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Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking
to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help appreciated Gary -- Nature & Wildlife photography of Gary & Debbie Langley http://www.xit.net/gll |
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I don't have any problems like this; however, I always uncheck the high
speed box on about anything except straight text. It is possible, with some papers, that the amount of ink being put down doesn't dry fast enough especially with high speed running. Shoot'em up, print with anything, Agfa, Fuji, Kodak and all the rest will love you for it!! Jim "GLL" wrote in message ... Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help appreciated Gary |
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Found the setting you are talking about plus I slowed the ink time and it
fixed the problem, which brings me to the next two items, type of paper and profiles. any suggestions on them. thanks Gary "JIM" wrote in message om... I don't have any problems like this; however, I always uncheck the high speed box on about anything except straight text. It is possible, with some papers, that the amount of ink being put down doesn't dry fast enough especially with high speed running. Shoot'em up, print with anything, Agfa, Fuji, Kodak and all the rest will love you for it!! Jim "GLL" wrote in message ... Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help appreciated Gary |
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"GLL" wrote in message
... Found the setting you are talking about plus I slowed the ink time and it fixed the problem, which brings me to the next two items, type of paper and profiles. any suggestions on them. thanks Gary I like Epson's Archival Matte papers. I don't like the way the 2200's inks look on any of the photo glossy papers. They look fine, as long as you don't study'em too close and only look at them head on (it's a pigment ink v/s dye based ink problem); however, I much prefer their premium luster photo or semi-gloss papers - just can't get used to the effect w/glossy stuff. I have seen where some have had success with photo glossy paper from another manufacturer, but don't have that name off-hand. Another paper that is really nice is the Epson Velvet Fine Art paper. It is large, 13"x19", and expensive, right at $5 a sheet and you have to feed it through the straight through manual feed port. Profiles? Ugh. You may be one of the fortunate ones and are able to live with the supplied printer profiles. I couldn't, but as Bill recommends, try these and see what you get. If you have trouble getting prints that look like what you see on your monitor, you are probably going to need some sort of profiling software like the Monaco system. Did you not wonder why Epson had one of Monaco's flyers packaged with the printer? Until I had calibrated everything with Monaco, I was not a happy camper - $700 printer and having to pump out more major $$ to get the thing set up correctly. Happy printing Jim |
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Thanks for the help, I will stay with Epson paper for a while, Checked out
the Monaco system profiling software, don't know how to explain that one to the financial coordinator, seems she wants a cruise ! just gotta play with this some more see where it goes from here. Thanks Gary "JIM" wrote in message om... "GLL" wrote in message ... Found the setting you are talking about plus I slowed the ink time and it fixed the problem, which brings me to the next two items, type of paper and profiles. any suggestions on them. thanks Gary I like Epson's Archival Matte papers. I don't like the way the 2200's inks look on any of the photo glossy papers. They look fine, as long as you don't study'em too close and only look at them head on (it's a pigment ink v/s dye based ink problem); however, I much prefer their premium luster photo or semi-gloss papers - just can't get used to the effect w/glossy stuff. I have seen where some have had success with photo glossy paper from another manufacturer, but don't have that name off-hand. Another paper that is really nice is the Epson Velvet Fine Art paper. It is large, 13"x19", and expensive, right at $5 a sheet and you have to feed it through the straight through manual feed port. Profiles? Ugh. You may be one of the fortunate ones and are able to live with the supplied printer profiles. I couldn't, but as Bill recommends, try these and see what you get. If you have trouble getting prints that look like what you see on your monitor, you are probably going to need some sort of profiling software like the Monaco system. Did you not wonder why Epson had one of Monaco's flyers packaged with the printer? Until I had calibrated everything with Monaco, I was not a happy camper - $700 printer and having to pump out more major $$ to get the thing set up correctly. Happy printing Jim |
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:35:43 -0600, "GLL" wrote:
Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help appreciated Gary The problem is that you're using the 2200 with HP paper, just about the worst choice for Epsons because of the low absorbency. To begin with at least, get a small supply of Epson papers like Enhanced Matte and Premium Lustre to try your printer out. These papers have a microcoating that dries the ink immediately, and you won't have any problems with rollers getting inked up. |
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"KBob" wrote in message
The problem is that you're using the 2200 with HP paper, just about the worst choice for Epsons because of the low absorbency. To begin with at least, get a small supply of Epson papers like Enhanced Matte and Premium Lustre to try your printer out. These papers have a microcoating that dries the ink immediately, and you won't have any problems with rollers getting inked up. Pably so.........You just spent upwards of $700+ for this printer. Some papers, good, other than Epson will work fine with it; however, would advise against the popular inclination to nickle and dime your investment; i.e., refill inks of questionable compatibility and trying to use the least expensive papers................not sure what drives that desire, but my 'inclination' is to use Epson products with their gear - anyting goes haywire, I'm not wondering where the fault lies Shoot'em up, print with anything, Agfa, Fuji, Kodak and all the rest will love you for it!! Jim |
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Besides the Epson papers mentioned by others, the Canon Photo Pro (Glossy)
works well with the 2200 (and the 1270 as well), and it is a beautiful glossy paper if you like glossy. -- Judit Fabian University of Vermont (802)656-9722 "KBob" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:35:43 -0600, "GLL" wrote: Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help appreciated Gary The problem is that you're using the 2200 with HP paper, just about the worst choice for Epsons because of the low absorbency. To begin with at least, get a small supply of Epson papers like Enhanced Matte and Premium Lustre to try your printer out. These papers have a microcoating that dries the ink immediately, and you won't have any problems with rollers getting inked up. |
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