Printing Problems
Aaaaarrrrgh!
My printer (Epsom 2100) is not behaving. It has been fine - it recently produced lovely copies of the Scottish images I posted here last month, but suddenly has developed a problem. It has lost the ability to resolve detail and colour in a specific colour range - grass/trees, new birch growth seem to be most affected. Skies are fine, all the detail and tonality I would normally expect, horizons are sharp, blues are ok, but the red-brown-green bit just isnt right . Attached is a scan of a recent print, and a jpeg for comparison.
I've done the obvious things - nozzle check is fine, the test pattern is spot on. In the process of cleaning and printing tests, I have had to change several cartridges - no difference. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers, check the colour management is as usual and printed out an image I know it has printed fine before - no difference. The fault is present regardless of paper type (though more evident on matte papers) and paper manufacturer (tried epsom, fuji and hahnemuhle). I upgraded lightroom to version 1.4.1 before processing my most recent images, but the faultis there on images that predate this.
I cant make sense of this.
Sorry - running out of time - will post the scan and jpeg later
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