Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, Thanks. Yes it is...It claims to be a "Photosmart" on. I thought that I would try to print on it because another Photosmart that I had used previously produced images that were frankly OK - not the best, but for doing quick prints it worked well. Moral: Don't believe it when it says "Photosmart"? Peter PS It was also the worst installation of any printer that I have EVER done. In the end I was reporting faults to HP. Ken Carney wrote: > On 6/2/2010 9:39 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: >> All, >> >> I am having serious problems trying to print to and HP Photosmart >> C4780. (B&W) >> Images that are dark and crisp on screen are coming out grey and flat, >> without >> sufficient depth of black (Dmax). I have tried printing in greyscale >> and in >> colour. I have printed using both Gray 2.2 and SRGB; perceptual on and >> off. >> >> It's running off a PC running PSE over XP. HOwever I have tried >> printing similar >> images from Gimp over Linux (Ubuntu) connected to the same printer and >> the >> problems are pretty much the same. >> >> I checked both the screen against reference charts and it is OK. >> >> The papers that I have been trying to use are Ilford Galerie - several >> kinds - >> and Harman Gloss FB AI. All produce the same sort of results. >> Interestingly the >> results are sometimes better if the image size is reduced. >> >> Ilford/Harman don't have a profile for this printer/paper combination. >> >> Anyone any thoughts? >> >> Peter >> >> For reference the photo is here: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/album293/GordesSunrise23460022_edited-1.tif.html> >> >> (I know its v. high contrast, but there is detail in the shadows that >> I want. >> > Peter, > > Is that the HP all-in-one printer (fax, copier, printer) that uses two > cartridges? If so it was probably never intended for a photo print of > the quality you want. Just a guess. > > Ken Carney > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig