Digital BW, The Print

Admittedly this is a color question but I ask because it makes me curious if it is happening when printing a B&W file in RGB with curves too.

I've got a color image I'm printing.  Developed it off the RAW file of a Canon G3 using Adobe RAW converter (ARC)...looks fine on the screen.
Image is 8bit, RGB...even went so far as to assign profile to AdobeRGB98.
I send it to my Epson 1280 loaded with MIS Perpetual Inks, designating the custom profile I had built & Saturation, as specified.  Document in RGB.
Check my printer setup box and it's as should be, NCA, with fine settings.
PC, Win98, PS7


Now the image is not matching what's happening on my screen...this is singular to this image set of files (all digital shot that session).  I fixed it once in the past and got good prints...the problem is I forgot how I fixed it.  What I do remember is there was a sneaky thing happening with the software, that was shifting the color profile after being sent?  One of those little check boxes was getting selected that I don't usually see.

The color effect is going from a dark mud red to pink cast.
Redeveloping the image through the ARC does not fix.

Other settings will get it closer...but I'm trying to find what's over-riding my regular printer commands!!?? 

Realize this is off topic some, but if this is happening to a couple of color files I would suspect it would be something to watch for when converting from B&W to RGB to print when 'all else fails'

Contributions welcome, will let you know if I figure it out.

Cleavis




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Guess I'm going to have to chalk this up to, I'm embarassed to say, 
the need for a subtle head cleaning...mine and the printers (via 
software, no physical engagement of the print head)

I always start with a nozzle check and it came out good.  Sometimes 
if a problem develops I need to return to the nozzle check after the 
first full print.  Duped myself since I'd had a problem with the same 
image the first time around...perhaps making it more complicated than 
it was ;-)

Cleavis

> 
> Now the image is not matching what's happening on my screen...this 
is singular to this image set of files (all digital shot that 
session).  I fixed it once in the past and got good prints...the 
problem is I forgot how I fixed it. 

> The color effect is going from a dark mud red to pink cast.
> Redeveloping the image through the ARC does not fix.

PS...was the yellow ink slot - can be hard to see on a white sheet.  
Easier to see when using Monochrome inks.

End of conversation with myself in front of the etherial.net

Cleavis