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JonathanRimmel

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Epson 3880 green tint
« on: October 15, 2011, 07:21:11 pm »

I am trying to print a black and white photo (adobe rgb 1988 color profile in ProPhoto workspace) on my Epson 3880. It keeps coming out with a green tint. I have no idea why.

1. High end monitor is color calibrated
2. Soft proofing my image with the appropriate profile (Epson ultra premium presentation matte)
3. Color management turned off in the print driver
4. Relative Colormetric
5. Added a slight magenta cast with curves to try to compensate
6. Ink is still about 60% full

What is going on here? I am pulling my hair out at this one!
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Re: Epson 3880 green tint
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 08:05:26 pm »

You might try ABW mode on your 3880. At least, you should read http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/Epson3800/printworkflow.html which is a tutorial on printing b&w on the 3880 from Photoshop and Lightroom.

This uses only the various black inks and should produce a neutral print.

Alan
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Re: Epson 3880 green tint
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 09:55:36 pm »

My printer seems to be the problem. I now have a "Service Call Error 150c" showing up on the printer's LCD. It would seem I may have to contact Epson on this issue.
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Re: Epson 3880 green tint
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2011, 08:40:44 pm »

Well Epson responded to my email (I would have called but it is the weekend) strangly they said my serial number indicated my printer was out of warrenty. Which it is not. We'll see how this goes, but hopefuly this can get fixed. I would hate to loose such an excellent printer.
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Re: Epson 3880 green tint
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2011, 09:39:10 am »

@ aduke - I believe that ABW uses all the blacks/grays and will allow the use of LCy, VLM and yellow to tone the B & W prints. No O, G, VM or C.
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Re: Epson 3880 green tint
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2011, 04:39:44 pm »

I tried the printer again. This time the error cleared. I preformed all maintenance tasks under the utilities tab of the print driver. It printed fine, as good as new. But I don't trust it will stay that way. I think I still should send it back. Any thoughts?
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Re: Epson 3880 green tint
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2011, 06:31:44 pm »

Did you do a nozzle check before you got green tinted prints? If not, I wouldn't send the printer back.
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Re: Epson 3880 green tint
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2011, 08:48:36 pm »

I didn't do the nozzle check until after the green tint. However the first time I tried to do the nozzle check, that is when the error returned (after showing up previously right after a power glitch).
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