PSP 7.0 - High Quality Color Printing Problem
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This may be a printer/hardware/paper problem and, if so, please feel
free to direct me to another news group (with my apololgies)
I use PSP 7.0 with my Canon S800 Bubblejet printer. I also use very
high quality paper for some of my "artwork" using JASC's "Virtual
Painter" plug in.
Just recently I have had some difficulty with some "flaking off" of
some ink after it has dried.
Do I need to back off the quality of the print and/or go to a more
porous paper?
Thanks -
Edward Speed
BTW - the JASC "Virtual Painter" is terrific. I am having so much fun
with it. Easy to use. Great output. Very user friendly for a rank
amateur like me.
Kris Zaklika
>
> Good Morning:
>
> This may be a printer/hardware/paper problem and, if so, please feel
> free to direct me to another news group (with my apololgies)
>
> I use PSP 7.0 with my Canon S800 Bubblejet printer. I also use very
> high quality paper for some of my "artwork" using JASC's "Virtual
> Painter" plug in.
An image produced with Virtual Painter is no different from
an image produced any other way. By this I mean that each
pixel is still described by a triplet of red, green and
blue values in the range 0 to 255. As a result, the problem
lies in the printing system and not in PSP.
> Just recently I have had some difficulty with some "flaking off" of
> some ink after it has dried.
>
> Do I need to back off the quality of the print and/or go to a more
> porous paper?
It's a little hard to answer without knowing details. However,
there are a few of points to consider. Inks are typically
water-based. If your paper was stored in a damp environment
(either in your home or before it got to you) it may no longer
be as receptive to ink. You can check this by purchasing a
fresh new package of this paper from a different store than
the one you used before. In addition to water, the ink may
contain a whole bunch of other things such as cosolvents,
humectants or mordants. The specific formulation of ink may
not be fully compatible with a particular paper. You can
address this by using a paper recommended by the manufacturer
of the printer or supplied by them. Finally, some people use
refilled cartridges for their printers. Though often this
works well, you can never be quite sure what you are getting.
A manufacturer of inkjet printers can have a large research
or testing department to ensure optimal ink formulation.
Some Mom and Pop refiller will not.
I certainly would not "back of the quality". The printer is
designed to work at full ink coverage using appropriate
paper. The problem is much more likely to relate to ink or
paper supplies. I would also be careful about using phrases
like "more porous", since this is not exactly how inkjet
receptors work. Many are based on gelatine or related
hydrophilic polymers, which swell when placed in water
permitting ink to diffuse into them. Others are based on
porous ceramic sol-gels. These tend to be rather expensive
but can create very durable images.
> Thanks -
>
> Edward Speed
>
> BTW - the JASC "Virtual Painter" is terrific. I am having so much fun
> with it. Easy to use. Great output. Very user friendly for a rank
> amateur like me.
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Uni
eds...@idworld.net wrote:
>
> Good Morning:
>
> This may be a printer/hardware/paper problem and, if so, please feel
> free to direct me to another news group (with my apololgies)
>
> I use PSP 7.0 with my Canon S800 Bubblejet printer. I also use very
> high quality paper for some of my "artwork" using JASC's "Virtual
> Painter" plug in.
>
> Just recently I have had some difficulty with some "flaking off" of
> some ink after it has dried.
>
> Do I need to back off the quality of the print and/or go to a more
> porous paper?
Not that this will help you, Ed, but I tried some HP photo paper with my
Epson photo printer, and it produced the worst print I have ever saw my
printer produce. I assume you're not using Canon's own inkjet paper? And
if you are, do you have the printer set to match the type of paper you
are using? I have never experienced flaking ink. Bleeding perhaps, but
never flaking.
Uni
VAN DOREN
a problem with the software. Try having your image printed on a XEROX
Phaser 850 or 860 solid-ink printer. We have one, which we use to print the
newsletter for a local non-profit. Even at normal resolutions, the
printouts have that 'raised text' feel that you see on high-quality business
cards. The main difference, I'm told, between the two is that the ink for
the 860 is formulated to better survive the heat incurred when doing
high-volume copying of an original printed with it (which we don't do; every
issue is an original here).
If you don't know anyone with such a machine, you could e-mail me the
image, along with a snail-mail address so I could send the resulting
printout back to you to admire. And no, I don't sell Xerox printers - I
just use one, and think it might give you something to compare against your
current output.
Kris Zaklika <kzak...@jasc.com> wrote in message
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> eds...@idworld.net wrote:
> >
> > Good Morning:
> >
> > This may be a printer/hardware/paper problem and, if so, please feel
> > free to direct me to another news group (with my apololgies)
I believe 'SNIP' is the appropriate word here...
Jean-Luc ERNST
What do you mean by "sol"-gel : Solution ?
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> eds...@idworld.net wrote:
> [snip] I would also be careful about using phrases
> like "more porous", since this is not exactly how inkjet
> receptors work. Many are based on gelatine or related
> hydrophilic polymers, which swell when placed in water
> permitting ink to diffuse into them. Others are based on
> porous ceramic sol-gels. These tend to be rather expensive
> but can create very durable images.
>
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Jean-Luc ERNST
jeanlu...@advalvas.be
Kris Zaklika
>
> Kris,
> What do you mean by "sol"-gel : Solution ?
A sol is a kind of suspension of small particles - a
colloid in other words. It is used to create thin
flexible films from ceramics, something that would
otherwise be rather tricky. Did you try to bend a
brick or a ceramic tile recently? :)
[snip]
Jean-Luc ERNST
Colloid is a term that I understand more because this sort of technique is
used in emulsion layers in film and photographic papers.
Thank you...
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Jean-Luc ERNST
jeanlu...@advalvas.be
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