printing

I finally managed to get consistent colour right from the screen through to the printer. Here's what I needed to do.

First step was to calibrate the screen (Macbook Pro in this case). To do this I used the Spyder2 calibration device from ColorVision.

Second step was to get the Epson papers onto the Macbook Pro (they were not originally present - since the printer is connected to a Mac Mini and used over the network - but I grabbed them from the mini and stuck them in the same location.

The USB Synlogy print server works just fine with Windows. The documentation states that it can only print to a Postscript printer from Mac OS X.

The HP 1015 LaserJet is sadly not a postscript printer - and I didn't spot this requirement before buying the print server.

However - despite the fact that it will detect the printer as a Postscript printer (you can try printing to it if you want to waste lots and lots of paper) - you can get this to work.

Ignore the fact that it says it must be postscript - just use the hpijs printer (see this post) and hey presto - it all just works.

Two machines - a MB Pro and a Mac Mini. One printer - an HP 1015 LaserJet.

It doesn't seem to be listed in the standard drivers - but with a little help from linuxprinting it will work.

1. Head to http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/hpijs/
2. Grab both hpijs-foomatic-2.0.2.ppc.dmg and espgs-7.07.1.ppc.dmg and install both
3. Add a printer using the HP LaserJet 1015 Foomatic/hpijs driver