Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:

> 
> Variability (especially this type of shift/reshift) is never a good
sign, and 
> most often results in needing a head replacement, or for smaller
printers, a 
> printer replacement.
> 


It's a pretty new printer. Probably less than 40 - 50 prints run
through it. Why would the ink not dry or permanently ahere to the
paper? That's what I can't figure out. Even just now...days later.. I
ran my finger across the print and the gloss area came off like dust.
The matte area turned my thumb black with ink. It's as though I
printed on the wrong side of the paper but I didn't. That was the QTR
print.

A second print using just the printer software rendered a less
attractive print than the QTR version but the ink is dry. There is a
fair amount of bronzing on this BW print though as well as a bit of
metamerism (assuming I'm spelling that correctly).

Is this a QTR issue? Has anyone else had this problem with ink not
drying or adhering?

tim