Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You probably have the matte black ink installed. This printer has a light light black and light black that are the same for all papers, and then the regular black which you have to choose from two types: matte black or Photo Black. The matte ink can only be used on matte papers. The Photo Black is made for glossy and semigloss papers. It can be used on matte paper, but gives weak blacks, hence the special black ink for matte paper. If you have the matte ink installed, you only get options for matte papers. Take out the matte black and put in a Photo Black cartridge. This is not something you want to change back and forth from often, it wastes a TON of ink because ink has to be forced through the system to clear out the old ink. It happens automatically when you change the cartridge, and because Epson wants to screw us as hard as possible, it wastes identical amounts of the colored and lighter black inks, even though they do NOT need to have their lines and nozzles cleared. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 1/28/12 3:44 AM, "Peter Cheyne" <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > A few days ago I swapped my 120 GB Macbook Pro internal hard drive >for a 750 GB one. A few things need setting right. > >One problem now is that when I try to print a photo from Lightroom or >Preview, I only get options for Matte, Fine Art, Plain, or Post-card >papers, and also for CD/DVD. I only have glossy paper. Now the print >comes out wrong. I downloaded and installed the profile for Epson >glossy paper, but it doesn't come up as an option in Lightroom or >Preview, even after restarting the Mac. > >Does anyone have a suggestion? I seem to be getting a few computer >snags this week. > >Thanks, > >Peter > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information