Solve : Black and white photos are tinged green.?

1.	Solve : Black and white photos are tinged green.?
Answer» I have an Epson Stylus PHOTO RX500 printer with a Mac computer and I used to be able to print perfect B&W photos. Suddenly,when I print on glossy paper, all the darker colours are tinged with green even though I have no colour controls set. However, I get perfect B&W when I print on plain paper. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is please. A print test page is showing no gaps in the result indicating that all the print heads are clean.Are you using genuine Epson Ink or a cheaper knock off brand? Have you tried a different SOURCE of photo paper which may blend better?HELLO Hacker. I use Epson paper and have always used Epson compatible cartridges with excellent results both for B&W and colour but things have suddenly changed. I wondered if it might be to do with the Mac updates. BrianAre you getting any messages such as one ink source is low?Old ink...replace the cartridges...Hello Dave, I am getting a message stating the magenta ink is low but the supply level bar appears to show plenty of ink left and a print test shows all full colours. Surely though, low magenta ink should not cause the green tint? Patio, none of the inks are very old as I am frequently printing colour photos and art work. QUOTE from: brbrown on April 18, 2016, 05:15:20 AM Surely though, low magenta ink should not cause the green tint? Photos typically print using a combination of coloured inks, black is formed by combining Cyan, YELLOW, and Magenta. (I don't know/recall why Photo's don't use the black ink, it may have to do with how well it takes to photo paper) It is no coincidence, I feel, that Cyan and Yellow- without Magenta - form Green.Have you run any maintence such as head cleaning?Thanks BC that combination of colours makes sense. Superdave, I have already tried a head clean. However, by experimentation, I have DISCOVERED that using the Plain Paper profile when printing on Premium Glossy Photo Paper, gives perfect results in black and white with no green tints. I suppose that might suggest the Glossy Paper profile might be corrupted but I get perfect results with colour printing using it. So that solves my immediate problem but I obviously need to resolve the green tint problem.

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I have an Epson Stylus PHOTO RX500 printer with a Mac computer and I used to be able to print perfect B&W photos. Suddenly,when I print on glossy paper, all the darker colours are tinged with green even though I have no colour controls set. However, I get perfect B&W when I print on plain paper. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is please. A print test page is showing no gaps in the result indicating that all the print heads are clean.Are you using genuine Epson Ink or a cheaper knock off brand?

Have you tried a different SOURCE of photo paper which may blend better?HELLO Hacker. I use Epson paper and have always used Epson compatible cartridges with excellent results both for B&W and colour but things have suddenly changed. I wondered if it might be to do with the Mac updates. BrianAre you getting any messages such as one ink source is low?Old ink...replace the cartridges...Hello Dave, I am getting a message stating the magenta ink is low but the supply level bar appears to show plenty of ink left and a print test shows all full colours. Surely though, low magenta ink should not cause the green tint?

Patio, none of the inks are very old as I am frequently printing colour photos and art work. QUOTE from: brbrown on April 18, 2016, 05:15:20 AM

Surely though, low magenta ink should not cause the green tint?

Photos typically print using a combination of coloured inks, black is formed by combining Cyan, YELLOW, and Magenta. (I don't know/recall why Photo's don't use the black ink, it may have to do with how well it takes to photo paper)

It is no coincidence, I feel, that Cyan and Yellow- without Magenta - form Green.Have you run any maintence such as head cleaning?Thanks BC that combination of colours makes sense. Superdave, I have already tried a head clean. However, by experimentation, I have DISCOVERED that using the Plain Paper profile when printing on Premium Glossy Photo Paper, gives perfect results in black and white with no green tints. I suppose that might suggest the Glossy Paper profile might be corrupted but I get perfect results with colour printing using it. So that solves my immediate problem but I obviously need to resolve the green tint problem.

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