03-28-2011, 06:33 PM
[quote name='Sylvain' timestamp='1301335855' post='7182']
Hello fellow zoners,
Long time no see... and I come back with a help request for HP B9180 owners.
I've just installed a CISS set of Hefger XL inks (reputedly as good as HP ink) to give it a try and I printed a typical test page with skin tones, b&w and stuff. Something was obviously off but not so much. So I launched a "Menu 4 : cleanhead printing" thinking it was maybe due to old inks or whatever and got to print the printhead cleaning diagnostic page.
I happened to have an older one printed only with HP genuine inks to compare at hand and all colours are a very good match except for two patches that should be some lighter shade of magenta. Not so annoyed, I thought I'd just swap some cartridge to identify the culprit. After many combo of HP + Hefger (including with black & grey inks), I just get the same patch which really starts to puzzle me.
Please see my picture in my DPR posting : [url="http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1003&thread=38082276"]http://forums.dprevi...thread=38082276[/url]
Can any HP owner willing to help tell me if their patches are like the left page or the right page? Any help, comment or suggestion is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
S.
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Hi Sylvain,
good to see you again. You need to get it profiled. With any printer you need a profile for the printer, inkset, paper combination you are using. If you change any of the three you need a new profile (most of the time). Does Hefger not supply profiles for download? If not, you need either of:
Actually I think what you show at dpreview looks surprisingly good for "unprofiled"
Hope that helps.
J.
Hello fellow zoners,
Long time no see... and I come back with a help request for HP B9180 owners.
I've just installed a CISS set of Hefger XL inks (reputedly as good as HP ink) to give it a try and I printed a typical test page with skin tones, b&w and stuff. Something was obviously off but not so much. So I launched a "Menu 4 : cleanhead printing" thinking it was maybe due to old inks or whatever and got to print the printhead cleaning diagnostic page.
I happened to have an older one printed only with HP genuine inks to compare at hand and all colours are a very good match except for two patches that should be some lighter shade of magenta. Not so annoyed, I thought I'd just swap some cartridge to identify the culprit. After many combo of HP + Hefger (including with black & grey inks), I just get the same patch which really starts to puzzle me.
Please see my picture in my DPR posting : [url="http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1003&thread=38082276"]http://forums.dprevi...thread=38082276[/url]
Can any HP owner willing to help tell me if their patches are like the left page or the right page? Any help, comment or suggestion is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
S.
[/quote]
Hi Sylvain,
good to see you again. You need to get it profiled. With any printer you need a profile for the printer, inkset, paper combination you are using. If you change any of the three you need a new profile (most of the time). Does Hefger not supply profiles for download? If not, you need either of:
- A print profiler similar to a huey, spyder for a monitor
- A company which profiles the thing for you
- Return the hefger kit and return to HP inks
Actually I think what you show at dpreview looks surprisingly good for "unprofiled"
Hope that helps.
J.
enjoy