[Leica] printing with R800

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Hi Elizabeth, I have that printer too and this certainly is an odd effect. 
Are you using original Epson ink? Are you sure that you
printed on the right side of the paper? Printing on the reverse will cause 
the ink to pool and smear as it is not absorbed.
Cheers
Geoff

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Subject: [Leica] printing with R800

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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