Digital BW, The Print

If your carts have been in the machine for 6 months that's an indication 
of infrequent use. That leads me to think this is probably pigment 
settling. Next time it happens pull the carts out and shake them. 
Problem should go away.
--
Bruce Watson


Scott Jones wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am wondering if anyone has had this experience. I have been 
> printing and noticed that my aRGB to ABW driver prints have been 
> having a slight green cast for some time. I have been compensating 
> for this by using the toning wheel to move toward the magenta (eg 
> 6h/-3v). Well, I just changed over to a new light magenta cartridge 
> and whammo, all the prints were looking quite magenta and now 0h/0v 
> looks fairly neutral on my prefered paper of EPSG where as before it 
> had a slight green cast. I am sending aRGB files to the ABW driver 
> with no color management from Photoshop as I always do. Also I have 
> run nozzle checks frequently and there never has been any problem.
>
> So Have people noticed that inks can loose their intensity in the 
> cartridges? Mine probably has been in the machine for 6 months max 
> if I had to guess. Can dye lots be this variable. Any thoughts from 
> our fellow r2400 users? Will I have to readjust my toning everytime 
> I switch a cartridge? Thanks for any help you can give.