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Re: [Digital BW] neutral color shift

2002-11-08 by racetratr

Thanks for the reply. Do you still get a good nozzle check when 
this happens? Have you decided what causes the problem?


> [snip]
> 
> When the problem starts, though, my grays shift radically, all of 
a 
> sudden becoming cyanish-green. (And of course, all my work 
> grinds to a halt.) Nozzle checks look fine. All other colors are 
fine 
> and black dithered to gray is fine--the problem is restricted to 
> grays and near-neutrals printed with color inks.
> 
> Very annoying behaviour.
> Sounds like the light magenta stops firing suddenly.  I have a 
2000P
> with Gen5 CIS inks where occasionally the light magenta just 
stops.
> Print a horizontal gray gradient immediately after aborting the 
job, and
> you will see what is happening. The medium to lighter grey 
tones are
> made up of color mostly, not dithered black.
>  
> TigerShark
> 
> 
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