Rasterlink stuck at locating & printing

[Kilmore]

Installed rasterlink and mimaki driver.
When trying to print it reads, renders and then gets stuck at ”locating & printing” somewhere around 1-9%.

Thought it was a faulty usb-cable, bought a new one, still same problem..

What am I doing wrong?

 

[The ADA Guy]

It's not finding your printer, has your computer updated recently? I would 1st reboot the computer and then turn on your printer. If that doesn't solve the issue I would reinstall the drivers for the printer and make sure everything is up to date. Also if you go to devices and look at the printer check that the USB port address is correct. Hopefully that helps.

 

[Kilmore]

It's not finding your printer, has your computer updated recently? I would 1st reboot the computer and then turn on your printer. If that doesn't solve the issue I would reinstall the drivers for the printer and make sure everything is up to date. Also if you go to devices and look at the printer check that the USB port address is correct. Hopefully that helps.

Thank you for your answer, but the strange thing is that my printer is found, at least at first when I can see the printer status and ink levels etc.
Everything is up to date and installed yesterday. I’ll take a look at the usb port adress, if I can find out how and where..

 

[DL Signs]

Another possible source if everything is set up properly is, how long is the USB cable? Is it a good cable, or an el-cheapo?
The longer they are, the more data loss you get. It'll usually recognize the printer because that's just a handshake with little data, but when you send a lot of data it gets lost. Cheap cables are prone to RF interference too, so you want a good quality shielded cable with ferrite chokes to prevent RF, and anything over 15-20 feet an active cable works best. Printers can have issues being connected to a USB hub too, best to be a direct connection to the computer.

 

[Ogre]

It might be a silly question, but did you switch the printer to Remote mode from Local?

 

[dslavey]

Do you have the crop marks turned on?

 

[Kilmore]

Big thanx to all of you trying to help.
-I have remote turned on.
-I’ll try with a shorter usb cable.
-Where and how do I turn on crop marks?

 

[dslavey]

Big thanx to all of you trying to help.
-I have remote turned on.
-I’ll try with a shorter usb cable.
-Where and how do I turn on crop marks?

I guess the marks are technically called register marks. In Rasterlink, after you have set the resolution and passes, etc. Click the 5th box down on the right, then on the left pick the type of mark to use.

 

[myront]

Is this with any print or a particular one?

 

[Kilmore]

Update:
I seems to have been as simple as a usb cable not good enough. Now its working again. Thanx everyone !

 

[DL Signs]

Update:
I seems to have been as simple as a usb cable not good enough. Now its working again. Thanx everyone !

Had a hunch that's what it would be. Glad ya' got it figured out.

 

[Solventinkjet]

Mimaki recommends using a USB cable no longer than 14 ft. with no hubs etc. For some reason they are more susceptible to noise than other printers.