Q: i have a epson photo RX620 printer and when I try printing pictures they have spots in some areas of the photo where it almost looks like a negative. for example, the hair of my friends daughter has big yellowish glowing spots in it and also some around her arms. i printed several photo's before this one and they turned out fine. i ran out of ink and replaced the cartriges with new ones so they are all at least halfway full or more. the photo quality is selected right, the right paper and size is selected right, and ive done several head cleanings and alignments and nothing seems to be working. i am using a different brand of ink than what it takes. i ordered them offline since i live overseas and they dont carry my brand here. ive used them for months now with no problems. do any of you think that the ink could still be the problem? i really need these pics to print! the printer is not old. and we dont have a place here that prints them. I am overseas and i dont know of any places out on the economy that prints photos. and even if i did i dont know if it will work since i have american stuff. i know that movies and such wont play in our dvd players for some reason. thanks... the spots are not on the picture on the computer or on the camera screen. i am just going to try new ink to see if that works however, i have to order it online and it will take freakin ages to come in =( for some reason the ink levels on the screen showed that my black ink was full and it was actually empty. so after putting in a new cartrige then it started to work fine. thanks for everyones help. i just wanted to update in case anyone else was having the same problem and searched questions.
A: just FYI - JPG photos are the same across the world. (Unlike DVDs which has PAL and NTSC format) An advantage of JPG is that they take a lot less space than other formats. A disadvantage is that they are lossy - that is they lose quality the more they are compressed. Is it possible these photos were taken at a higher compression and are therefore not as sharp? Can you view them in your camera or on a PC and zoom in to see if the same imperfections exist on the photos themselves? Yes, it is possible that the ink you are using is not the same quality, but it would be strange to only see this in spots. Usually inferior ink is noticeable all over. You might want to try http://ccs-digital.com/ink.asp for cartridges guaranteed to work.