jamieloten
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(Already posted at colorprintingforum.com)
I have a problem with ink duct settings. The settings which come up when a job is loaded are way off, completely useless. The pressminder says that the black and magenta sweep and key settings typically need bumping up by 10-20%, cyan by 20-30%, and the yellow needs reducing to a third or a quarter of what is set, in order to begin to achieve a print that looks right.
I have checked the ink information supplied by the rip and found it to be at least proportional to what you would expect - send the same image for each separation (a calibration strip) and the ink information is also the same. However, load up that job and the ink duct settings are different for each colour - the black and cyan are just subtly different from each other, the magenta is roughly doubled and the yellow roughly quadrupled.
Scouring the CP2000 pc I came across some ink files in C:\database\cpcsaves, iirc, Lastink, ink1 and ink2. These contain the same ink duct information as sent by the rip for the last couple of active jobs, but then also include a data section called something like "Area Coverage With Modification", containing the same ink key fields but with disproportionately distorted values. Much like the settings seen in the operator panel.
Where is this modification coming from?
I found 9 memory presets under Ink Settings, but none have been set. The basic "R" set would seem to be all that is applying, but I cannot find how to alter that, if that is indeed the cause of the problem.
Please can anybody help to shed some light on this problem?
I have a problem with ink duct settings. The settings which come up when a job is loaded are way off, completely useless. The pressminder says that the black and magenta sweep and key settings typically need bumping up by 10-20%, cyan by 20-30%, and the yellow needs reducing to a third or a quarter of what is set, in order to begin to achieve a print that looks right.
I have checked the ink information supplied by the rip and found it to be at least proportional to what you would expect - send the same image for each separation (a calibration strip) and the ink information is also the same. However, load up that job and the ink duct settings are different for each colour - the black and cyan are just subtly different from each other, the magenta is roughly doubled and the yellow roughly quadrupled.
Scouring the CP2000 pc I came across some ink files in C:\database\cpcsaves, iirc, Lastink, ink1 and ink2. These contain the same ink duct information as sent by the rip for the last couple of active jobs, but then also include a data section called something like "Area Coverage With Modification", containing the same ink key fields but with disproportionately distorted values. Much like the settings seen in the operator panel.
Where is this modification coming from?
I found 9 memory presets under Ink Settings, but none have been set. The basic "R" set would seem to be all that is applying, but I cannot find how to alter that, if that is indeed the cause of the problem.
Please can anybody help to shed some light on this problem?
