MichaelKnight
Getting Fingers Dirty
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- Epson L3060
A few weeks ago I bought an Epson Ecotank L3060 all-in-one printer.For a while it's photo printing was very good.I was looking at the prints in my room under artificial lighting and I have 4 different lighting types in my room, photos were looking very good(at least to me) under all of them.
But then I looked at them when I was near a window in daylight and I noticed greenish tint in places where it should be black and gray tones(not black and white picture). Also I noticed that in general the blacks were not dark much,they were like very dark blue under artificial light and greenish under daylight.I was printing the photos using Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper and selecting the setting " Epson Premium Glossy" under printer settings. Then I tried changing setting to "plain paper" and printed on a Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper again. This time blacks were darker, they were "black like blacks" and didn't shift colors under daylight.
For example, I think blacks should have no green tint on this photo(original):
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/351468503628-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
But when I print this photo using "Epson Premium Glossy " setting, in the printed photo the mask on the lady's face has greenish tints when I look at it near a window in daylight, but there is no greenish tint when I look at it under artificial lighting in my room. Also note that although under daylight there are greenish tints on her mask on her face(on printed photo), I perceive no greenish tone on the black tube/bottle even under daylight.
I wondered if I was perceiving the greenish tint wrongly.To be sure, today I asked to my mother that what color the mask on the lady was,on the printed photo,under daylight.She said "black", then I asked if she was seeing other colors too, then she said "gray" , and I asked if she was seeing any other color on the mask and she said "green"...
How can I solve this problem without using "plain paper" setting and buying another printer?
But then I looked at them when I was near a window in daylight and I noticed greenish tint in places where it should be black and gray tones(not black and white picture). Also I noticed that in general the blacks were not dark much,they were like very dark blue under artificial light and greenish under daylight.I was printing the photos using Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper and selecting the setting " Epson Premium Glossy" under printer settings. Then I tried changing setting to "plain paper" and printed on a Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper again. This time blacks were darker, they were "black like blacks" and didn't shift colors under daylight.
For example, I think blacks should have no green tint on this photo(original):
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/351468503628-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
But when I print this photo using "Epson Premium Glossy " setting, in the printed photo the mask on the lady's face has greenish tints when I look at it near a window in daylight, but there is no greenish tint when I look at it under artificial lighting in my room. Also note that although under daylight there are greenish tints on her mask on her face(on printed photo), I perceive no greenish tone on the black tube/bottle even under daylight.
I wondered if I was perceiving the greenish tint wrongly.To be sure, today I asked to my mother that what color the mask on the lady was,on the printed photo,under daylight.She said "black", then I asked if she was seeing other colors too, then she said "gray" , and I asked if she was seeing any other color on the mask and she said "green"...
How can I solve this problem without using "plain paper" setting and buying another printer?
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