Transition to UltraTones
2003-07-31 by sceptre12345
I've just installed new cartridges and CIS with UT inks in my Epson 1160. A nozzle check showed magenta was not printing along with some gaps in the other inks position. Made 2-3 head cleaning cyles without success, so I waited some 24 hours. After 24 hours, nozzle check showed magenta still not printing, so I just raised the two ink cartridges some 1/8 inch and re-seated them firmly. A nozzle check confirmed magenta was printing and two head cleaning cycles later everything was printing smoothly. Afterwards, I bring in an image on the screen, do some basic ajustments and applied Paul's UT11-N1 curve. The image then took a high contrast look without any mid-tones. But much to my amazement, the image was printed exactly as it appeared on the screen. I then made another print without the UT curves being applied, and bingo, a nice print!!! As recommended by Paul, I used "No Color Adjustment" (in the driver color management box) and Adobe RGB (1998) (Edit, Color Settings). Now how do I get the UT curves to work ? Cheers, Andre