Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/05

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Subject: [Leica] Fw: OT HP 7690 Print Longevity
From: daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sun Dec 5 13:19:33 2004
References: <001901c4dafd$59eb4b30$2f01a8c0@benmxoqv5znrvz> <000e01c4db02$db14af80$87d86c18@ted> <6.1.0.6.2.20041205131445.056de120@192.168.100.42>

On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Richard wrote:

> I think the difference is that out of the box, they can make beautiful
> prints, but once you start to try to get the EXACT color match, it will be
> all downhill from there. Prefer to spend a fortune and lots of frustration
> to get the things just right, while it still may not be any more beautiful
> than the click the print button and be done with it method :-)

Except if you're printing b/w with color inks ... and don't want them to
be "toned" but want them to be b/w ... THAT is a tedious task. I've been
struggling with the Epson R800 and now have a combination that works, but
getting rid of that color cast has cost a couple of sets of ink.

Daniel


>
> At 11:44 AM 12/5/2004, Ted Grant wrote:
> >...
> >Hi Benjamin,
> >We've fired up 2  EPSON 2200 printers within a year and both came out of
> >the box, got plugged in and we went to print with whatever happened out of
> >the box. No screwing around with the many things we see about calibration,
> >paper customizing, other inks etc and the prints, both B&W and colour up
> >to 13X19 are beautiful.
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
> use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
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