Lyson 1160 User's Manual
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1. Customers will notice a change in colour when moving from Epson ink to Ly son colour inks and it is likely that some changes will be needed to restore colour accuracy This change in colour is necessary becasue the fade resistant dyes used in Lysonic and Fotonic inks have a different colour quality to the quicker fading original inks Also the print driver is designed to work with the colours produced by the Epson inks When the inks are changed the output from the print driver is less accurate These changes can be compensated for There is also information at the end of this leaflet for Small Gamut and Quad Black users Media Handling The Matt Gloss and Fine Art papers compatible with Lyson inks are all heavy weight papers These can cause problems to the sheet feed mechanisms used by the Epson printers as they have been designed to handle thinner paper For best results we recommend that the paper be fed to the printer one sheet at a time For desktop printers such as the Photo 1270 or 890 when using Fine Art paper hold the paper by the sides not at the top and push gently as the machine pulls on the media For the Epson 3000 and 5000 keep the paper flat by feeding it through the rear sheet feeder For the Epson 3000 this is the slot designed to handle banner paper Feed the paper between the sprocket units until the printer draws the paper in With the Fine Art paper it is sometimes difficult to detect which side of th2. Superfine 1440 a iS Quality E Color Adjustment Photo Quality Ink Mode Ink Color O Black Rf Halftoning EN 2 Media Type Brightness Contrast Saturation Cyan Error Diffusion gt Magenta Yellow O Video Digital Camera O ColorSync Profile EPSON Standard Rendering Intent Perceptual Brightness 3 Saturation 3 Magenta 5 Colour Adjustment Mode Automatic Halftoning Error Diffusion amp Kl Microweave K Super a High Speed amp O Flip Horizontal i X Finest Detail fig 2 Lysonic Printer Settings Color 2 Print Quality Superfine 1440 amp mre quality p Color Adjustment MediaType Photo Quality Ink Mode Automatic r Ink Color Black Error Diffusion gt Brightness Contrast Saturation Cyan Magenta Yellow Video Digital Camer ColorSync Profile Rendering Intent P Brightness 3 Saturation 3 Magenta 10 Colour Adjustment Mode Automatic Halftoning Error Diffusion K Super O Flip Horizontal Photoshop 5 6 7x Users that have upgraded from Photoshop 3 4 will notice a difference in the way Photoshop 5 6 treats colour There are many more colour options in Photoshop 5 6 7 that can be altered ICC profiles are used to handle all areas of colour reproduction from your monitor display to your printer output A complete guide to these
3. driver on your computer Select NOZZLE CHECK The printer prints a pattern of lines with the new ink If there are any breaks in the line select CLEAN and then CONFIRM to reprint the test pattern When the lines are unbroken you are ready to print Canon S400 S4500 3000 6000 6100 S6300 6500 8200 S800 S900 S9000 Cartridge Replacement Procedure To replace a used ink tank simply lift the printer lid wait for the print head to move into position remove the empty ink tank and replace with the new ink tank Shut the printer lid and wait for the printer to prime itself Perform a nozzle check from the UTILITIES menu To change an ink set follow the procedure below 1 Lift printer lid and remove the print head Place carefully on a table on some absorbent tissue 2 Remove all the ink tanks from the original ink set and replace with full tanks from the new ink set 3 Re install the print head Wait for the printer to prime itself 4 Go to the UTILITIES section of the print driver Go to the CLEANING menu and select Deep Clean After the cleaning perform a nozzle check and then repeat the Deep Clean Carry out one more nozzle check This should be sufficient to remove any traces of residual ink from the print head The printer is now running with the new inks CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS Overleaf PRINTER SETUP GUIDE COLOUR MANAGEMENT PHOTOSHOP TIPS Notes on Colour Management and Photoshop
4. for use with Lyson inks and papers are now available When used with compatible software they ensure perfect predictable colour for each printer media ink combination To obtain these profiles on CD or floppy disk contact your local distributor Alternatively visit their website to download the relevant profile The profiles are also available in the technical support section of the Lyson website www lyson com Each of the profiles when downloaded is accompanied by a pdf acrobat formated instruction document Be sure to read this before attempting any printing If downloading from the windows section of the Lyson website you will need winzip to decode the file www winzip com If downloading from the Macintosh section of the Lyson website you will need the Stufflt expander software www alladinsys com usually pre installed with Internet Explorer 5 Further information on Colour Management can be found in the Epson Colour Management pdf file Custom Profiles for specific combinations of printers and papers can also be purchased from third party vendors This is recommended for the most accurate colour reproduction QUAD BLACK SETUP INFORMATION The Quad Black inks set use different dilutions of black ink to achieve a wide tonal range and lock in the colour This ink is available in Neutral tone and for selected printers there are Warm and Cool tones also available Before using Quad Black fol
