Digital BW, The Print

I'm sure this is basic, but it is elluding me.  I just got the UT7 
inks for the 2200 running XP.  I downloaded Mr. Roark's curves, and 
then loaded one in and tried to print.  First, the moment I loaded 
(carbon, for example) for premium glossy paper, the screen image 
looked almost entirely cyan.  When it printed, it was either so 
light as to look ridiculous, or there was barely anything there at 
all.

What step am I missing here?  I've been to this page - 
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/UT-2200-Readme.htm - but nothing seems 
to work.

>...I just got the UT7 
>inks for the 2200 running XP.  I downloaded Mr. Roark's curves, and 
>then loaded one in and tried to print.  First, the moment I loaded 
>(carbon, for example) for premium glossy paper, the screen image 
>looked almost entirely cyan.

Once you apply the curves you get a false color image.  

>When it printed, it was either so 
>light as to look ridiculous, or there was barely anything there at 
>all.

Sounds like the nozzles are not firing.

Do you get a good print on matte paper when you have "Color Controls"
checked and don't use either curves or sliders?

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

For UT2 & UT7 information, curves, and settings see:
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/

It comes out only a little darker with the settings you suggest.  I 
note also that there are vertical light lines at the far left and 
right edges of the print.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:

> Sounds like the nozzles are not firing.
> 
> Do you get a good print on matte paper when you have "Color 
Controls"
> checked and don't use either curves or sliders?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, andy-j1959@m... 
wrote:
> It comes out only a little darker with the settings you suggest.  I 
> note also that there are vertical light lines at the far left and 
> right edges of the print.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
> <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> 
> > Sounds like the nozzles are not firing.
> > 
> > Do you get a good print on matte paper when you have "Color 
> Controls"
> > checked and don't use either curves or sliders?
I recieved my inks last night and had exactly the same issues.  I ran 
several nozzel check/ clean cycles and tried several different 
setting, curves vs sliders, different profiles for curves ,etc.  
Until the nozzel check showed perfect patterns I got very obvious 
lines near the edge of the print and faint lines through out using 
EAM.  After I finally ran a clean/check sequence on a peice of scrap 
EAM instead of photo copy paper everything was good.  This might have 
just been that final necessary clean/check cycle or I should have 
used EAM all along, I don't know.  
Since the clean/check cycle worked I have gotten very good initial 
results on EAM and Professional Luster.
A question for Paul: When using curves and Print with Preview on PS8, 
what should the document profile be? Same as source? a Epson paper 
profile? AdobeRGB?
Thanks
JGB

Jim,

>... When using curves and Print with Preview on PS8, 
>what should the document profile be? Same as source? a Epson paper 
>profile? AdobeRGB?


I set my Photoshop Edit, Color settings RGB working space to Adobe RGB
(1998).  When I open a file I check "Leave as is (don't color manage)."  The
first screen of a PS CS Print with Preview shows a Document Source Space as
Adobe RGB (1998), and a Print Space Profile "Same as Source."

Paul

I should follow up on my plight.......I never got a good nozzle 
check, and the stripes at either end never went away.  MIS promptly 
sent me out an entire new set.  I replaced only the Eboni cartridge 
(the one I thought was the problem, especially after looking at the 
nozze checks, and it is has been smooth sailing ever since.  I'm 
going to pay MIS for the second set, minus the replacement Eboni.  
That is good service.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jim_g_bradley" 
<jgbjunk@s...> wrote:

> I recieved my inks last night and had exactly the same issues.  I 
ran 
> several nozzel check/ clean cycles and tried several different 
> setting, curves vs sliders, different profiles for curves ,etc.  
> Until the nozzel check showed perfect patterns I got very obvious 
> lines near the edge of the print and faint lines through out using 
> EAM.  After I finally ran a clean/check sequence on a peice of 
scrap 
> EAM instead of photo copy paper everything was good.  This might 
have 

> just been that final necessary clean/check cycle or I should have 
> used EAM all along, I don't know.  
> Since the clean/check cycle worked I have gotten very good initial 
> results on EAM and Professional Luster.