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clarkee80

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Hahnemuehle Photo Rag 308 & Epson 3800
« on: August 16, 2007, 11:44:42 am »

Could all users of this paper and printer combo share their settings please?

Im having trouble with rippleing in areas of black on my prints.

My settings are as below, any suggestions welcome.

Thanks.

Printing from a intel macbook using CS2.

Let Photoshop determine colours
Custom profile
Relative colorimatric
Black Point Comp ON

Manual Rear Feed
Velvet Fine Art Paper
Super fine 1440dpi
high speed & finest detail OFF

No colour adjustment

Paper thickness 0.5mm
Platen gap WIDER
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2007, 12:45:28 pm »

Settings look good. When you say "rippling" do you mean the black density varies across the sheet, or do you mean the sheet is physically a bit wavy when it comes out of the printer?

In the latter case, this is normal. The prints on rag papers from the 3800, including HPR 308, do come out ripply or wavy from the printer, esp. in areas of heavy ink coverage. The key is to less the print dry thoroughly, at least a day, sometimes several days. I recall reading a post from another photographer (in these forums, I believe) where his standard practice is to let his rag prints rest and dry for at least a week. The rippling disappears over time.
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2007, 04:00:54 pm »

I follow Eric's advice and so have nothing to add to the previous post beyond suggesting that you have a look at my recent thread:

http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/lofive...php/t18850.html

Comments there would be greatly appreciated.

Scott
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