Printing Problem with vm27 Curves on Epson 870
2004-08-18 by mxgo95747
I been having a problem printing with the vm 27 curves on my 870 printer. All prints regardless of curve come out very light. The particulars are: I am using color setting: "Photoshop 5 Default spaces", RGB: "sRgb IEC61966-2.1", CMYK: "Photoshop 5 Default", Gray: "Gamma 2.2", spot: "Dot Gain 20%" When the photo comes on the screen the dialogue box "Missing Profile" and it gives me three choices: 1) "Leave as is", 2) "Assign: working Gray 2.2", and 3) Assign profile "dot gain 20%" with the other options under this third choice. Which option do I pick? I think I tried all of them with the same effect. I convert the photo from "gs" to RGB, load the vm 27 curve (I get the same effect with all curves: a very light print) Printer Preview "Same as source" Printer: Paper PQIJ, Color, Print resolution 1440, high speed, I leave sliders at 0, Gamma at 1.8. I also tried the the vm70 curves with the proper settings and I got the same very light prints. I am using ARC T008-QVM color cartiridges with an Enhanced Generations black ink cartiridges. I tried two color cartiridges and the same thing happens. What am I doing wrong? Oh yes, my "BO" prints come out great using a BO color setting with a 21 step wedge or with Clayton's "BO" procedure. I was doing OK with the vm curves prints, (a while back). However, since I usually print only "BO", every time I get back to the vm 27 or VM 70 curves, I have to re- learn the procedures all over. I am trying to get some warm prints from some Angkor Wat B&W negatives I took a couple of years a ago. I think prints would look a lot better in a warm tone. thanks, Martin