Digital BW, The Print

Hello folks,

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 06:36:20PM -0000, pr_roark wrote:
>  mike-theprint@... wrote:

> >  I *do* have one reasonable print of one of Bill Atkinson's test
> >  images. So it seems unlikely that it's the printer itself.
> 
> I'll be curious if the PC prints look different when you get a chance
> to try that.

So, I installed the Epson inks, and installed the printer on my PC. I
was careful to follow the driver install instructions (i.e. don't plug
in the printer until the installer tells you). Then I printed a test
image following Epson's advice in
http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/pho140/pho140mc.pdf .

There's no difference in the result - with quality "Photo", the print is
oversaturated; with "Photo RPM" there were beads of wet ink on the paper
when it came out of the printer.

> > Hm, I just reviewed the PDF and didn't see a description of a purge
> > pattern or how the inks should appear.
> 
> You'd just have to go by the relative densities to see if the C and M
> are lighter than the K.  If now, that would wipe out your shadows.

They are. From lightest to darkest: Y, Lc, C, Lm, M, K.

> But the pooling of ink is a different matter.

Ayup. Guess I'll have a talk with Epson.

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  | Mike Acar |                                | mike at waspfactory dot org |