I used to have an Epson Stylus Photo Inkjet Printer (Probably R2880) which was using Ultrachrome K3 ink set. The print quality, even on common garden papers, was above my expectations and I had no problems ever when it was operational. Due entirely to my long neglect, clogging problem killed that printer.
Now I have an Epson L805, a simpler and cheaper model with a cheaper (read, lower quality) ink set (EcoTank). I have quite a stock of inkjet printing paper (mostly Kodak, labelled as premium, ultra etc). Unfortunately, my recent L805 ink set (especially the dark tones) is notoriusly late to dry. A fairly dark print takes more than a week to dry. Even then, if you put a glass on top, there are little foci that stick (or, if you press some plain paper on the image you still see a few ink droplets transferred to the paper). Original Epson inkjet papers are very expensive and practically unavailable. There is only the A3 size (not suitable for my L805) and it is sold for about 3 dollars each. I guess there should be no ink drying problem if one can use those. Now, here is my question: Can I do anything "after printing to an ordinary inkjet photo paper" to make it dry quicker AND completely without damaging the image? Would sunlight or heat or wind or ... work? By the way, the printer accepts a command to print on a no-name card and uses somewhat less ink for that (on the premise that it may not absorb the ink well). So, there is practically nothing I can do "before" printing. Comments and help appreciated. Bulent --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
