You shouldn't be using that much ink. I would imagine the supplied cartridges are identical to the replacements, but perhaps they weren't full when the printer was unpacked. I get about a dozen 12 x 17 prints out of the two cartridges on my Epson 1200. Perhaps a few more if I'm lucky. Are you working on a Mac? If so, you can try the Color Synch calibrations for input and output. If not, you may have to try other calibration software, until you find something that works. My monitor sucks, so I have to make allowances for the difference. I've found that I can make a good print first try most of the time, even though it doesn't look quite right on the monitor. Paul Stenquist
Bojidar Dimitrov wrote: > > Hi, > > I need help from the experts of digital printing!!! > > Some time ago I had some slides scanned, recently I bought a > photo-printer (Epson Photo 810), and tonight I produced my first two > prints. This is all new to me, but I am not at all happy with the first > results... > > Here is what I did: > > 1. I calibrated my monitor (using Colorific, a software that came with > my video card and a funny plastic/rubber piece that one sticks onto the > monitor). > > 2. Installed the printer driver, and rebooted. Colorific complained > that the default printer does not have the color-matching feature turned > on, so after lots of looking in the printer-driver settings, I found it > and activated it. Now Colorific is happy. > > 3. I played a bit with a couple of TIFF images, manipulated the color, > brightness and contrast a bit, until they looked good on the screen. > > 4. Printed them out. The resulting images have nothing to do with what > I see on my monitor. They are substantially darker and with much more > yellow than on the screen. Other than the colors, I am VERY happy with > the results... > > 5. When printing, the print dialog shows the tint level in the > cartriges. After printing two full-page DIN A4 (almost the same as US > 8.5x11"), 20% of the ink is gone. Are the supplied cartridges with a > much smaller capacity than those that I see in the sctores (relatively > large cardboard boxes, 5-ink cartrige for Epson Photo 810, cost about > EUR 30 = US $30. > > I would very thankful for your comments/suggestions/ideas. > > Thanks in advance, > Boz > > -- > _\\|//_ Imagination is more important than knowledge... > 0(` O-O ')0 A. Einstein > ===ooO=(_)=Ooo======================================================= > Bojidar D. Dimitrov author and editor, Pentax K-Mount web page > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kmp.BDimitrov.de/ > ===================================================================== > <__> <__>
