I have probably missed something but the ‘Intent’ option of ‘Soft Proofing’ is inaccessible on PL7.11.1 and PL8.2.1 but O.K. on PL7.10.0!?
PL7.10.0:-
PL7.11.1:-
PL8.2.1:-
What am I missing, apart from ‘Perceptual’ and ‘Relative’?
And/or what other setting is stopping the option from being made available?
Mouse over the Intent option or “Simulate paper & ink” and you should see text appear, saying that this functionality only applies to ICC profiles for printers. It was always the case, but now it’s more clear in the UI.
I remember this being in the release notes, but haven’t checked.
@Egregius You mean like this
I am not that up on the use of ICC profiles and to be honest I don’t know that I saw any difference between the use of either option in the past but suddenly realised that I was not being offered the option when selecting ‘Soft Proofing’ on the two releases I identified.
I may well have seen the line in the Release Notes but since I don’t use the ICC profile for my printer (which currently has half the Cyan nozzles blocked even after two sessions of soaking in a cleaner) the significance would not have registered with me!
Thanks for the prompt response.
Regards
Bryan
PS:- In my various attempts to activate the option DxPL never displayed the message about the ICC profile, i.e. my hovering was not long enough or was in the wrong place or …!?
Bryan. Try carefully sliding a bit of folded paper kitchen towel under the print heads and then dampen the kitchen towel.
You may need to move the print heads to the centre of the printer bed. Keep the paper towel dampened, change if needed. With a bit of luck that should cure your printheads.
From PL8.2 and PL7.11 release notes:
Bug fixes
• The dropdown menu for Rendering Intent in the Soft Proofing palette is now grayed out when using an RGB profile.
Which is only sensible
@Prem My Canon printhead can be removed for cleaning.
Attempt one was with Isopropyl alcohol but no change,
Second attempt was 24 hours head down in a cleaning solution, dried and tested but no change!
Third attempt was a repeat of attempt 2 and the solution certainly got more ink out of the head but no change.
The other colours are fine but Cyan is still playing up or rather it was!
Just tried a test print and the banding problem seems to have gone away, which is good.
@Wlodek Thank you but because I don’t use ICC then that would not have stuck in my mind.
However, I am afraid I don’t understand what the comment you have extracted actually says!?
Its the bit about the RGB profile I don’t understand.
@Prem Out of the printer and into the scanner, its not going to win any prizes particularly with the lighter colours, although they actually look better on the printout
but at least no obvious banding and good enough for the occasional birthday card.
I’m pleased you have got the heads working. Okay on the head being able to be removed, which gives you a much better chance of cleaning them using the same method. I.e. the heads on a piece of wet folded kitchen towel and add a couple of layers of really wet kitchen towel on top of the heads. Making sure you keep any dampness away from the contacts. What happens is the layer of damp kitchen towel under the heads tends to draw out the dried out ink, sucking the moisture from the top layer through to the bottom. It’s a method I have used for years, except for my last printer. I suffer badly with arthritis. I could not manoeuvre the heads to remove them. So I gave the printer to my grandson who needed a new printer and explained to him what to do and he is now using it and has done so for the last two years.
This method is well worth remembering if it ever happens again. Water is just as good and saves the cost of cleaner solution.
