Requesting information with 9000 mark II

I think Tony is correct in that the printer must be mixing blue and yellow to achieve tones of green. My printer doesn't even have an actual green ink and it produces beautiful greens.

tonylong wrote in post #11470672
An interesting test could be to make up a "Greens Test Chart" where you have patches of shades of greens that are made up in various ways, like the "Christmas colors" green on one end and on the other a more "leafy natural" green that would tend to have more yellow.

Easy enough to find on the web.

ChasP505 wrote in post #11473958
I think Tony is correct in that the printer must be mixing blue and yellow to achieve tones of green.

I figured that all along. What I'd like to know is "why". Seems like it would be easier to start with a basic green and add yellow or cyan to make different tones.

ChasP
OT - Thanks for the tip on Solux. Wish I had known about them a year ago. I was trying to find proper lighting to illuminate a large purchased print. Looked all over for "art" lighting but settled for some halogen light bar fixture.

To answer the question on the green tank, the rep only said that it is rarely used.

BTW, I just printed some prints on samples of Red River Paper. They have profiles for each of their papers, and the results were excellent.

scmitch wrote in post #11474131
ChasP
OT - Thanks for the tip on Solux. Wish I had known about them a year ago. I was trying to find proper lighting to illuminate a large purchased print. Looked all over for "art" lighting but settled for some halogen light bar fixture.

A good related discussion:

http://photo.net/digit​al-darkroom-forum/00Xr7W

I'll chime in here too as I have a Pro 9000 bought in July, 2007. I haven't done lots and lots of prints but the quality/colour was always acceptable. I have some A3 seascapes framed for instance.
However, a few (about 3) months ago it started printing everything red toned. I took a couple of prints of the same photo to the ink supplier who immediately assured me it was not his rubbish ink but one of the nozzles were blocked. I got home and ran the nozzle print test and it was perfect. Ahem! Like scmitch I am very very peeved. Like I paid around A$900 and can't use it now.
Does anyone know what might bring on this problem of too much red on the whole print?
Remember that it was ok for 3 years.
Thanks so much,

Phil.

There are constant updates to much of the software on our computers and sometimes cause problems, some seen and some not.

Have you added or changed any of your hardware such as a monitor?
Do you use a 3rd party ink? They may have changed something in the formula or supplier.
There could be a corrupt driver or profile.

It seems to me that with a good nozzle test the printer is okay.

I thought I had problems with my MkII also, greens off and too red prints.

Well, the problem was in my light bulbs.

The colors you view on paper are very much influenced by the color temp of the light source.

My "Pixel Palace" is in what was my darkroom. No windows. I was viewing the prints with Halogen bulbs (3300k). Too red and messed up greens. Then we took the print outside. RIGHT ON THE MARK!. In fact it looked good in any room in the house that had outside light mixing with the softer CFL or incandescent bulbs.

What an awakening. You need to print to match where you shall view the print!

For now I am viewing with 6500k and will try 5000k shortly.

But as others have said, you must calibrate your monitor. I use Spyder 3 Elite, and set Print with Preview in PS to PS controls color, turn off matching, and use the proper paper profile from the manufacturer.

proinwv wrote in post #11734186
For now I am viewing with 6500k and will try 5000k shortly.

Well... Leave your monitor calibrated at 6500k, but use 4700k or 5000k lighting to view and judge your prints.

I currently edit with only one 13watt 5000k CFL bulb in the room, set far away from the monitor. I first view prints under a 4700k Solux bulb in a clamp-on gooseneck lamp, then under various other lighting conditions.

That is the direction I am headed in too. Thanks for the confirmation. Until I discovered what was happening I was really going crazy.

20 years in a B&W darkroom did not teach me this.