Could it be that the black nozzles are so horribly clogged that nothing is going through? Do the matte and photo inks use the same nozzles and it's only the lines and cartridges that are different? If so, that would explain why there is no change with switching from photo to matte. I am sure it is not a clogged printhead (at least I don't think so, as usually when that happens there is some ink on the paper and you get the 'striped' pattern suggestive of clogging). I tried different combinations of paper and ink and profiles, same issues. I printed through Photoshop, Lightroom, QImage (via Fusion), same. I uninstalled the driver (I am on a Mac), reinstalled it, same problem. I thought it is the photo-black nozzle, so I switched papers and tried matte-black ink, same issues. I thought my photo-black cartridge was bad so I replaced it, same problem.
In such areas as well as in the b&W targets, the darker areas become bluish-grey. Printed test targets - both color and B&W, the color images look fine except where there is supposed to be near black in them.
no striped pattern but pure blacks are missing. Same.ĭid a thorough nozzle check and all seems to be fine. I checked the nozzles, did a cleaning (although the printer is supposed to be self-checking in this regard). Have not printed in almost a month (I know), and the image appeared very washed out. I am having a strange issue with my Epson 3880.
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