Digital BW, The Print

Anybody else had problems with small, oily looking spots in black areas 
on EHM when doing b&w?  There are a few people on DPReview who are 
having it (I'm one of them).

> Anybody else had problems with small, oily looking spots in black 
areas 
> on EHM when doing b&w?  There are a few people on DPReview who are 
> having it (I'm one of them).
>

I had this kind of "oily" look on EEM with a 1800 in col mode. From the 
various information I could gather including Tech Support this is due 
to excessive ink being delivered by the head. This can only be fixed by 
setting in the driver another media type, spraying less ink or a 
linearization including ink limit setting. Not feasible on a 1800 but 
on a 2400 (if this is the reason), Colorbase might also help.

Hello blakebc,

>Anybody else had problems with small, oily looking spots in black 
>areas on EHM when doing b&w?  There are a few people on DPReview 
>who are having it (I'm one of them).

I haven't had that problem, but just had a thought - when I first got
my 2400 I found that it put down too much ink, making the blacks look
overloaded and blocked up.  I now keep the ink level at -5% and it
looks great.  I don't know what your setting is, but it might be worth
a try to lower it and see if it makes a difference.


Regards,
Clayton


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