Ricoh 3110 colour issue

[johna1954]

Hi,
Recently replaced Yellow Sublisplash cartridge (In date and from Dye sub supplies) straightforward 1 out 1 in and continued printing. Later noticed colours not as good as before in the there seemed to be a 'Yellow' cast and whites not as well, 'white'.
I have raised the issue with supplier as the only thing that had changed was the ink cart, therefore must be a problem with the ink! While waiting for them to investigate the problem purchased a new Yellow Cart (different batch no.) and used the 'Head Flushing' a total of 3 times to to purge the old ink. Still the colours are not right. I noticed in another post that the ink lines are quite long, are 3 flushes enough to clear the old ink?
Welcome your thoughts

John

[webtrekker]

Why would white not be white? There's no white ink in these machines so anything pure white in your image should print as the colour of the substrate.

[johna1954]

The areas of the image that were seen on the monitor as 'White' and had been showing as white on the printed item previously now has this 'Yellow' tinge/cast to it. Investigating the image more closely there is a very small amount of yellow in the white areas of the image (so not pure white). The new yellow cartridge has a stronger yellow which has caused these 'white/slightly yellow areas' to show this small amount of yellow more prominently (and all other areas containing yellow). A comparison was made of the colours of 'Nozzle Check' pattern of the old cartridge with the new and showing a clear difference. The old one was a lighter yellow than the new.

[clarkis]

I have the same trouble currently, still cannot figure it out.

[johna1954]

Gone for a new printer, Epson L805 from Ink Experts Arrives Monday. Wasted too much time and material.