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I think I'm going to take an axe to something but I'm not sure if I should kill my pc or my printer.
I used to have a HP Compaq lap top running Window XT and a HP printer and everything was fine apart from constant paper feed problems with the HP to the point that it was regularly taking me two or three attempts to get a complete usable print.
So...I now have a Fuji Siemens lap top running Vista and an Epson R2880.
The problem I have is that all of my prints are way too dark, they look like they were taken at dusk. I don't want to have to boost the brightness for printing as it'll all be guess work. I've looked at a calibration chart and all of the shades are visible and what I see on my camera display pretty much matches what I see on my pc screen and they both pretty much match the scene as I saw it...but when I print them out they're too dark.
I've pretty much given up printing pictures now because of all the problems and now I only print stuff out when someone wants a print but to be honest I'm embarrassed by them. I took a load of shots yesterday and when I've come to print them out the results are just way too dark.
I had this a couple of months ago and I tried downloading a new printer driver and factory resetting the lap top and that did seem to improve things - slightly - but the prints are still way too dark and I'm very disappointed with them.
So...is it likely to be the printer or something to do with the lap top? I only have one of each so I can't really pin the problem down.
I might add that the Robot at Epson tech support was as much use as a chocolate fire guard.
If it's the printer can anyone suggest another A3 printer which will plug in and work without making me reach for the axe?
oh, and I'm using Epson premium glossy.
I used to have a HP Compaq lap top running Window XT and a HP printer and everything was fine apart from constant paper feed problems with the HP to the point that it was regularly taking me two or three attempts to get a complete usable print.
So...I now have a Fuji Siemens lap top running Vista and an Epson R2880.
The problem I have is that all of my prints are way too dark, they look like they were taken at dusk. I don't want to have to boost the brightness for printing as it'll all be guess work. I've looked at a calibration chart and all of the shades are visible and what I see on my camera display pretty much matches what I see on my pc screen and they both pretty much match the scene as I saw it...but when I print them out they're too dark.
I've pretty much given up printing pictures now because of all the problems and now I only print stuff out when someone wants a print but to be honest I'm embarrassed by them. I took a load of shots yesterday and when I've come to print them out the results are just way too dark.
I had this a couple of months ago and I tried downloading a new printer driver and factory resetting the lap top and that did seem to improve things - slightly - but the prints are still way too dark and I'm very disappointed with them.
So...is it likely to be the printer or something to do with the lap top? I only have one of each so I can't really pin the problem down.
I might add that the Robot at Epson tech support was as much use as a chocolate fire guard.
If it's the printer can anyone suggest another A3 printer which will plug in and work without making me reach for the axe?
oh, and I'm using Epson premium glossy.