One of my friends is having a problem, she's posted on another forum, and this is what she's said
I have a gazillion orders to get to their homes before the weekend, but my transfers are printing out really grainy. I have tried replacing the cartridges, and running all the usual head-flushing, head-cleaning, etc. but the images are still grainy - they aren't usually, so it's not just a poor qquality image. I could scream, i have literally hundreds of orders to print up!!
Well, i printed the artwork for 9 different mugs, printed the first 6, and when the sub paper came off, all 6 were grainy. They were a variety of photo's, vector images & plain text. Not sure what to do, i have quite a few that need posting by tomorrow, for various different anniversaries and birthdays!!
It wouldn't bother me, but i just replaced the cartridges (at £150 a set) because i thought the grainy print was down to running out of ink, even though the indicators said the cartridges we're low, but not actually empty. I have printed a few sheets to allow the gel through, but it's not improving it any at all. 'Slightly Frustrated' would be an understatement right now!
I've asked her which Ricoh she's using and also which paper, just waiting on a reply, she'll no doubt be away pulling her hair out right now, any advice I can pass on would be great.
Thanks