Large Format Printer Printhead colour channel manipulation
Source: https://softwaretraining.co.za/colour-channel-manipulation (canonical on this live HTML; live file /workspace/colour-channel-manipulation-fresh.html; html lang="en-ZA"; og:locale en_US (also en_ZA); schema inLanguage en-ZA; WP-Super-Cache stamp 2026-08-15 22:08:20; live GET of pretty slug colour-channel-manipulation 200; HTTP Date Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:11:52 GMT). Fetched 2026-08-16T04:11:52 SAST. Published 29 May 2023 (datetime 2023-05-29T11:23:16+02:00 / article published time 2023-05-29T09:23:16+00:00). Site modified 29 May 2023 UTC / 29 May 2023 SAST (2023-05-29T11:34:43+00:00 / og:updated_time 2023-05-29T13:34:43+02:00). WordPress post id 27701. Also known as https://softwaretraining.co.za/?p=27701 (shortlink / wp-json posts/27701 / postid-27701 / post-entry-27701 / post-27701 on this URL; not separately re-fetched). Query_vars name on this URL is colour-channel-manipulation (pretty slug printed; not invented). Not WordPress id 27669 and not slug coreldraw-double-image-channel-color. Not WordPress id 27668 / 27667 / 27666. Same page as unused avia next named on already-ingested Part 3 (pretty slug colour-channel-manipulation was printed there; not invented). Earlier INDEX related-article chrome titled this URL "Large Format Printer Printhead colour channel manipulation workflow"; this live page title is "Large Format Printer Printhead colour channel manipulation" (no "workflow" in the live title; not invented).
What this is: One public English index page on softwaretraining.co.za, an AM.CO.ZA training-video project (achievement.co.za directory describes SoftwareTraining as an AM.CO.ZA project of short problem-solving CNC software videos). This is AM softwaretraining printhead colour-channel workflow INDEX (large-format printer printhead colour channel manipulation), not a CorelDRAW how-to part and not AM stack / AM RIP / AM product. Knowledge on this page is universal and cited to this softwaretraining URL. This page is an INDEX, not a how-to video part: it is a hub that quotes temporary printhead-chamber workarounds (fake K / CMY-to-simulate-K, and doubling a colour channel) and hotlinks already-published Photoshop and CorelDRAW mini-series for those workarounds. This is WordPress id 27701, titled "Large Format Printer Printhead colour channel manipulation" (pretty slug colour-channel-manipulation is the live canonical on this live HTML). Distinct from already-ingested Doubling Up Color Channels Part 3 training/coreldraw-double-image-channel-color.md (source https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-double-image-channel-color; avia prev chrome on this URL; already in KB; dest 33405 not touched; leftover Part 3 HTML not reused; not recrawled), from already-ingested Doubling Up Color Channels Part 2 training/coreldraw-setup-project-image.md (pretty slug printed on this URL body; already in KB; dest 35120 not touched; leftover Part 2 HTML not reused; not recrawled), from already-ingested Doubling Up Color Channels Part 1 training/coreldraw-print-double-colors.md (pretty slug printed on this URL body; already in KB; dest 33763 not touched; leftover Part 1 HTML not reused; not recrawled), from already-ingested Doubling Up Color Channels INDEX training/coreldraw-double-color-channel.md (pretty slug printed on this URL body; already in KB; dest 26424 not touched; leftover INDEX HTML not reused; not recrawled), from already-ingested Printing Black Without the K INDEX + Parts 1-3 training/coreldraw-black-without-k.md / training/coreldraw-setup-image-project.md / training/coreldraw-replace-k-with-fake-k.md / training/coreldraw-export-image-new-cmyk.md (pretty slugs printed on this URL body; already in KB; dests 25387 / 31154 / 32454 / 33779 not touched; leftover HTML not reused; not recrawled), from already-ingested Printing CMYK to CMY with Fake K INDEX + Parts 1-6 training/coreldraw-cmyk-to-cmy.md / training/coreldraw-print-cmyk-vs-cmy.md / training/coreldraw-setup-project-ready.md / training/coreldraw-convert-rgb-cmyk.md / training/coreldraw-remove-image-key.md / training/coreldraw-add-fake-key.md / training/coreldraw-export-image-cmyk.md (pretty slugs printed on this URL body; already in KB; dests 22779 / 33738 / 28031 / 29453 / 29712 / 32465 / 34114 not touched; leftover HTML not reused; not recrawled), from unused body Photoshop Fake K INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-cmyk-cmy (pretty slug printed; not invented; not fetched), from unused body Photoshop Fake K Parts 1-5 https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-cmyk-vs-cmy / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-cmyk-mode-channel-docker / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-fake-k-channel / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-image-contrast-adjustments / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-finalizing-cmy-image (pretty slugs printed; not invented; not fetched), from unused body Photoshop Doubling Up INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-double-colors (pretty slug printed; not invented; not fetched), from unused body Photoshop Doubling Up Parts 1-3 https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-2-pass-colors / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-2-pass-prep / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-2-pass-color-method (pretty slugs printed; not invented; not fetched), from unused avia next https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-3d-transformations (title: "Channel Letters 3D