Ricoh 5050n Yellow Cast Problem

[John G]

Hi All,
Just a shot in the dark here, as I don't think many of you have the Ricoh 5050n, but, for the first time I'm having problems and hope someone can help me. :frown:

When I print straight spot colours (such as block text) all seems fine, except when I try to print red. The red looks good, but underneath there seems to be the same print but in a very faint yellow which looks like a drop shadow. Also when printing photo's the same happens. On the text it just seems to affect the red only and now the yellow cast is around 2 - 3 mm out so very noticeable.

I've done the following
Nozzle checks - all ok.
Head Position - all speeds and quality.
Head cleans - all together and all individually.
Page registration - OK.

The yellow/magenta and Cyan are on their last legs - black is full.

The only thing I can think of is that the ink maybe passed its sell by date - do you think this could affect it like this?

Cheers John

[Paul]

John. O take you print via pd??? Have you tryed print via profile??

[John G]

Hi Paul,
The Ricoh 5050n is profile only - it's not compatible with Powerdriver. Pulling my hair out, never had any problems before but noticed this the other day and it seems to be getting worse. Baffled

[John G]

Anyone!

I cannot be the only person to have had this problem with a Ricoh - can I ?