Digital BW, The Print

Thank you Ernst. I think that may allow printing of individual inks for testing. Since the printer also does color printing I need to keep the Canon ink in it. Bowhaus doesnt say on their site whose inks are used so that needs clarification.

Several years ago did you not use Canon large format printers?

Regards, Larry

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <e.dinkla@...> wrote:
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> On 06/08/2013 04:20 AM, Larry wrote:
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> > Canon told us it is not possible to print only one pure color at a time
> > to determine which head or ink lines may be at fault as I initially
> > thought that bubbles in lines may be causing some trouble. I now think
> > that the circuit board components responsible for squirting ink through
> > a particular set of holes may be defective and therefore looks like a
> > head defect or perhaps the one of the feed mechanisms are binding or not
> > keeping in sync with the ink squirting.
> >
> > We have tried different settings, drivers etc and nothing helps so if
> > anyone here has had a similar experience I would like to hear about it.
> >
> > Larry
> 
> Is there not a calibration feature in the Canon models and  should the 
> target printed not show the individual channels?
> 
> If not then the Bowhouse boys B&W RIP could do it I guess and it is 
> affordable + gives you B&W features that go beyond the Canon driver B&W 
> mode.
> http://www.bowhaus.com/index.php4
> 
> Not using a Canon printer or TBW.
> 
> 
> 
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