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Re: HP 7660/7960 opinions?

2004-02-14 by Mark Hahn

ok, maybe it was my initial enthuiasm blocking that realization, but 
unlike most metamorism it is at least constant over the entire tonal 
range.  All b&w prints shift somewhat from one light to another 
because the paper reflects the different light and color cast.  The 
bummer is that it is much less noticable using papers other than the 
Premium Plus Glossy.  Just a blank sheet of HP glossy paper has the 
yellow/green cast shift.  With Tetenal semi-matte there is almost no 
shift at all and even with hp photo matte it is much less apparent...

still waiting for the perfect b&w printer I guess. 

mark

...
> Same result here. I don't own the printer, but have a print from an
> exchange, and it does shift noticably in different lights. In 
daylight
> it looks just about neutral, under a normal lightbulb it's slightly
> pinkish, and under fluorescent lighting it turns slightly towards 
green.
...

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