DVD Cover Site Discussion - Printing Problems ??

tchjaffa

Jun 26 2006, 10:10 AM

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I seem to encounter problems sometime when printing out some covers, and i have tested on a variety of printers, it happens when covers are very dark and the text is slightly greytoned, ihave the right ICC profiles so what can i do to ensure better clarity ???? ""seems like one kind of black color tricks the printers

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Jun 26 2006, 10:15 AM

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My Favorite Custom Cover:
Miss Potter by Venome

My Favorite Cover Designer:
To many to choose from

What sort of paper are you useing
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tchjaffa

Jun 26 2006, 10:26 AM

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QUOTE(Tropical Storm @ Jun 26 2006, 12:15 PM) [snapback]8838[/snapback]

What sort of paper are you useing
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hp A4 Everyday Photo Paper Semi-glossy 170gram

and for real test i use Kodak High-Gloss Photo Paper For Inkjet Printers (Glossy Ink Jet Paper)

printers i use are canon pixma 5200 and canon pixma 8500 and a epson EPSON Stylus Photo R800

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Jun 26 2006, 10:48 AM

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My Favorite Custom Cover:
Miss Potter by Venome

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To many to choose from

I have 2 canon printers Pixma ip4000 & ip5000 i have used HP everyday paper in the ip5000 and it was a huge problem so now all i use is Canon high resolution paper for printing DVD covers and Canon photo paper plus glossy for printing my photos which i have 3 digitial camera,s all Canon I never have any problems with printing black with any of these papers Have you got into the property,s of your printer and changed the setting to what paper you are useing as this does make a big difference.
Hope i was of some help
And sorry i have never had an Epson printer to comment on them
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tchjaffa

Jun 26 2006, 10:56 AM

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QUOTE(Tropical Storm @ Jun 26 2006, 12:48 PM) [snapback]8842[/snapback]

I have 2 canon printers Pixma ip4000 & ip5000 i have used HP everyday paper in the ip5000 and it was a huge problem so now all i use is Canon high resolution paper for printing DVD covers and Canon photo paper plus glossy for printing my photos which i have 3 digitial camera,s all Canon I never have any problems with printing black with any of these papers Have you got into the property,s of your printer and changed the setting to what paper you are useing as this does make a big difference.
Hope i was of some help
And sorry i have never had an Epson printer to comment on them
Cheers

thanks for your answer yes i have made all the changes that are possible i still think that certain color are not printerfriendly, i`ll try with ohter brand papers, to see if that help`s

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Jun 26 2006, 01:13 PM

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I use the epson R800 & was getting darker prints, so I downloaded updated drivers from epson website and select the ICM setting (the box underneath "no colour adjustment should be left unticked) and my prints have been a lot better since then.
I also noticed that i get better quality using matte photo paper.

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