Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information