Epson i960 color problem

[Guest]

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Does anyone know why my printer would print the red-blue color range
normally in plain paper mode, but then, in high grade or photo paper
mode, turn the blue scale to red-purple? This is driving me nuts! Is
this a printer driver problem, or maybe one of the print heads went
bad? All the cartridges are in the right color slots. Thanks.

 

[Pete]

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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:50:15 GMT, Palladium <palladium@earthnet.net> wrote:

>Does anyone know why my printer would print the red-blue color range
>normally in plain paper mode, but then, in high grade or photo paper
>mode, turn the blue scale to red-purple? This is driving me nuts! Is
>this a printer driver problem, or maybe one of the print heads went
>bad? All the cartridges are in the right color slots. Thanks.

Epson i960?
Are you also the proud owner of a sea-side apartment in Nebraska?

 

[dd]

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I have had a similar problem with my i950. Whenever I change the paper
to anything except plain paper, I get the blue overcast. I have tried
most things but finally got an answer from a Canon authorised repairer
which I have accepted. Basically I was told that when you print on plain
paper only one of the two heaters in the printhead is used but in order
to get photo quality both heaters are energised to get a finer droplet
size. I don't quite see how the colour cast occurs but the explanation
sounds reasonable coming from such a reliable source. The cure is a new
printhead which I understand is very expensive. I now only use my i950
for rough print jobs and intend to buy a new printer when I decide what
best serves my needs. Incidentally, my printer started acting up after
only 18 months and it probably took another month of playing with it to
identify the combination of settings that gave the colour cast.

DD

Palladium wrote:
> Does anyone know why my printer would print the red-blue color range
> normally in plain paper mode, but then, in high grade or photo paper
> mode, turn the blue scale to red-purple? This is driving me nuts! Is
> this a printer driver problem, or maybe one of the print heads went
> bad? All the cartridges are in the right color slots. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

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Thanks. Yes, I meant Canon.

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:42:59 +1000, DD <tobytoby50@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have had a similar problem with my i950. Whenever I change the paper
>to anything except plain paper, I get the blue overcast. I have tried
>most things but finally got an answer from a Canon authorised repairer
>which I have accepted. Basically I was told that when you print on plain
>paper only one of the two heaters in the printhead is used but in order
>to get photo quality both heaters are energised to get a finer droplet
>size. I don't quite see how the colour cast occurs but the explanation
>sounds reasonable coming from such a reliable source. The cure is a new
>printhead which I understand is very expensive. I now only use my i950
>for rough print jobs and intend to buy a new printer when I decide what
>best serves my needs. Incidentally, my printer started acting up after
>only 18 months and it probably took another month of playing with it to
>identify the combination of settings that gave the colour cast.
>
>DD
>
>Palladium wrote:
>> Does anyone know why my printer would print the red-blue color range
>> normally in plain paper mode, but then, in high grade or photo paper
>> mode, turn the blue scale to red-purple? This is driving me nuts! Is
>> this a printer driver problem, or maybe one of the print heads went
>> bad? All the cartridges are in the right color slots. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

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I had a friend with the same problem when he selected photo quality
paper.
I was repaired under warrenty, logic board went bad.
If your printer is still under warrenty take it to a Canon Repair
shop, they will fix it for free.

 

[Guest]

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terry t wrote:

> I had a friend with the same problem when he selected photo quality
> paper.
> I was repaired under warrenty, logic board went bad.
> If your printer is still under warrenty take it to a Canon Repair
> shop, they will fix it for free.

What problem?

Gary Eickmeier

 

[Guest]

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Dear all,

I have a i960 Canon printer since four years and wanted to through it
away when I got it:
- The Eaysy-PhotoPrint software and supplied ICC colour profile along
with Canon PPP photo paper combination is just good for trash:
Colours are saturated and too much red.

- Do not use the printer settings proposed on Kodak's web site, they
are no good.

- The best prints = to a lab finishing print is the following:
i) I always used Kodak Premium Picture Paper.
ii) Register to the Kodak Professional web site
iii) Download the KProIJPaper_CaI960_V1 latest colour profile for
the I960 or your printer model. Follow the instructions to install it
on your computer.
iv) Install the ICC profile into:
WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color
v) Set the printer driver settings as indicated in the PDF file.
vi) Use the Kodak EasyShare printing software you will find free
to download on the Kodak site.

Note that I'm using Interactive Media Sales (IMS) ink refills.
"www.ims-ink.com". You can find it at COSTCO

Note that I never used other paper than Kodak's but with the Kodak PPP
paper you will get astonishing laboratory result.

Good printing!