Hi everyone,

I have an Epson 3800 printer. Just processed an image and it looked good on my monitor. Soft-proof also looked good. Went to print and I have a red cast in all of the blue colors on the print. I have never seen this before. I assume it is the printer. Anyone know what is going on here?

Thanks,

Jim

If the cast is just in the blues and not over the entire image, run a nozzle check and then run cleanings until it comes back absolutely pristine. (If it's difficult to decipher, you can also just run an automatic nozzle check.)

If there's an overall magenta cast to the image, the error is likely in your combination of software and driver settings.

Hi Colin,

Just the blues are affected. I guess I will need to see if a nozzle is clogged.

Thank you, I will let you know.

Jim

I had a red cast over many prints when my ink was expired on a R1800. Replacing the red cartridge always fixed it for me.

Can't say if it's your issue, but if cleaning can't fix it, then you might check the age of the inks.

Colin,

Fantastic diagnosis and treatment was successful. Thank you very much.

Jim

The very first thing I do every time I go to make prints is to run a nozzle check before I do anything else, and again several times during a day of printing. That will save many hours of aggravation and wasted materials.

That is excellent advice, Peter! Especially when printing on larger paper.

Thanks tomb18,

I will keep that in mind next time.

Jim

Peter,

Thanks. You are probably right to approach it that way. It is funny how quickly it occurs. Print before showed no signs of a problem. Then, next print full blown problem.

Jim

Colin,

The nozzle check indicated broken up ( gaps ) on the blue wavy test print. Can I assume that blue was not able to spray enough of it's color and another color overwhelmed it? If so, why was that color red? It seems to me that this could be a further diagnostic tool. Example, not enough blue and too much red equals clogged blue jets.

Thanks,

Jim

It probably depends on exactly which nozzles are clogged in combination with the specific color being printed as to how it shows in your print, but what I see if even a single Cyan nozzle is clogged will be banding in a blue sky.

clogged nozzle means banding. you should have been able to see that no matter what colors are banding.

Herb..