Digital BW, The Print

> 
> So I got my 1160's CIS system and VM inks. But, I think I'm having a
> problem.
> 
> I got rid of all the banding etc after what seemed like a million
> purge prints, and moved on to my first few test prints. And, well, I
> was not impressed. Hmm, why is that? It took me a while, then I did a
> test print similar to Paul's Grand Teton shot on his website (the one
> where he's got 4 images side-by-side with the different curves
> applied), and well, while there were differences between the prints,
> they were ALL VERY cold. The neutral looked similar to Paul's cold
> (on the Teton's shot), and the warms never left the "cold" zone
> either. Everything was cold, it was only a matter of how cold.
> 
> So, I tried a few other prints, and I'm still in the same problem.
> Everything is coming out ice cold.
> 
> Is this a workflow problem? I've got all the images in RGB mode, and
> I'm printing through the Epson driver.
> 
> When the image is ready to print, I apply an adjustment curve and
> load the selected curve, then hit print.
> 
> In the Epson driver I've chosen these settings:
> Color ink
> Photo Paper (for Ilford Classic Pearl)
> Photo 1440dpi
> ICM
> 
> Am I missing a step or is something else out of line?
> 
> Thanks for the help!!
> 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...]
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:43 AM
To: DigitalB&WPrint
Subject: [Digital BW] Need help with a new VM setup


>... 1160 ... CIS system and VM inks.

>... 4 images side-by-side with the different curves
>applied), and ...they were ALL VERY cold. ...

Print a purge pattern and be sure the inks are in the right 
positions --
cyan = dark gray, magenta = light gray, yellow = bluish toner.

>Paul, et al....
>
>Oh no!! I've got the magenta and yellow swapped! I just called MIS 
>and they're going to ship me a new cartridge and lines on Monday to 
>correct my $35 mistake. I'll try again next week I guess. <shrug>
>
>Thanks for the heads up, I'm going to go bang my head against the 
>wall for a while now... :)
>
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