Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So now I am a few weeks and many sheets of paper into this thing and here is how it is going.... Peizotone inks have pretty well solved the clogging problem on the black and white printer. Pretty well meaning that yes it clogs (usually only the grey that is plugged into the cyan feed), but seems to clear easily with simple head clean routine from the prtiner driver software. Initially I was getting pristine prints out of this one, but now am getting some banding noticable in the deep blacks. I've done a head alignment which helped but didn't make the problem go away. Now I'm running a large test print to verify that the paper feed is within specs. Next steps will probably be take it back to the local Epson repair tech. He has several alignment methods that he ran run that can't be done from the alignment tool in the printer driver. Hopefully it will not require a new print head. The generations printer is working very well now, though not producing good prints (more on that is a second). It required a new print head last week (glad I bought a new printer because it was covered under warranty). It did take several trips to the Epson repair guy before we attempted everything and swapped the heads as a last resort. More now on not producing good results....I printed a number of pictures that had odd un-natural grain patterns, one even had a "vortex" pattern in the middle of the shot. As I explored these more I found that they could be traced back to the scanner. Scans that printed fine on my HP 970 do not print well on the 3000. The reason seems to be that the 970 is a bit muddier, and masks the bad scans. The pictures that fare least well are those that have large blocks of smooth color with subtle changes in hue (skys for example). I fear that my 2450 is not going to get the job done...but will do a few more tests before looking at other scanners. I swapped the cable yesterday, and will re-scan some of the harder to print images.... Any thoughts on high quality scanners that will handle medium format and 35mm are appreciated. I'd like to be able to actually take one of the problem images and test scan it on new scanner candidates before spending the rather large sum necessary to go to anything better than the 2450...Any history out there with the Nikon 8000? Any other scanners around that are good without having to sell a car to buy an Imacon? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html