Printing Black squares

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Printing Black squares

Hi, Every time I try and print a photo in Aperture 2.1 to my Epson colour laser printer all I get is a black square the size of the photo, with the crop marks. I never had this problem in Aperture 1.xx. I've tried exporting the image to a pdf and printing that, but I get the same thing. If I export the photo to photoshop, it prints fine. I've tested this with a few photos, both colour and black/white.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

MacPro 2.66GHz, 2x20 inch Cinema Displays, MacBookPro & 17inch G5 iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Apr 18, 2008 1:19 AM

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GATTMAN Author

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Apr 18, 2008 1:23 AM in response to GATTMAN

I've just found that I can print contact sheets fine. Also just tried printing from my MacBook Pro and I get the same black squares.

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Appletog

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Apr 29, 2008 12:27 AM in response to GATTMAN

Hi Gattman
Just wondering if you managed to resolve this issue? - i have the same problem with my aculaser. Prints fine in iPhoto, but single sheets in Aperture are totaly black.

If it is any help, the printer WAS working fine until I had the bright idea of adjusting the profile so that prints came out in a better colour - or so I thought. BIG regrets!

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GATTMAN Author

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Apr 29, 2008 12:47 AM in response to Appletog

G'day Appletog, I haven't resolved the issue. I tested it on my inkjet Epson and all printed fine so I put down to an incompatibility with the Aculaser. That being said, if you have had joy printing with your Aculaser, I might give it another go. I had created a new user account and tried printing from it, but no luck. I've even tried dumping the PrintPresets.plist for Aperture without any luck. At present time I'm exporting or opening my pics in Photoshop and printing from it.

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Appletog

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Apr 29, 2008 4:40 AM in response to GATTMAN

Found this thread in the Leopard forum...

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1426221&tstart=0

@ work and therefore not at my Mac 😟 so will have to try this workaround later.

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