Red/Pink

[dan karbowsky]

Summary:
I'm shooting with a Canon Powershot G2 at 22nn by 17nn res wth second
level of compression selected (1-2 mb / image).

Printer is a HP Deskjet 722c (with Photo-RET).

Paper is "Kodak Picture Paper" (dbl-sided @ $10/25-sheets @ Wal-Mart)

The problem:
Even when printing black and white / grayscale images, I seem to get

pinkish-reddish-orangish dots in my images on paper. Ink cartridges are relatively new and the image at a glance looks fantastic, but I can't
explain the pesky pinkish "pixelation" that I'm getting.

Please note that red-orange "artifacts" don't exist in the original jpegs.

Could it be that the printer is using the color cartridge even for a
monochrome/greyscale image?

Suggestions? Would better paper or photo-specific-ink help?

Thanks.

--dan karbowsky
[email protected]

 

[Melanie Kipp]

Have you tried HP brand paper?

Getting true gray scale form an inkjet printer not profiled specifically for B&W printing can be difficult.
are you setting the ink supply to black ink only?

Sometimes certains papers and ink brands will cause a color cast... you could tweak the image to compensate for the red ( add a little.. tiny amount of green or cyan). --Please visit me at: http://www.caughtintimephotography.com

 

[dan karbowsky]

HP Paper is my next attempt.

Thanks.

BTW, What part of WVa are you from? I'm 20mi. from Uniontown and Washington, PA.

Have you tried HP brand paper?
Getting true gray scale form an inkjet printer not profiled
specifically for B&W printing can be difficult.
are you setting the ink supply to black ink only?
Sometimes certains papers and ink brands will cause a color cast...
you could tweak the image to compensate for the red ( add a
little.. tiny amount of green or cyan).
--
Please visit me at:
http://www.caughtintimephotography.com

--Dan [email protected]

 

[Melanie Kipp]

HP Paper is my next attempt.

Thanks.

BTW, What part of WVa are you from? I'm 20mi. from Uniontown and
Washington, PA.

Charleston area...

You probably will find the HP will do better... inks and papers are designed by the manufacturer to work together...
--Please visit me at: http://www.caughtintimephotography.com

 

[pdqgp]

I have to say from personal use, testing and just plain experience that the HP Branded Paper really, really stinks.

Kodak Ultima is what I found to be great.

just my 2 Lincolns.

tim

HP Paper is my next attempt.

Thanks.

BTW, What part of WVa are you from? I'm 20mi. from Uniontown and
Washington, PA.

Charleston area...
You probably will find the HP will do better... inks and papers are
designed by the manufacturer to work together...

--
Please visit me at:
http://www.caughtintimephotography.com

 

[dan karbowsky]

Thanks, Melanie and Tim.

I will try both suggestions.

Kodak Ultima is what I found to be great.

just my 2 Lincolns.

tim

HP Paper is my next attempt.

Thanks.

BTW, What part of WVa are you from? I'm 20mi. from Uniontown and
Washington, PA.

Charleston area...
You probably will find the HP will do better... inks and papers are
designed by the manufacturer to work together...

--
Please visit me at:
http://www.caughtintimephotography.com

--Dan [email protected]

 

[Christoffer Hulusjö]

Im experiencing the exact same problems with my Xerox Phaser 860N printer, a Sony 707, Windows XP and Photosop 6.0. When looking at the pictures in Photoshop there is no trace of any wrong colored pixels, though when looking closely at the prints, they are everywhere on every print, though not vissible at a distance.

I have tried many diffrent types of papers reciving the same results, so I really doubt that it could be the paper which causes those "red pixles".

Christoffer Hulusjö
Sweden

Summary:
I'm shooting with a Canon Powershot G2 at 22nn by 17nn res wth second
level of compression selected (1-2 mb / image).

Printer is a HP Deskjet 722c (with Photo-RET).

Paper is "Kodak Picture Paper" (dbl-sided @ $10/25-sheets @ Wal-Mart)

The problem:
Even when printing black and white / grayscale images, I seem to get
pinkish-reddish-orangish dots in my images on paper. Ink cartridges
are relatively new and the image at a glance looks fantastic, but I
can't
explain the pesky pinkish "pixelation" that I'm getting.

Please note that red-orange "artifacts" don't exist in the original
jpegs.

Could it be that the printer is using the color cartridge even for a
monochrome/greyscale image?

Suggestions? Would better paper or photo-specific-ink help?

Thanks.

--
dan karbowsky
[email protected]