc., it will often create a restore point so you can go back to a previous setup that worked in case there are problems with the new installation. You can also set a restore point manually.

The problem is that the restore points take up a lot of disk space and that could be part of your problem. If your system is working well or if you haven’t installed any new programs or patches recently, you should be able to safely delete most of them. Go to Start-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Cleanup and click the second tab to delete all but the latest restore point.

"So when I come to replace my 2100, should I be looking at Canon?"

Canon makes good printers. So does Epson. Get the one that has the features and quality that satisfies you. FYI lots of people on this forum have Epson printers (including the 2100 and 2200) and would not trade them for anything less than J. Lo or a million bucks! 🙂

Bill Gardner might want to try deleting the Photoshop preference file (CTL-SHFT-DEL) when starting Photoshop next time. Answer YES.
It’s also possible he has a bad memory stick. His problem is most likely NOT due to a problem with Photoshop or the Epson 2200.

Jake
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LenHewitt
Feb 17, 2005
Or was your comment meant as tongue in cheek?<<

No, it was meant to convey that if Photoshop is printing fine to one printer and not to another printer it isn’t Photoshop that’s got a problem, but the failed printer.
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Jim
Feb 17, 2005
wrote in message
Or was your comment meant as tongue in cheek?<<

No, it was meant to convey that if Photoshop is printing fine to one
printer
and not to another printer it isn’t Photoshop that’s got a problem, but
the
failed printer.
Especially true since it is the printer driver (not PS) that actually sends the data to the printer. All PS does is create a spool file. Jim

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