Digital BW, The Print

Anyone noticed this effect before?

 

I have three printers � one a C86 with a combination of ENZ and EZW in it,
an R220 with UT3D in it, and an R800 with Epson colour inks in it. Now I
have noticed that the colour balance drifts when the inks are getting low.
In particular the C86 (with CMK having EZN in it and the Y being EZW, which
gives a nice slightly warm grey) goes rather green when the inks are running
low. A fill up seems to cure the problem. The inks do get used at different
rates, and this may be a contributory factor.

 

In the B&W printers the colour shift is not really a problem � it�s usually
just an indicator that it�s time to fill up. However in the R800 with costly
Epson inks, it is a real pain. This is where I discovered the effect. I bit
the bullet and replaced all the carts and got back to the colour balance I
was at before. Perhaps its time to get some MIS bulk colour for this the
R800!

 

Hopefully this might help someone who is having colour shift problems, if
it�s true! All I have is my own evidence.

 

Anyway thanks in advance for any replies.

 

Steve Taylor

 

 

 


-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/473 - Release Date: 12/10/2006
 


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]