Digital BW, The Print

I'm not sure a too-dark LC would cause the problem you're having, but it's
possible.  Try printing an RGB 21-step test strip with only the red curve at
its default position, and the green and blue curves horizontal -- i.e., the
magenta and yellow inks turned off.  On the monitor the RGB image will be
cyan.  With No Color Adjustment selected in the driver, the ramp will show
if the LC is way to dark -- the ramp will be awful.  (If you don't know how
to make this curve, let me know and I'll send one off list.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 




Chwhitaker wrote, January 15, 2006 2:50 PM:

> <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > There are also test files there that you can use to
> >  be sure the inkset is correct -- or at least close.


> ... The inkset seems to be the problem. My purge
> pattern matches your sample fairly closely, except for light magenta,
> which is *much* darker than yours -- about as dark as magenta. I guess
> this means my UT2 color cartridge has the wrong ink for light magenta
> -- right? If so, what's the best way to present the problem to MIS?



January 15, 2006 2:54 PM

> ... 
> A quick followup to my previous response: I meant to say "light cyan"
> and "cyan".


> January 14, 2006 11:49 AM
> 
> ... MIS UT2 with my 1280... Carbon curves, ...
>Take a look at
> http://www.charles.whitaker.name/CarbonTestResults.jpg.
 This is on
> Epson "Archival" Matte, with paper type = "Photo", no color
> management, at 300 dpi.
>