OP, these things are hard to correct. You can do better with color adjustments when it comes to color cast. But I found the best results come from a printer that can do great BW from the start.
I have a printer that does great color, but it does only fair BW, (color casts) so I use my...
Matte papers, thick papers can offer some issues especially when you print 50 in a row. I run glossy paper scrap prints through the machine periodically they clean the rollers. Many times thick mate paper has to be hand-fed one sheet at a time.
GO in itself seems to have excellent archival characteristics. Since I use highly fade resistant pigment inks I an not that concerned with GO as a fad resister. I am more concerned if GO has a negative effect such as turning yellow.
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If you are using dye inks you are just asking for fade trouble. Dye stinks for fade resistance. You have to use pigment inks for fade durability. Pigment inks will take a year of direct sun with little or no problems.
Fading is more prevalent with dye ink than pigment ink. Papers have little to do with it. Pigment inks are good for a year in direct sun with little or no fade. Keep dye based prints in the dark or they will fade away...Eastman Kodak dye transfer prints especially!
My R2000 has problems feeding watercolor paper in the top feed. I tried the front feed but all I get is an error message. Is there a trick to getting the front feed to work?
I selected front feed on the driver. I push the paper in the front slot until it stops. The printer grabs the paper and...
I don't know the source. But i am interesetd in learning about toning BW digital images / prints. Where is a good place to start? I do not use PS, but i have ohter programs.
My R2000 and now my 3880 have trouble feeding paper. Esp matte paper. The platen is wide on the 3880. The R2000...I don't know how to adjust the platen. But it fed fine when new.
I got to hand feed the paper to get it through. Even then it jams up 15% of the time if I am not very careful with...
I'm glad I don't print too big. If I need GO I use a R2000. For matte and papers that are low bronze I use the 3880. The thing with bronzing is burnt out whites show up the worse in gloss with no GO. But on matte they are OK.
I found Hahn FA Baryta the best for low bronzing on glossy paper...
Was doing lots of black and white printing and my Epson printer (R2000) still ran down the color cartridges. Does the printer really need color for BW? Or is it a scam to still deplete the ink by the printer companies?
Here is a piece I wrote awhile back. Sold me on ink jet printing as I was an old wet darkroom devotee.
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Am doing a dye stability test to be finished at the end of the month. Covers about 20 items. Will post it at my Tumblr.
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