Maybe you got paper from a bad batch. Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: 24 July 2008 19:37 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Printer/Paper question > > Perhaps someone on the list has an answer, (besides the > obvious), to this. > > Let me start by stating that I've been using Ilford Smooth > Gloss Paper > (250 GSM) for quite some time in my HP Photosmart 7350 with what I've > considered good results. > > I've printed using the settings that Ilford gives for my > printer and up > till now I've good color depth and rich blacks, while still showing > acceptable detail. True it doesn't exactly match what's on monitor > screen but it's been close enough. > > Last week I ran out of paper and ink almost simultaneously in > the middle > of a custom printing job. I picked up a new box of paper and > replacement ink cartages. > > Files that I had been getting good results from just the day > before now > give horrid results. > > I can no longer get reasonable blacks unless I increase the contrast > until there is no more detail in the shadows. > > Ilford supplies a data sheet in each box of paper and the settings no > longer match those on their web site, (but then again > suggested settings > work anyway). I though it might be the inks, but I have some > HP paper > and the results are the same as I was getting before with the > HP paper > which matches the overall quality from the old batch of Ilford paper. > > I'm looking for suggestions, (besides you know, use HP paper or drop > kick the printer and get an Epson, etc.). What I'm really > looking for > is setting suggestions that might work with the paper since obviously > the ones supplied are contradictory. > > -- > You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind > word alone. > --Al Capone. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
