Jeff,
I would think you would have to create something in color, but just for fun, I opened a Fade Oval in QU, and went to the SEL CLR tab, changed (in the neutral category) red from 1.0 to 2.0
Took me a minute.
When I said done, instead of saving the filter, I ticked the dot that said Make a JPG

Then I opened an image in QU, and applied my experimental colored Fade Oval.

I bet if I spent more time, I could refine it more.
Fred

Thanks for that lot, I thought there would be an easy way.

Printer - yes it could be the inks.
But have had a lot of printer probs of late all to do with my carelessness and the cis system.

I suffered a Gerard Hoffnung period.

I got a lot of air in the system, dismantled everything and drew ink through until the air had gone.
did not top up the tanks until the drawn ink had time to settle out the air.
That was the intention, but I forgot to top up and next print drew some more air in.
Back to sq. one.
Remembered to top up after a couple of days.
All OK.
Then I dropped a keyboard onto the tanks, but could see no damage.
Next time print I noticed air going down the magenta pipe and found the spigot on top of tank broken letting in the air.

I have not yet got specific profiles to suit the graff card on the Win 7

That is the next problem, A colour Monky or Profile Prism

Jeff

 

Now there's a thing I did not know
I thought new computer with different graff card would require all new profiles.  The orig profiles are on the Vista computer, I will have to connect it up and get them off it.  I should have had a backup, I know I used a similar profile service by Permajet for their papers, they seemed to work ok. I will have a look at the site you mention, Fred recommended Ilford papers and I still have some from initial paper purchase, they gave good results.

The printer is just a small section of problems, installing various progs screwed up some - I presume system files - and it had to be set it back to a three week old restore point, I am still in the process of re-installing one at a time.   Also all photos are on an external HD with both usb and esata connections.  Esata never worked on the Vista machine, but did on the new win 7 for a couple of weeks but now only usb2 again which is much slower.
 
Oh. must not forget I buggered up my Blog site 'lost it in cyber space' and have had to rewrite the lot
 
Had to go to hospital yesterday to have finger up back side

Life get kinda tedious don't it

Back to Grumpy Jeff

   

Fred & Terry

I got the orig. profiles off the Vista and reprinted, there is an improvement, awaiting daylight to fully inspect.

The speed my ink goes down I doubt I could afford Epson ink at about £12 for 11.5ml, which is why I went cis.  Until I get system sorted I am using proofing paper which gives quite good rendition, will be going to 'proper' paper shortly.

Jeff     

Thanks Fred.

Looked on net and Epson seems to be best price at £11.12 and £8.57 for the Gloss Op. The cyan seems to go down fastest.

I decided before printer purchase that I would have to have cis to keep costs within bounds.

Reading reviews seemed to indicate that ink consumption was high and that when one cart was renewed the printer did a head clean or something consuming ink in the remaining cartridges lowering them to the point of imminent renewal.

The original Epson cartridges did in fact go down at a rapid rate - just one month of fiddling about with the new toy.

So I went to Permajet the paper people and got their cis system, my thinking being that they had a interest in the system giving good prints.

Yes it worked fine and I did get good prints.  Though resetting the chip replacement system is a bit hit and miss.

Most of the problems I think are of my own making   If you are not going to make a print for 3 days they recommend clamping the supply pipes to stop back siphoning.
The clamps simply crush the pipe quite firmly, although that's what they seem to do in medical circles it seemed a bit brutal to me, so if I thought I would be printing again in a couple of days I did not clamp off.   Then something turns up and It's a week or ten days to next print.

After about 5 months I noticed some air in a couple of pipes so thought, right I will cure that.

When I withdrew the cartridges I found a hell of a lot of air in them.  NOTE prints were still ok.

Then the fun started, all air cleared and printing ok, then next print if forgot to release the clamps, it did not like that, then I let a couple of tanks run out, and it really got annoyed.
Then I threw a keyboard at it and broke one of the tank connections - letting in the air again, pure Gerard Hoffnung.

I now have - like a shuttle pilot, a check list on top of printer and hope following a set procedure of un clamping and re clamping will keep things running smoothly.

Now have to get the profiles sorted.  Terry, Permajet do a free profiling service for their papers and have a £35 for 7 profiling service for papers of other manufacture.

The above epistle could be a lesson for others, to follow the manual, take care and think first

Jeff


       

Hi Jeff,

Correctly designed CIS systems and quality ink work fine. If you have 'air problems' - apart from the obvious pipe seals, etc., have you got the tanks at the correct level? The supplier should have explained, but for most systems, if the bottom of your tanks are on the desk, they are too low. They need to be at about the same level as the print head (too high, and you'll flood the head). Also, if you are not printing frequently, use dye instead of pigment inks - it clogs less and doesn't settle in the tanks. Humidity is a very important factor, something that many folk do not realise, when 'x' says "printer type abc always gets nozzle clogs"  and 'y' says "it never does". And then, there is the argument about switching the printer off between printing sessions, or leaving it on 

Best wishes,

Ray

I can't swear for anything, but I read lots of stuff like this. Makes me think!

"Most ink cartridges have some sort of a capping mechanism that saves the head from any outside air that may come through when the printer is turned off. But, if you leave the printer turned on all the time when not using it, you’re just asking for your cartridges to dry out, and will have to buy another cartridge that much sooner than normally would be the case. If your print heads dry up or clog, your printing quality will suffer also.

Therefore, always make sure you turn your printer off when not using it. But remember to turn off your printer by the On/Off button, and not by flipping your power strip or UPS. When you use the printer’s own On/Off switch, the printer will engage its capping mechanism to prevent cartridge dry-out. Otherwise, it will freeze in whatever state it was in, and your cartridge will still be at risk for drying out."

Fred