Mike Chaney's Tech Corner

I think I am missing a setting somewhere.  When I change Media Type, I note that Media Size and paper profile are also changing to whatever I had set the last time I used that Media Type.  Is this an AI setting that I can turn off?

Good Question. Profile is supposed to match media type, bu I know what you  mean. Let's say I am all set to print and, whoops, I want Luster paper. I change and the size paper  changes to the last time. I have to redo orientation and sometime size. I make printer setups for 5 x 7, 8 x 10,, 13 x 19, in horizontal and vertical if it is a media I use often.
But let's wait for Mike. He usually has a button I forgot.
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Fred

You can't turn it off.  Your selections for a particular printer and media type are "sticky" for a reason: without that, most people will end up making mistakes like selecting a new media type and forgetting to change the profile, etc.  This is why the Printers and Settings tab is set up in a particular order.  As long as you go top-down: select printer first, then media type, then media size, then start your job, there will never be a problem.  Having settings change when you select media type is only a problem if you make a job and forget to set things up first, and then want to change media types mid-job.  And even then, it's not typically a problem unless the new media type has a smaller page size associated with it.

Regards,
Mike

Funny - your final phrase "unless the new media type has a smaller page size associated with it." is the one that bit me. I recalled an old 11x17 luster print job but now wanted to print on matte. But the last time I used the Hot Press Natural media type was on letter size paper. So as soon as I changed the media type, of course, I received the freehand placement warning and then had to reassemble the layout. What was nice is that even though it muffed up the size, it pulled up the correct profile, which otherwise I would have had to hunt for as it is a rather obscure file name. This is all easy enough to manage; it did cost me at least 45 seconds of extra work. Just wanted to know that I wasn't doing something wrong; sounds like it's working as it should even though I would like to be able to change media type without it changing the size.

The best solution here is to use the best tools for the job.  That is: don't rely on "sticky settings": save your printer setups!  If you saved printer setups for your various paper types and sizes, you would have two such as:

- Luster 11x17
- Hot Press Natural 11x17

You may also have others like 8.5 x 11 setups for the same papers but the point is, if you had saved printer setups for the media types and sizes you use, you can use those instead of manually changing the media type:

(1) Load your job that was printed in luster 11x17 like you did before
(2) Load the "Hot Press Natural 11x17" printer setup.

And you're done: print it.

Regards,
Mike

Yep - that's really what I normally do. And that's the best and right approach.  My bad in that I stumbled over this box of Hot Press Natural which (why did I buy it in the first place?) I can't even remember when I last used. So had no setup (I do now). Also trying my best to destroy the printer so that I can buy that bottle ink printer.  :D

Good Move.
I have two. The G620 Canon and the Epson 8550.
I keep wondering about usage usage balancing usage so I dont get any banding or nozzle clogs. We have to ask Mike if this ink is as prone to clogging as the cartridge ink?

Fred