RE: Hey Microsoft! SP2 has made the Photo Printing Wizard useless!!

From: Duff (Duff_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:53:03 -0800

Its not really a satisfactory answer, but a good work around is to use MS
Word to print the photos.

This gets round the problem of the image darkening but I feel that there
should be a better answer to this long standing question

Someone at Microsoft must be blushing

"Ed" wrote:

>
> I really like the versatility of using the Windows Photo Printing Wizard;
> being able to print multiple photos on a single 8.5x11 *** of paper -
> contact sheets, wallet prints, etc. Up until I upgraded to SP2, everything
> was fine; I was happy with the quality of the photo printing.
>
> Then I upgraded to SP2. Now, all my photos turn out very dark. Even if I
> change the 'Printing Preferences' to have the printer lighten things up, the
> prints still turn out lousey. The same photos print fine with other
> applications with no adjustments. But those other applicaitons are not
> suited to multiple printing of photos on a single ***. It's long and
> laborious, with lots of chances for error.
>
> I am using Windows XP Pro and an Epson CX6400 all-in-one printer using USB.
> I uninstalled all of the Espon printer software, rebooted, then re-installed
> it all. No change.
>
> From reading other posts, it seems as though I am not the only one with this
> problem.
>
> Microsoft, please give me back my Photo Printing Wizard!
>
> Ed
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