I've encountered major problems with color matching over the years— even on my previous Phaser Printer. I'm sure that to some degree it's related to the fact that I bought my original phaser for my home based mar/com business, but never was able to match the recommended page/month output. As a result, the color cubes someetimes seemed to "dry out" and at one point, tech support advised purging all the ink and starting over.
When similar problems started to occur after trading that unit in for a new one ( (2-3 years ago)), I conidered the possibility that the problem might be due to calibration, but soon realized it was almost impossible to calibrate the specs for the printer, software and original image at the same time — so instead have just tried to set my production goals judiciously and done my best.
Since the purchase of my current Phaser I have terminated my business, so use my printer even less often than before — mainly for personal graphic projects (using Photoshop CS6) . . . and still battling problems with calibration.But in the past few weeks, a more difficult problem has surfaced:
Suddenly any black/white images I print have started to pick up hints of gree — a problem that seems to be worsening by the day. e.g., Yesterday a large black/white image I had scanned looked fine online, but printed with notieable areas of green in the background. Today, I just started to print a 4"x4" photo and the printed image is definitely green.
All four color "chutes" are approximately 50% full. (And yes, that's intentional because past performance suggests iany additional cubes will just dry out before they gets used). The only other parts of the printer I can inspect are the waste tray and maintenance kit.
In the past, the waste tray typically filled up fairly quickly (probably because I've always kept it running 24/7); but today I only see a few spatters of dried ink.
I also replaced the maintenance kit 4-5 months ago. At first glance, it looked spotless, but on closer isnpection, it did seem to have a very pale green shadow overall — and a slightly darker thread of green around the far end of the roller).
Similarly, the plastic strip next to the roller looked clean except for a VERY thin thread of green ink along the top edge.
I'm stumped and for now, unable to finish my project, so would aprpeciate any suggestions out there.