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Thanks for this information. I don't really understand it, but I will take note.

This is very interesting. I noted the claim of more neutral grays. I'm also a little concerned, though, by the risk of running Chinese software, with apparently no alternative. (?) And is there an actual manual or concise source of essential info for this? I see things like "B2A detail" and...

That's for a different printer. I looked at the ET-8500 manual and didn't find anything like that. The only thing is that they mentioned that for optimum results it's good to top it up to 100% at least once per year.

Amazing! Do you know how it compares to the i1Studio with x-rite software?

The CSV format is not standardized, and import of a CSV file can be quite problematic. Thanks so much for your work on this. I believe the pertinent question is whether the device is any good, and more importantly, whether the profiles are good.

There's more information here. For whatever it's worth, I let it update, and so far it still prints.

Yeah, just dry a new print and compare it -- visually or otherwise -- with your aged prints.

It appears that for 106 and Inktec on Epson and HP paper, the average fading is almost complete after a week to a month--a month if you want to be quite persnickety. Even an hour isn't bad. I think the remaining drift over a year or two is not likely to be very visible--although I"m not sure...

I've never seen grease on plastic gears. If they were greased, they would be a mess of grease and dirt, but I've never seen one that isn't clean, even on an old machine. I sure wouldn't grease them.

I will be interested to see how you get on with that paper.

You are way beyond anything I have done on profiling, but it might be worth pointing out that with the i1Studio, one can generate at least one additional sheet of patches with custom colors. I don't have enough experience with it to know if it is useful, but I like the idea in principle...

I think I owe everyone a follow-up. I contacted a Red River technical support person, and she was very helpful. A single shadow adjustment in Gimp ameliorates the problem, and as a bonus, it's a local contrast adjustment that I didn't know about. I'm now using the Velvet Fine Art paper...

It may have sent you directly to PayPal. I sometimes see that behavior, and it's probably normal. It depends on a setting somewhere -- probably in your PayPal account settings. Just check your browser window to ensure that you have a verified, encrypted connection to PayPal.

1. Check that you told it what try to use before you pressed the "print" button. Double check. 2. Check the print queue. There could be a job still there. It will remain there until you either clear it or print it. I don't know what effect uninstalling the printer would have. Possibly no...

Yes, you're right, of course. There's just too, too much to write at the moment. I'm not an expert at digital photo printing. The software is absolutely overwhelming. I gave up on making nice digital prints myself a few years ago, and I made my last silver-gelatin print in 1985. PC. If only...

Or, for a crude method that can be used anywhere, I would just wet the print. If ink bleeds, it's dye. Then soak it in water to check before and after appearance.

This is an almost desperate situation for me. I sort of gave up printing years ago because the blacks were blocked up. And now I have a new Epson ET-8550 with lot of Red River Premium Matte 11x17" double-sided for calendars (with lots and lots of pictures). Using my profile or the Red River...

Thanks. I'm quoting that in bold for reference.

Good information. Thanks very much. I can't imagine ever writing my own printer driver, though. I'm sort of a programmer, but that sounds like a fool's errand for me, unless they make it REAL simple and give VERY good directions. Weird that these printers are dirt-cheap but still good.

Thanks, x64. Upon thinking about it, little Brother laser makes a lot of sense. They make a bunch of them. The HL-L2460DW doesn't look bad, and it's dirt-cheap. There are 4 or 5 others that would probably work well for a bit more money. That's really good news about Linux too. I do know...