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Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 06 Oct 2010, 22:00
by Paul
hi all. i have wired printing problem. all my prints r over saturated big time! and i mean it! far tu much of red in them... they glow! any one know whats happened to my perfect printing couple of weeks ago printer? icc instaled. printer: B1100, express t-shirt- time: 50sec. temp: 184C. printed from CS4.... checked everything 5 times already and cantr spot the fault. please help as have some tees to print for my club.

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 13:47
by Paul
no one experienced that before? i must be special then...

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 13:48
by Ian M
Paul wrote:i must be special then...
I think your special mate ;)

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 14:28
by NASH
Hey Paul

sorrry for the late responce, but this also happened to me last week.
Everything was coming out deep magenta for no apparent reason.

All did was to reset all the colours in the printer properties section and then just rebalanced till i got it right

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 15:21
by JSR
I'll swap you! :D

I've been fighting a green cast issue with my B40W for the last couple of weeks. Surprised to not read anyone else complaining of it, so I figure I must be the only one.

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 16:21
by Paul
NASH wrote:
All did was to reset all the colours in the printer properties section and then just rebalanced till i got it right
Why would we want to do that? we dont need those sliders r we? I think ICC doing everything regards the colors so where is the problem ?? :(
JSR wrote:I'll swap you!

I've been fighting a green cast issue with my B40W for the last couple of weeks. Surprised to not read anyone else complaining of it, so I figure I must be the only one.
you using correct icc etc...? coz i do and still nothing.

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 16:31
by JSR
Paul wrote:
JSR wrote:I'll swap you!

I've been fighting a green cast issue with my B40W for the last couple of weeks. Surprised to not read anyone else complaining of it, so I figure I must be the only one.
you using correct icc etc...? coz i do and still nothing.
Yes. I've tried allsorts. The printer can hit some colours quite close in some circumstances and with certain settings, but I'm having trouble getting a good brown out of it. I thought it was a weak red at first but It's looking like it's just a strong green.

I'm sure I'll figure it out (if I don't run out of ink first!).

History has shown me that the old 1290S printed over-saturated (a quick reduction on the saturation in Qimage as standard fixed that). The 1400 favoured either green or red depending on which paper setting you went for in the driver. And the B40W seems to be favouring green regardless of what I do, but I'm still working on this one.

I notice the B40W printer driver isn't as advanced as the one for the 1400 which doesn't help. If only the ink-manufacturer made their own printers we wouldn't have half this trouble.

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 17:17
by Paul
ok. Little update! now i printed test image and all "warm" colors are very saturated and all greys are purple! verrrry purple :(
c'mon guys! must be somone here who when through this before ;)

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 08 Oct 2010, 17:22
by Paul
All pants! :( just tried just everything :( uninstaled and instaled icc sagain... nothing!
I am going to give up sublimation. shame as it was lovely little hobby...

Re: pictures over saturated

Posted: 08 Oct 2010, 17:40
by JSR
Paul wrote:All pants! :( just tried just everything :( uninstaled and instaled icc sagain... nothing!
I am going to give up sublimation. shame as it was lovely little hobby...
I have days like that.

My 1400 is set up (different to what Sawgrass says and using an older profile) and it produces most colours as close as makes no odds. If I change to the newer profile and Sawgrass' instructions, I may as well throw it all away.

I'm trying to get my B40W to deliver a close approximation to what the 1400 can achieve and it's like fighting a losing battle. Makes me wonder how others just follow the instructions and have no problems with the colours. Maybe I'm just too picky?