Simon
1/8/03 8:10 am SimonMartin <simonmartin-at-ippimail.com> wrote
>The guy at Canon who has taken it upon himself to make my life a misery
>sent me a CD yesterday with a 'High Quality' image on it, I just opened
>the parcel today.
>
>Bear in mind that I am unhappy because I am basing my tests on a 'Poor
>quality image', namely the Barstow file, according to Canon.
it is a Jpeg, to be fair.
maybe you need to full size Tiff from the verification kit?
>
>The file I have been sent is from an EOS digital camera by the looks of
>it. It measures 3072 x 2048 pixels, 43.35 cm x 28.9 cm -at- 180 dpi. 18 mb.
>
>The barstow image is 2362 x 3348 pixels, 30 cm x 28.35 cm -at- 300 dpi.
>22.6 mb.
this is the Pixl/NB testimage from the site?
I guess it's fair to say that it's not really made for printer
smoothness testing. If you want to know how to do that, call me.
(01273 774 704)
>
>Both have been saved as jpgs. The above speaks for itself.
>
>I did the required three cleaning cycles and aligned the nozzles and
>did a print. Lines are clearly visible, even at this time in the
>morning.
I've seen this too
I'm hearing about quite a few troublesome Canon printers, it's a shame
because speed and colour are nice.
>I'm beginning to think I must be doing something wrong somewhere...
>maybe I'm not getting the nozzle alignment thing right...
I'd guess you'll ned new heads
>
>It's 8.00 am... is that too early for a drink...?
not if you're rab nesbitt
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