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Re: [Digital BW] Color differences from day to day

2010-04-17 by Lew Schwartz

I changed the settings from "Premium Glossy Photo Paper(250)" to "Epson
Proofing White Semimatte."  Both prints were on the semimatte. I used the
glossy setting because I did not know that once I entered the settings for
the semimatte, I still had to activate them.

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@...>wrote:

>
>
> Lew Schwartz schreef:
>
> > I'm sure this is another naive, ignorant question, but possibly due to
> using
> > different paper settings today, I've got a noticible change in image
> tone.
> > These are all b&w prints coming from my 4880 using K3 inks. Today's print
> > has a metalic brown, olive green hue in the highlights when viewed from
> an
> > angle whereas yesterday's is pure black from all angles.
> >
> > So, what caused this change & how do I avoid it?
>
> Wouldn't it be useful to describe what the different paper settings
> could have been?
>
> What you observe is more related to ink absorption by the coating.
> Humidity in the studio could affect it. As it happens in the highlights
> I doubt it is the ink amount related to another media preset choice. You
> are sure it is the same paper?
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst
>
> Try: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/
>
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