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You bring up a point worth mentioning in a general way.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you got the printer going again...
The three most common causes of sudden color shift in an inkjet printer
are:
A: one head has clogged fully or nearly so (or run out of ink), often it
is one of the light colors because you may not consider it as a cause,
since the color change is more subtle, so always do a nozzle test first
B: You are using a new paper and need a new profile. SOme paper coating
will markedly shift the color balance
C: You have installed new software or a patch that has altered your
color management, often switching on or off a feature that wasn't as
such previously. (Many XP Epson drivers were effected by the SP2 patch
from Microsoft.)
D: If on ink cartridge replacement: you are using a new ink supplier
and the ink is substantially different in color, or an error was made in
refilling and the whole colors were placed in the wrong cartridge Most
cartridges are keyed to prevent using the wrong color in the wrong
place, but not all, but manufacturers and refiller have occasionally put
the wrong color ink in a cartridge. With Epson this can be done more
easily because the cartridges are opaque and now there are many
different ink combinations in use, including blue, red, and light and
dark colors.
Lastly, always do a search engine check. Your problem may be well
documented. If you don't already use advanced searches, learn how to
design your query to get right to the information you need. Use the +
and - and "" and < and > signs appropriately and you will not have to
sift through thousands of sites for the answers you are looking for.
Most search engines have on-line instructions for how to use advanced
search techniques, and ANY time you spend learning this will more than
make up for itself in the first few searched you do.
Art
Steve Dell wrote:
> Been away for awhile and haven't check this group for a few weeks.
>
> I am finally able to print from both CS and Elements 2.0 with correct
> colors. Here's what I did, some of which is probably over kill.
>
> uninstalled and reinstalled CS, Elements and the Epson software to get back
> to defaults.
> Calibrated monitor again.
> Downloaded latest printer/paper profile from paper supplier, Red River Paper
> out of Dallas.
>
> In CS and Elements, Set color settings (Edit =>Color Settings):
> Advanced,
> RGB - Adobe RGB (1998)
> Rest of that group was set to defaults
>
> Managements polices, All preserved and all check boxes selected.
>
> I saved these settings as "Steve's Defaults" so I could retrieve them again.
>
> When I go to print, I select the profile for the paper I'm using, either
> what is supplied by Red River for their "Polar Satin" which is what I
> normally use or for Epson Premium Photo Film which is what I use when I
> print onto Epson Premium Luster paper.
>
> In the printer driver section, I turn off all color management.
>
> Bottom line, after many "issues" of swearing "at" the printer, I can now
> safely swear "by" it.
>
> Steve
>
> "Ed Ruf" <egruf_usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ttccr0119srbt8vhnmo2ch5u0pb155o0fc@4ax.com...
>
>>On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:00:02 -0700, in comp.periphs.printers "Steve Dell"
>><stevedell@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I guess I haven't learned the "printer management" skills just yet on my
>>>1280. I am printing brand new Epson carts, not refills, and my photos and
>>>general purpose stuff is awful. Photos have a significant magenta cast to
>>>them.
>>>
>>>I've calibrated my monitor and all of that. Right now, I'm very frustrated
>>>with this one.
>>
>>First stop of course is to do a nozzle check printout to verify all the
>>individual nozzles for each color are printing properly. next please tell
>>us explicitly what paper, all the printer driver settings and finally what
>>program you are printing from and what settlings in it's printing dialog
>>pertaining to color you are using.
>>________________________________________________________
>>Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet@EdwardG.Ruf.com)
>>http://EdwardGRuf.com
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