5. options ICC profiles and how to use them in your workflow can be found in the Epson Colour Management pdf file that can be downloaded from the technical support section of the Lyson website www lyson com Photoshop 5x Go to FILE COLOUR SETTINGS RGB SETUP We recommend that ColorMatch RGB or Adobe 1998 be used as an RGB colour space Photoshop 5 defaults to sRGB a gamut that can introduce unwanted colour casts to your display Ensure that the Display using monitor compensation box and the Preview box are both ticked Go to FILE COLOUR SETTINGS PROFILE SETUP In the Profile Setup dialogue box set all options to Ask When Opening This ensures that Photoshop does not change any colour data when opening an image file Photoshop will show the message Converting Colours if this is happening Photoshop 6 7x Go to EDIT COLOUR SETTINGS Tick the Advanced Mode button Select ColorMatch or Adobe 1998 as the RGB working space Under Color Management Policies select Preserve Embedded Profiles and tick all the Profile Mismatches and Missing Profiles options Under Conversion Options select Adobe ACE or Heidelberg as the Engine and Perceptual as the intent Tick the Dither option but not the Black Point Compensation option Do not activate any of the Advanced controls ICC PROFILE INSTALLATION ICC profiles
6. Note for users of all Epson desktop printers Caution Never re install a used black colour or cleaning cartridge from Lyson as this will introduce air into the printer system causing nozzles to temporarily fail If this is done accidentally leave the printer for 24 hours so that the air can dissipate naturally This excludes Stylus Pro models NB If your Epson printer has not been used before we recommend running with Epson ink for a few days before changing to Lyson Inks Epson 800 850 1520 Cartridge Replacement Procedure When replacing an empty cartridge of the same ink type simply hold the cartridge clean button down for 3 seconds when the ink out indicator is lit The cartridge then moves into a position where it can be replaced To change an ink set follow this procedure 1 Remove the existing cartridge set If the cartridges are empty the red indicator lights are on for the black and colour cartridges hold each cartridge clean button down for 3 seconds and replace the cartridges with cleaning cartridges lf the cartridges are not empty press and hold the two cartridge clean buttons simultaneously for 3 seconds The black cartridge then moves into a position where it can be replaced Remove the cartridge and insert a black cleaning cartridge Then press the colour cartridge clean button The colour cartridge then moves into a position where it can be replaced Remove the colour cartridge and insert a colour cleaning c
7. and press the form feed button To change an ink set follow this procedure 1 Remove existing cartridge set If both cartridges are empty the red indicator lights are on for the black and colour cartridges hold the cartridge clean button down for 3 seconds Insert the new cartridges and press the form feed button If the cartridges are not empty hold the form feed button down for 5 seconds The cartridges then move into a position where they can be replaced 2 Insert a set of cleaning cartridges Press the form feed button The printer primes itself with cleaning fluid This process takes around 3 minutes 3 Go to the UTILITIES section of the print driver on your computer Select NOZZLE CHECK The printer prints a pattern of lines These lines should be quite faint as they have been printed with cleaning fluid 4 Select CLEAN and then CONFIRM After the printer has printed a second pattern of lines repeat steps 1 to 3 replacing the cleaning cartridges with the new ink set The printer primes itself with the new ink set 5 Go to the UTILITIES section of the print driver and select NOZZLE CHECK and then CLEAN and then CONFIRM The printer is now running with your new ink set If any nozzles are still not printing this may be because of trapped air introduced during the cartridge changeover procedure In this case allow the printer to stand for 2 hours before repeating a nozzle check If a
8. artridge 2 Press the form feed button The printer primes itself with cleaning fluid This process takes around 3 minutes 3 Go to the UTILITIES section of the print driver on your computer Select NOZZLE CHECK The printer prints a pattern of lines These lines should be quite faint as they have been printed with cleaning fluid 4 Select CLEAN and then CONFIRM After the printer has printed a second pattern of lines repeat steps 1 and 2 replacing the cleaning cartridges with the new ink set The printer primes itself with the new ink set 5 Go to the UTILITIES section of the print driver and select NOZZLE CHECK and then CLEAN and then CONFIRM The printer is now running with your new ink set If any nozzles are still not printing this may be because of trapped air introduced during the cartridge changeover procedure In this case allow the printer to stand for 2 hours before repeating a nozzle check If any nozzles are still not printing perform one head clean and allow the printer to stand for a further hour Repeat if necessary Epson 600 640 740 750 860 880 900 980 1160 1200 EX 870 890 1270 1280 1290 2000P Cartridge Replacement Procedure When replacing an empty cartridge of the same ink type simply hold the cartridge clean button down for 3 seconds when the ink out indicator is lit The cartridge then moves into a position where it can be replaced Insert the new cartridge
