[Leica] printing with R800

[elizabeth at reid.org (Elizabeth Reid)]

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