[riscos-printing] Re: Gutenprint and Canon Pixma ip4000
- From: Derek Barnett <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: riscos-printing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:02:59 GMT
In message <527e1fc54e.wlm@xxxxxxxxx>
Willem Arends <wlm4p@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <927d0ec54e.Derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Derek Barnett <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all again,
>> Have been experimenting yet again with the above setup. Printing the
>> 4cm filled circles in Draw, colour setting as follows:
>> Black = 0% Red 0% Green 0% Blue
>> Yellow = 100% Red 100% Green 0% Blue
>> Magenta = 100% Red 0% Green 100% Blue
>> Cyan = 0% Red 100% Green 100% Blue
>> Only the Black and Yellow print, this also happens to text typed in
>> Techwriter 8.64.
>
> I made the same Draw-file, imported it into Impression and printed it.
> All colours are printed, albeit a bit darker than on screen.
>>
>> If I alter the settings to:
>> Black = 0% Red 0% Green 0% Blue
>> Yellow = 100% Red 100% Green 0% Blue
>> Magenta = 98.8% Red 0% Green 98.8% Blue
>> Cyan = 0% Red 98.8% Green 98.8% Blue
>> They all print in Draw, but only Black and Yellow text print in
>> Techwriter.
>>
>> Have used the 100% settings so that I can calibrate my printers, what
>> I see on the screen and any Photo's are the same.
>>
>> Thank you for your input Willem, Perhaps you could try using the same
>> settings as me in the colour picker and see if you get the same
>> results.
>
> Could the culprit be TW?
>
> My issue is not missing colours, but the way the iP4000 (mis)treats
> them. GP has lifted the performance a great deal, (that is from lousy to
> acceptable,) but I need more time to adjust gammasettings to see if I
> can still improve.
>
>
>
Tried the above settings in Artworks as well, no luck, so thats three
programs that the Magenta and Cyan will not print in. I am very wary
of trying to print photo's if the basic colours will not print. And
yes I have tried altering the settings in GPSetup but still no luck.
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Derek Barnett / REPLY TO derek at trefh dot demon dot co dot uk
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