Taiyo Yuden Watershield - black ink looks blue - anyone else see this?

[bkeith4web]

I've got an HP photosmart d5160 and I'm happy with it (other than the banding that occurs with non-HP discs apparently because HP discs are a little thinner so a roller does't touch them or something like that).

My question is, does anyone else have a problem with black ink looking dark blue on TY watershield discs? I get this on DVDs (TYG03 media id). I printed the same image on a verbatim white inket printable dual-layer (MKM 001) with the same printer settings and the black was true black, a very noticeable difference. Same thing with text, and no change in the printer settings so definitely something about the discs themselves.

[hech54]

[jman98]

I use Watershield discs all the time on a Canon iP4500 printer and I've never had black ink look like anything but black.

[bkeith4web]

I emailed T/Y and actually got an individually written email back within a day, pretty unusual these days. The person who responded basically said that some dyes just don't work that well with watershield; he mentioned Epson as one that apparently works well. Oh well, at least an honest answer.

[lordsmurf]

Yeah, it's your ink.

[spookybathtub]

I'm having the same problem with an HP Picojet 6000 printer, with official HP 57 ink. Discs are JVC Watershield BD-R. I don't know how to fix it.

[TreeTops]

If it is the exact same problem then the solution is in post #4.

[spookybathtub]

Oops, somehow I missed that post. I guess that's it then. I will be sticking with Falcon from now on, since their waterproof discs work don't have this problem on my HP.