9. e paper is the coated side Wet your finger and thumb and touch the paper The coated side is the side that is sticky Always print on this side Photoshop 3 4 Follow these steps to re calibrate your workflow 1 Change the print driver settings to match those indicated below 2 Open an image in Photoshop that contains a wide range of colours and print it using these settings 3 Make further adjustments to the print driver settings and reprint the image to correct the colours as best you can Adjust the monitor display to match the print out 5 Colour correct the image in photoshop to restore the colour balance to your image on your monitor 5 Reprint the image The output should now match the colours on your monitor The monitor only needs to be adjusted once when changing ink sets From then on simply open your image correct for colour and print pP The settings shown below fig 1 amp fig 2 are designed to bring the printed output roughly in line with the colours on your monitor Obviously the output will vary from printer to printer ie the printed colours will be different on an Epson Photo EX when compared to that of an Epson Stylus Pro 3000 Fine tuning can be done by further adjusting the cyan magenta and yellow sliders along with the brightness contrast and saturation sliders These settings however are the best place to start fig 1 Fotonic Printer Settings o Color 3 Print Quality
10. inters such as the Stylus Photo 890 require the use of the matching printer profile for the Printer Paper combination you are using Go to the Lyson website for the profile you require LYSON LIMITED 7 Barton Road Heaton Mersey Industrial Estate Stockport Cheshire SK4 3EG United Kingdom LYSON INC 801 Landmeier Road Elk Grove Village IL 60007 U S A Lyson Europe GmbH SchreiterHaus Rudolf Diesel Strasse 3 D 40822 Mettmann Germany visit us at www lyson com All Trade Marks Recognised
11. low the cleaning procedure detailed overleaf then replace the cleaning cartridges with the Quad Black cartridge set For best results prepare your black and white image in RGB mode in Photoshop If you have a full colour image simply convert to greyscale then back to RGB IMAGE MODE GREYSCALE RGB Then send the image to be printed using the No Colour Adjustment option in your Epson print driver Changing the media selection will affect the density and contrast of your print Experiment to find the one that works best for you Quad Black Inks have a very wide tonal range that responds extremely well to the data contained in your image file Absolute blacks will only be printed if your file contains this information Use the Histogram option in Photoshop and the Levels tool to ensure the widest tonal range possible SMALL GAMUT SETUP INFORMATION SG inks enable the user to tone their black and white images Full details on the use of these inks can be found in the Small Gamut User Guides that are available at the Lyson Website www Lyson com ICC profiles are also available for a limited range of printers for users of Photoshop 5 6 7x For earlier Epson four colour printers such as the Stylus Color 860 1160 models excellent results can be obtained by selecting the No Colour Adjustment option in the Epson printer driver Experiment with the Media settings for different densities of print All six colour Photo pr
12. nts a pattern of lines with the new ink If there are any breaks in the line select CLEAN and then CONFIRM to reprint the test pattern When the lines are unbroken you are ready to print EPSON STYLUS PRO 3000 7000 7500 Cartridge Replacement Procedure When replacing an empty cartridge of the same colour and ink type simply remove the empty cartridge and insert the replacement To change ink sets follow this procedure 1 Turn printer on 2 Remove all the cartridges from the machine 3 Turn printer off The printer purges all the remaining ink from the system This process takes around 1 minute 4 Insert a set of cleaning cartridges These cartridges are filled with a clear cleaning solution that will remove any traces of ink in the system and clean the print head 5 Turn the printer on The printer primes itself with cleaning fluid This process takes around 8 minutes 6 Load the printer with paper Go to the UTILITIES section of the print driver on your computer Select NOZZLE CHECK The printer prints a pattern of lines These lines should be quite faint as they have been printed with cleaning fluid 7 Select CLEAN and then CONFIRM The printer prints another nozzle check pattern The cleaning fluid has now run through the printer and the machine is ready for a new ink set 8 Repeat steps 2 5 replacing the cleaning cartridges with the new ink set 9 Go to the UTILITIES section of the print
13. ny nozzles are still not printing perform one head clean and allow the printer to stand for a further hour Repeat if necessary EPSON STYLUS PRO 5000 Cartridge Replacement Procedure When replacing an empty cartridge of the same colour and ink type simply remove the empty cartridge and insert the replacement Continue printing The Stylus Pro 5000 is the only Epson printer that does not have an ink purge or prime cycle that can be easily triggered by the user The following method uses a substantial amount of paper but the paper need not be high grade photocopy paper will suffice To change ink sets follow this procedure 1 Remove the existing cartridge set 2 Insert a complete set of cleaning cartridges 3 Create a file in Photoshop of block colours cyan magenta yellow and black The printer will always print a compound black cyan magenta and yellow in with the black channel 4 Using scrap photocopy paper print multiple copies of this file until the colour output starts to fade Use a high resolution setting with No Colour Adjustment selected in the print driver to maximize the amount of ink laid down on the paper 5 When the colour has begun to fade remove the cleaning cartridge set 6 Insert the new ink cartridges 7 Print multiple copies of the same image file until the colour is restored fully 8 Go to the UTILITIES section of the print driver on your computer Select NOZZLE CHECK The printer pri
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