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Subject: [Leica] Help with Epson Artisan 50
From: hkanner at sonic.net (herbertkanner)
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:28:49 -0700
References: <163B36DF-FBA7-467F-8E0E-556A6F50047C@sonic.net> <458DE653-AD12-42A3-AF79-E0B9C5330D83@cartersxrd.net>

As far as I can tell, all heads are working.  Also, I am sure of my 
settings, which specify that the printer is not repeat NOT to do any color 
management. All settings are the ones that used to work perfectly. The test 
pictures are not that far out of gamut. They have bveen used before as 
printer tests. However, the printer has been idle for about a year, and I 
don?t know the state of the cartridges. While the printer heads are part of 
the printer, it is obvious that there is a mechanism (probably a pump) in 
the cartridges, because they have an electrical contact panel which has a 
protective cover and a warning not to touch it after cover removal.

The difficulty I have now, intending to, as a start to replace the two cyan 
cartridges, is that this ?clever? machine, as far as I can tell, does not 
allow me to even open the cover of the cartridge container until there is at 
least one that requires replacement because of exhaustion. The unit 
ordinarily settles in a position where the cover cannot be opened, but 
settles in one where it can be opened when it knows you have to replace a 
cartridge. I?ll have to see if Epson has a customer service .

kanner at acm.org

If you question authority, 
the authorities will question you.

> On Apr 13, 2017, at 8:34 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
> 
> does an ink test show all head working?
> 
> ric
> 
> 
>> On Apr 13, 2017, at 11:11 PM, herbertkanner <hkanner at sonic.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi folks. Yes, I?m still alive. Had some setbacks, but am slowly 
>> regaining strength and thinking again about photography. My printer is 
>> driving me nuts. It?s an Epson Artisan 50 that has been quite accurate 
>> for years and has decided to act up. My monitor has been calibrated with 
>> one of those Spyder things and I always used to get prints that were 
>> visually close to what showed on my screen. But now, after a year of 
>> disuse, it prints purple flowers as red. I?ve done everything I can think 
>> of, including head cleaning and replacing several old cartridges, but 
>> this gross error persists. I?m using LR 6.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Herb
>> 
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 
>> If you question authority, 
>> the authorities will question you.
>> 
>> 
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