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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:18:42 GMT, "Lorraine" <notme@nowhere.net> wrote
as underneath my scribble :
>
>>Thanks again Charlie+ for taking the time to reply.
sOK!
>Under W98 and the latest drivers for that - you should not be having a problem
>with this, if you tick the greyscale box the colour cart should not be used at
>all on any quality setting unless the
>printer/cartridges have a physical problem.
>
>>The color cartridges are used automatically with the grayscale checked, when
>using the "Best" setting. I have a jeweler's loupe and I can see the Red and
>Green dots. I found the normal setting to be the best compromise for tint but
>the detail is compromised.
Yep - I could be wrong as I said - I tested all these things rhight at
the start and those printers are years old now!
>Have you tried changing the halftoning/dithering settings under greyscale to get
>what you want
>under B&W?
>
>>I have not tried messing around with the dithering. I'll give that a go today.
>
>On mixed printing we always used the Normal, Colour setting , if you choose the
>Best setting then text would be printed with colour input as well. All this
>from memory so maybe not 100% reliable!
>
>>That could be correct but I can't tell, as the black is too dense to see any
>color dots.
Even with a X10 loupe you would see the colour on the edges, we used a
microscope as it was there!
>The problem was that the colour carts don't have the resolution of the B&W cart.
>so this wrecked the crispness of the black text. A trick we had to resort to
>occasionally was to print the text under Normal greyscale and a second pass to
>print the pictures/graphics using the Normal or Best colour setting, of course
>you have to have software capable of doing this.
CorelDraw etc and Im sure many other progs will allow you to print
only what you specifically select on a page. Old CorelDraw3 has
appeared free on cover disks. Probably publishing packages at any
level would do it even better.
>>I do not have a good printing program other than the HP driver software. I got
>around this by using the Word program. I set up the page and make two copies
>deleting B&W from one and color from the other. One contains the text and B&W
>pictures. The other contains color images. B&W prints OK at Normal setting and
>the color at Best. I tried all the printer options for types of paper, Plain, HP
>Photo etc. I also tried various types of paper, bright white looks the best.
>
>I assume that all the pens are working with your carts and you have aligned the
>carts properly - out of alignment could be a problem
>
>>Thanks but yes I am aware of those features, the nozzles are all functioning
>and cartridges aligned.
>
> I assume you are using HP carts and inks not refills etc.
>
>>Yes I have two new correct HP cartridges installed.
>
>>I know how to get into the *.INI files and tried the three different settings
>for printing black, but did not see any difference.
Knowing how to and knowing exactly what you are doing are different
things - I would leave .ini files alone, you have all available
options with the W98 HP driver software.
>>Also, today time permitting, I plan on using the color only option for B&W
>under various conditions to see what that looks like.
>
>Lorraine
Checking out now - good luck with it!
Charlie+