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    Epson Artisan 835 - What are causing these microscopic line streaks?

    I'm using an L805 which is basically the Ecotank successor of the older R285 and additional combo models with this print mechanism - 6 colors and 1.5pl min droplet size. I don't have the RPM option anymore in the driver - only a 'high' quality, but this delivers as well 720dpi data to the...
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    Epson Artisan 835 - What are causing these microscopic line streaks?

    What is the actual size of the pcb layout ? Which driver settings are you using - color or B/W - and the other parameters like contrast etc ?
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    Epson Artisan 835 - What are causing these microscopic line streaks?

    The spikes are in the datafile, here is a magnified crop , and that's what the printer is printing - correctly
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    Epson Artisan 835 - What are causing these microscopic line streaks?

    I tried to print your PCB-Capture file - but these spikes are in this ***. png file already; please provide a 'clean' drawing so that I can compare. I printed to fit the pcb layout onto 4" x 6" photo paper, I think that's coming close to the actual size
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    Epson Artisan 835 - What are causing these microscopic line streaks?

    I'm missing a scale to your images above - what is the intended line width and distance of the tracks ? What is the overall size of the pc-board if I would try to reprint it ? Does the effect occur only on horizontal lines or in any angle ? Sicne when do you see this problem ?
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    Am I defecting to Canon ?

    I can report another difference between the Canon TC-20 and the Epson T2100 printers. Most Epson printers print the number of pages printed together with the nozzle check, I have seen these page count prints since a very long time with lots of different Epson printers - even on the 20 y old...
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    Fujifilm SuperCCD cameras produce the best prints I've ever seen...

    I don't have a Fujifilm camera available - not digital nor analogue. And there are or were other companies wtih decades of film development experience which gave their films another color look which users apparently liked as well. You can use a raw converter like DxOLab with an film pack...
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    Am I defecting to Canon ?

    which is not intended - it's much more me having the feeling that I'm not getting much from most of those videos, but let's close the case here.
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    Fujifilm SuperCCD cameras produce the best prints I've ever seen...

    I must admit tht I'm not getting the point how the SuperCCD is And why is the consumer stupid. ? And what is the connection between a SuperCCD and the ET-8550 ? The SuperCCD - a smaller and a larger pixel binned together by software was supposed to increase the exposure latitude which was at...
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    Am I defecting to Canon ?

    Thanks for your positive comments , I appreciate very much publications like Keith Cooper's very detailed test reports, he is spending quite some effort in his public presence to make his reports that comprehensive as they are. But I must admit that I'm not a fan of videos and barely look to...
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    Am I defecting to Canon ?

    I can add another piece of information - both the TC-20 and the T2100 and the companion models have a waste ink /maintenance box which is user replaceable - they are priced at about 35 - 40 € for the OEM part, you can get them at about 10 - 15€ via Aliexpress from China. I see cleaning cycles on...
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    Am I defecting to Canon ?

    I'm now using the Epson T2100 with refill since about 2 months and can report some peculiarities I didn't know when I got the printer. Both the Epson T2100 and the Canon TC-20 are part of a product family of entry level large format printers of the resp. company. As mentioned already the Epson...
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    Epson Stylus CX3900 2024 Problem

    Please post a nozzle test print to see which colors are possibly affected. You may do a printhead flushing as shown in this video, and there are plenty more on YT I'm not sure to understand what is epxected from a firmware reset ? Do you have the chance to connect the printer to another...
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    Problem with canon G540

    You can give it a try with such a price, but if it fails after 200 sheets you cannot complain. The printhead for the G550 in Germany runs at 30.75€.
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    Problem with canon G540

    6700 A4 prints is quite a good performance, but I'm afraid to assume that the printhead has reached the end of its useful life, you can consider Canon printheads as a kind of consumable. I don't know whether a printhead is available as a replacement part for your printer.
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    Already owned L1800 (change inks in it) or sell it and buy L8180 (8550)

    There are a few more details of the T2100 in respect to refilling, chips etc I would need to cover - now after some time of practice.
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    Already owned L1800 (change inks in it) or sell it and buy L8180 (8550)

    I'm doing refill into the original cartridges, and you need new chips which are one-time chips only and pretty expensive and only available via Aliexpress, I'm not aware of a resetter at this time. The Canon TC-20 is a tank system printer and is easier to handle in this refill aspect than the...
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    EPSON or CANON, help me decide

    I'm not happy with such general statements - wheel marks - true black etc, lots of those are commented as well for various other printers. The ET-8550 runs with dye inks, there are a few sources offering as well a pigment inkset for the ET-8550, I don't have experience with such inks in the...
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    Already owned L1800 (change inks in it) or sell it and buy L8180 (8550)

    I must admit that I'm a kind of lost what the main question still is of this thread or remains - we discussed a lot already about inks and printers . My L1800 is gone since a while, print output is the same as with the L805 as an A4 printer - 6 inks incl. light inks which the L8550 does not...
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    Calibrating Pro 10s to monitor

    That's the easy part - you adjust the settings in the driver - and do a printout of a test image - the output of those color changes become visible in the printout. And if you yet don't like the printout - too blue or red or dark .... you change the settings and do another printout again and you...
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