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    Paper waving

    You are victim of an aggrevating effect caused by the paper you are printing on - it curls - it's the solvent of the ink getting into the paper base , and the paper curls when the paper is drying - the solvent is evaporating. You can find lots of comments in the forum if you search for 'cast...
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    Rear paper feed, multiple pages? ET-8550

    It's not that bad, you need to do some testing, and when it comes to whatever marks - from sprocket wheels etc check for them the next day, the coating does a light swelling wlhich makes such marks more visible, they go away in most cases. All these comments just indicate that not all papers are...
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    Rear paper feed, multiple pages? ET-8550

    Just a few comments - I can load 15 sheets 300 gr glossy paper into the rear bin, but paper thickness may vary for papers with the same weight - since you are planning printjobs with quite some ink consumption - get a spare waste ink box since the printer is doing regular cleaning cycles to...
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    ArgyllCMS and X-Rite i1Pro2 target sets

    You would have to measure color differences of prints printed either with a 24 bit color file or a 48 bit color file, and your measurements would need to be more accurate than reading variations of the instrument and color variations of the prints. You could take such measurements and calculate...
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    Am I defecting to Canon ?

    I'm now running the Epson T3100x 24 inch printer since a while - without particular problems or peculiarities, I had to replace the waste ink box once. The T3100X is a 4 color printer with dye inks - T3100X - or with pigment inks on the T3100. Such configuration uses a black ink which is tuned...
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    ArgyllCMS and X-Rite i1Pro2 target sets

    I'm looking to the 648 target sheet, and it's probably the same with the other files - they are stored as 48 bit RGB files, have you seen any benefit to start off printing the patch sheets with these *.tiff files , and not just with the common 24 bit (8 bit per color) files. ? I remember already...
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    ArgyllCMS and X-Rite i1Pro2 target sets

    some rants about the xRite business model
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    Epson ET-8550 Suddenly Printing Off-Color Stripes Through Photos & Color Text

    Please post the nozzle check, and the mentioned sample. Did you do a cleaning cycle - or multiple ones ? Are you using genuine Epson inks ? Please check as well the warranty status on the Epson web page of your country - or here .
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    Same target: scanned by both Colormunki and i1Pro2, differences in profile quality ?

    The dye-pig comparison target reports a black level for the dye print of L= 4.3 1.06 -7.31, that's a very good black level as well, not every ink/paper combination reaches such level. the b-level with -7.31 is typical for dye blacks showing a cool blue touch. The gamut of the dye-print...
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    Same target: scanned by both Colormunki and i1Pro2, differences in profile quality ?

    https://download4.epson.biz/sec_pubs/sc-p700_series/useg/en/GUID-40CAF397-4123-48C0-BEDA-F1C2B1DDA455.htm 'To print by increasing black density, use black enhance overcoat in the printer driver.' This is apparently not happening - one way or another - Epson claims that there should be some...
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    Same target: scanned by both Colormunki and i1Pro2, differences in profile quality ?

    It's a kind of funny that the black level is improving from test to test - it's now at L=2.25; it's a very good level of the Epson Photo black ink on the Netbit paper. The question remains at which condition - ink - paper - driver setting - the BEO actually does a black level improvement. Or...
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    Same target: scanned by both Colormunki and i1Pro2, differences in profile quality ?

    Well - yes - I'm a kind of irritated, the no-BEO profile delivers a slightly better black level than with the BEO option active - Lab = 2,29 -0.19 -0.32, but this remains pretty much neutral with the a and b values. It would indicate that the BEO option does not do any good - at least. I don't...
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    Same target: scanned by both Colormunki and i1Pro2, differences in profile quality ?

    Thanks for the info, I'm reading a black level of Lab 2.67 0.37 -.03 for the Colormunki test, the i1Pro2 reads the same data. That's a pretty good black level indeed , with an (almost) perfect neutral tone; it would be of interest how much of that is contributed by the Black Enhance Overcoat -...
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    Same target: scanned by both Colormunki and i1Pro2, differences in profile quality ?

    The profiles are very much identical; what printer, paper and inks were used to print the patch sheet ? The black point is pretty much neutral
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    Swapping ET/L series inks to another inks - any special technique?

    Thanks for your feedback, it does not really matter if the air bubble takes 40% or 50% or 60% , it just should not be filled up.
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    Epson ET-8550 printing black and white

    The SC-P700/900 run with pigment inks, the ET-8550 with dye inks, their look on paper may be different. All these printers support B/W printing with the ABW - 'Adwanced Black/White function in the driver which let you easily do color tuning between sepia and cool steel blue. Be aware that the...
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    Swapping ET/L series inks to another inks - any special technique?

    I don't see the need to clean the ink paths - the inks are colorwise very similar if not identical. I did ink swapping several times - I pulled the 'old' inks out via the dampers, this lets you get hold of all the inks in the tubes etc except a few drops left. And you pull the new inks the same...
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    Epson WF-7110 printhead replacement

    The best source for such action would be the service manual describing all actions necessary . You may need as well an adjustment program, they go typically together. One of the sources could be 2manuals.com
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    Colormunki Photo device and ccStudio

    I'm not getting any further feedback from the 'made in China' company link; they don't take Paypal and I'm not registered on Alipay - so much for that. I suspend the search for that lamp for the time being.
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    Help. Brother j6940dw, LC402 cartridge INK TYPE, dye or pigment ?

    You are right, that's exactly how a pigment ink looks like
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