- #WHY IS IMAGE CROPPED BY EPSON 3880 PRINTER REGISTRATION#
- #WHY IS IMAGE CROPPED BY EPSON 3880 PRINTER PRO#
It still makes beautiful Piezo K6-Carbon prints on paper, but I use a different 3880 for PiezoDN negatives. Print Head Slant was slightly out of adjustment, CR and/or PF, though it didn’t help my particular problem which I think was unrelated. I had a similar issue on one of my 3880s a couple years ago except the problem only appeared when making digital negatives, not with prints on paper. To add to what Walker has already mentioned: My fantasy is both a simple and cheap solution, but not being totally delusional, I have my doubts about that! I’m hopeful someone has bumped into this problem, can shed some light on a possible cause(s), and maybe even suggest a fix. (Printed on Entrada Rag, neutral curve, two crops):
#WHY IS IMAGE CROPPED BY EPSON 3880 PRINTER REGISTRATION#
Areas of poor registration are indicated, as well as what looks like ink bleed (?) in the black “Piezo”. I thought this might give some indication if all the channels are printing where they’re supposed to. Then I printed a Piezography 512 step DTP70 Colorport target, which I chose because of the way the different tonalities are scattered across the grid. (I can post those if they would be useful for diagnosing this problem, but I don’t want to unnecessarily overload the post.) I did an automatic printhead alignment and another nozzle check. I confirmed that my other 3880, set up with Cone Color inks, does not have this issue in ABW mode.) (I’ve wondered if this is somehow within normal tolerances, but in practice, certain prints in landscape mode show a lack of acuity to the naked eye, especially where there are vertical divisions between light and dark tones, e.g., trees against sky or light grass against dark ground. Here is another example from the same test print: This is a crop from a 100% view of a 600 dpi scan:
The top line of the peninsula is where this is most prominent, though it doesn’t show very clearly on screen in the post. As you can see, in areas where a clear boundary exists between dark grays and lighter tones, there is a lighter, sort of duplicate edge created. I’m calling this “ghosting”, though I’m not sure that’s the correct term. But in the process of working through that issue, I printed a black and white test image from Northlight Images (Entrada Rag, neutral curve) and discovered the problem I’m posting here. I followed the set-up instructions prior to installing the Piezo inks and the printer was functioning correctly (although I can’t find the head alignment print-out and I’m now questioning whether I did one before installing the inks.)ĭuring my initial printing of test targets for linearization using Hot Press Natural, I encountered marked blotchiness in the dark greys, a problem I’ve now established as an Epson paper coating issue and one hopefully resolved by some replacement shipments. I’m setting up a used 3880 I acquired with a page count of 67. Bear with me – describing this problem is a little involved.
#WHY IS IMAGE CROPPED BY EPSON 3880 PRINTER PRO#
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