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Subject: [Leica] printing with R800
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Sat Feb 9 14:56:08 2008
References: <FAED63F1-50A7-4836-8139-0FD87133C658@reid.org><000601c86b6d$1fa25a00$6401a8c0@asus930> <D6F530D9-4174-45D5-AFFD-FF6BE19E7310@reid.org>

Well that eliminates two possible causes. But don't you like the Epson 
watermarks? They are very artistic. You can charge extra for
making a creative statement. Next, have you tried feeding some plain paper 
through manually to see if it gets smeared going through?
Have you run a cleaning cycle and printed a nozzle check? I presume you just 
let the print air-dry afterwards, not put anything on
it? Has this effect shown up again on another print since this one? I might 
try some test prints on plain paper with the settings
changed appropriately too.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Elizabeth Reid
Sent: Sunday, 10 February 2008 08:47
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] printing with R800

I'm using the Epson ink that is specifically for the R800, and it was  
printed proper-side up. There are all of those unseemly "Epson"s on  
the back, and I never thought they were good watermarks for my  
images. ;-)

On Feb 9, 2008, at 5:43 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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