Digital BW, The Print

Clayton, thank you so much for your typical fast and generous 
answer. My light magenta cart probably was not in there for 6 mo, 
but I have shaken all carts and with the new light magenta cart in 
place, all the toning is back to normal. On EPSG I think the tone is 
a tad cool/greenish. You and I seem to have the same curse in being 
able to distinguish extremely slight shade differences in the 
magenta/green scale. So Now I compensate with 2h/-1v on the toning 
wheel.

Thanks for your help and I will now shake all carts if they have 
been sitting for awhile!

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Scott,
> 
> >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.
> 
> After 6 mos it may very well be some settling, as Bruce suggested. 
> According to past threads re settling in other printers (typically 
the
> larger models without moving carts), it tends to be the magenta 
that
> does it.  
> 
> However, I've had a 2400 for almost a year now under regular and
> frequent use, and have noticed a slight shift from one color cart 
to
> another (I do ABW only).  I have attributed it to production batch
> differences because I go through carts fairly often (I've averaged
> about 1.6 carts/month over the past year) and I doubt settling 
would
> be an issue.  In addition, I've noticed these slight color shifts
> (nothing as dramatic as what you described) when changing LC and 
LM as
> well, which are much more frequently changed (about 3:1 over C and 
M).  
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>