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Subject: [Leica] printing with R800
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat Feb 9 15:41:33 2008
References: <FAED63F1-50A7-4836-8139-0FD87133C658@reid.org><F8BFB87D-2DB8-4253-BEC7-BEE25A6445C6@pandora.be><AE010F88-5B50-466F-BFE2-992777F5E980@reid.org><00c701c86b72$e84e79c0$6101a8c0@jimnichols> <ABF55E80-4D90-4520-92E3-C38BC2ECB6C2@reid.org>

Elizabeth,

We are all happy to help.  Glad it worked out for you.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Reid" <elizabeth@reid.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] printing with R800


> Aha! I went through and triple checked all of my settings. My icc was  
> fine, but somehow the print settings on my glossy preset switched  
> themselves from glossy photo paper to plain. It printed beautifully,  
> once that was fixed.
> 
> Thank you all for your help!
> 
> On Feb 9, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> 
>> Elizabeth,
>>
>> I use the R800 and have not seen that specific effect.  As you go  
>> through the sequence to make a print, the Epson software requires  
>> that you enter choices for the type of paper in use and the quality  
>> of print that you wish. Your example reminds me of what one might  
>> get when using the default settings for typing paper and text  
>> quality.  Did you specify the paper and photo quality that you were  
>> using?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Reid" <elizabeth@reid.org 
>> >
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 4:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] printing with R800
>>
>>
>>> Can the curve to ink translation change over time? The printer used  
>>> to handle the blacks just fine, which is why I was leaning more  
>>> towards a ink issue.
>>>
>>> And yes, I am the 'keeper's daughter. One of them, at least.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 9, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reid, as in The Barkeepers's Daughter Reid?
>>>>
>>>> If you printed it with the right profile and your screen is   
>>>> calibrated, plus the fact that you've already made succesful  
>>>> prints   of this image before, even out of guarantee, I'd send it  
>>>> back.
>>>> In such case, there is at least something wrong with the blacks   
>>>> curve tto ink ranslation, which is unacceptable.
>>>> Provided you kept your printer and inks dust- and extreme   
>>>> temperature free.
>>>> Is suspect it lacks a heap of blue, too.
>>>>
>>>> Philippe (O.: there's a very good -and regular reader and poster-  
>>>> A (pseud. phx) ., too.)
>>>>
>>>> Op 9-feb-08, om 23:32 heeft Elizabeth Reid het volgende geschreven:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a bit of a lurker/newbie here, but I'm currently scratching  
>>>>> my  head about a problem I'm having with my new R800, and I was  
>>>>> hoping  I could tap the collective LUG knowledge base to help me  
>>>>> out.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to print this photograph:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ereid/Leslie+Sillouette.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> on EPSON Premium Photo Paper Glossy, but the silhouette has an  
>>>>> odd textured look when I print it out. Here's a very bad  
>>>>> photograph of  the print (I'm currently scannerless, but I think  
>>>>> this gets the  basic idea across):
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ereid/IMG_6495.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> The black ink in the printer is medium-low, but not asking to be  
>>>>> replaced. My first inclination is to replace the cartridge, but I  
>>>>> figured it couldn't hurt to ask first.
>>>>>
>>>>> So does this look familiar to anyone? Any suggestions on how to   
>>>>> make it stop happening? This is a fairly new development, and I   
>>>>> printed quite a few pictures on this printer before this started   
>>>>> happening.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks!
>>>>> Elizabeth
>>>>>
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Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] printing with R800)
Message from elizabeth at reid.org (Elizabeth Reid) ([Leica] printing with R800)