Have those of you HP4550 users, who print black (only) transfers, ever heard the familiar multiple "clunks" of the cartridges falling into place, while printing only black?
Here's why I ask.
Today, since my black prints are so weak, I figured, why not try printing the same image with 100% Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, respectively?
First, was 100% Cyan. I heard the multiple clunks, which surprised me.
I thought to myself, maybe the cartridges were just rotating, so the Cyan cartridge would be in its proper position. Up until now, printing a combination of colors, to a single page, naturally, had me expecting to hear separate cartridges being accessed.
Since all colors printed for sublimation appear black, before pressing, the output was a solid, very dense black on the page.
I performed the same procedure for Magenta and Yellow, with the same "sounds" and perfect, dense output.
Here's what struck me as strange.
I then set the image up for 100% black, expecting NOT to hear the multiple clunks, but did.
The output, like the other colors, was very dense.
I thought, somehow, maybe I had straigtened out the problem.
I ran another print of the image, DIDN'T hear multiple clunks and the output reverted to the washed-out variety.
Since all the transfers look "black" I'll have to press them to see if the colors are as advertised by the 100% CMYK settings.
I'll let you know how that goes. David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA |