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As a result of a re-filling error I was forced to purge the Vivid Light Magenta line on my Pro3880 to get back to normal. I thought that some observations on the experience might be of some interest, or even help, to other 3800/3880 users. Purging with QTR The most obvious way to purge the...

Just saw that Argyll CMS has been updated to V 1.70. Lots of changes/fixes that wil not affect my use but a few things caught my eye. For example, from the change log:- "Improved gamut mapping to reduce unnecessary changes to less saturated colors such as skin tones." I've quickly generated a...

I just came across this http://www.russellcottrell.com/photo/ArgyllColorPatches.htm which gives a .ti1 file for an Argyll chart having a very limited colour gamut - all of the 404 patches are neutral or nearly neutral. I thought I would try it to see how it performed for B&W printing. I...

We see many examples of people using pigment inks in printers like the R1400 designed for dye inks but not so much the other way round, so I thought this might be of interest. A few days ago I was asked to make a profile for an Epson R1900 fitted with Fotorite dye inks instead of the...

At the beginning of April this year I started light fade tests to see how some 3rd-party inks for the Epson Pro3800 compared to the OEM ink. Out of interest I also included a couple of OEM dye inks from Epson and Canon. The test samples were placed in a south-facing window and have been there...