Hi everyone,
We've been using an old HP DesignJet 1050C Plus for our DIPs and have noticed that the quality level seems to be worse than it once was. I was asked to look into the issue to see if it may be something that is set incorrectly in either the printer driver or the RIP. I can't see anything out of the ordinary.
I looked up the specs on the device and it's max is only 600dpi, so I'm not expecting anything mind blowing as far as quality even if it were dialed in. But the 'peppering' is the main issue. It never seems to print 'solid' blocks of color. Everything looks 'dotted' or 'peppered'...not just gradations, but everything.
We're using RAMPage as the RIP for this device and the profiles are all set up for 600dpi.
Would using an Eye One Pro be of any benefit? Maybe linearization and profiling the printer would make a difference? I'm sure this has not been done for some time...if ever. My real question is...if we linearize and profile the printer using Eye-One software and spectro...where would we enter those profiles in RAMPage?
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. We have a new printer on the books for that department, but it looks like that's at least a year out in the budget.
Thanks in advance!
-Jeremy
We've been using an old HP DesignJet 1050C Plus for our DIPs and have noticed that the quality level seems to be worse than it once was. I was asked to look into the issue to see if it may be something that is set incorrectly in either the printer driver or the RIP. I can't see anything out of the ordinary.
I looked up the specs on the device and it's max is only 600dpi, so I'm not expecting anything mind blowing as far as quality even if it were dialed in. But the 'peppering' is the main issue. It never seems to print 'solid' blocks of color. Everything looks 'dotted' or 'peppered'...not just gradations, but everything.
We're using RAMPage as the RIP for this device and the profiles are all set up for 600dpi.
Would using an Eye One Pro be of any benefit? Maybe linearization and profiling the printer would make a difference? I'm sure this has not been done for some time...if ever. My real question is...if we linearize and profile the printer using Eye-One software and spectro...where would we enter those profiles in RAMPage?
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. We have a new printer on the books for that department, but it looks like that's at least a year out in the budget.
Thanks in advance!
-Jeremy