Transformation Within PrintUP Software (Mini-Series) Video Index"; pretty slug printed; not invented; not fetched; do not start a next series this pass), from unused More Training Videos long InkRIP pretty slugs printed on this URL (cited not fetched except as already in KB), from category chrome https://softwaretraining.co.za/training-videos/graphic/coreldraw / https://softwaretraining.co.za/training-videos/graphic/photoshop, and from youtube chrome (YouTube was not crawled). This does not ingest Photoshop series this pass. This does not recrawl completed CorelDRAW Doubling Up Color Channels / Printing Black Without the K / CMYK-to-CMY dests. channel-letters-3d-transformations / photoshop-cmyk-cmy / photoshop-double-colors were not ingested this pass. coreldraw-double-image-channel-color dest 33405 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-setup-project-image dest 35120 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-print-double-colors dest 33763 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-double-color-channel dest 26424 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-export-image-new-cmyk dest 33779 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-replace-k-with-fake-k dest 32454 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-setup-image-project dest 31154 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-black-without-k dest 25387 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-export-image-cmyk dest 34114 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-add-fake-key dest 32465 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-print-cmyk-vs-cmy dest 33738 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-remove-image-key dest 29712 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-convert-rgb-cmyk dest 29453 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-setup-project-ready dest 28031 was not touched this pass. coreldraw-cmyk-to-cmy dest 22779 was not touched this pass.
Not FabriCAM / FlexiPRINT / PrintEXP / UltraPrint / AcroRIP / InkRIP this index. Distinct: InkRIP (AM software, different RIP programme; already-ingested More Training Videos inkrip-driver-import-export / inkrip-printer-driver-resolutions / inkrip-printer-driver-properties / inkrip-printer-driver-copies / sidebar ICC INDEX are More Training Videos / sidebar chrome on this URL, not this printhead INDEX, and were not recrawled except as already in KB), PrintEXP (AM software, different RIP / control programme; not this printhead INDEX and not fetched), UltraPrint (not AM software; stored third-party/OEM RIP knowledge; not this index and not fetched), AcroRIP, WellPrintEXP (stored/OEM), FlexiPRINT / FlexiSTARTER (SAi third-party stored; FastCOLOUR product chrome on this URL names SAi FlexiPRINT; those are different pages, not this index, and were not fetched), Photoshop (third-party/industry; body lists Photoshop Fake K INDEX + Parts 1-5 and Photoshop Doubling Up INDEX + Parts 1-3; not this printhead INDEX and not fetched), CorelDRAW (third-party/industry software on AM softwaretraining, not AM stack / AM RIP / AM product; body lists already-ingested CorelDRAW Fake K and Doubling Up mini-series; those dests not touched and not recrawled), FabriCAM (AM software, different CAD/CAM programme; sidebar / category chrome on this URL names FabriCAM folders; those are different pages, not this index, and were not recrawled except as already in KB), RouterCAM (AM CorelDRAW plugin / CAM; sidebar / category chrome names RouterCAM folders; those are different pages, not this printhead INDEX, and were not fetched), PrintUP (avia next chrome names a PrintUP Channel Letters 3D Transformation INDEX channel-letters-3d-transformations; not this printhead INDEX and not fetched). Sidebar / category chrome on this URL names FlexiPRINT / other RIP / vinyl / laser / FabriCAM / Photoshop / CorelDRAW training-video folders; those are different pages, not this index, and were not fetched except as already in KB. Sidebar chrome on this URL also names buythis.co.za; buythis was not crawled. Sidebar chrome also names cncu.co.za; cncu was not crawled. Share-on-WhatsApp / share-by-mail are page chrome only; email / WhatsApp were not crawled. YouTube channel links are present in page chrome; YouTube was not crawled. More Websites chrome also names vinyl4.com / airpumps.co.za / nitrogengenerator.co.za / filaments.co.za / dtf-printer.co.za / rustoff.co.za / vinylcut.co.za / other AM sites; those hosts were not crawled. Body also names https://am.co.za and https://machine.africa/printhead-unclog/ and https://buythis.co.za/printheads / https://buythis.co.za/epson-xp600-sealed; those hosts were not crawled.
English peek (quoted from the live page)
Quoted from https://softwaretraining.co.za/colour-channel-manipulation:
- Title: "Large Format Printer Printhead colour channel manipulation"
- "In the world of large-scale printing, printhead problems can significantly impact productivity and output quality. However, while a permanent fix is underway, there are innovative temporary solutions to keep your operations running smoothly. In this article, we explore these creative workarounds, including the ingenious use of fake black simulation through Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow channels, and the strategic doubling of colour channels."
- "Each Printhead has many chambers, and sometimes due to damage, one or more chambers blocked or damaged."
- "This is a temporary fix and we recommend to change out the damaged printhead for a new one."
- "Fake K Channel, to use CMY to simulate K (useful when black chamber damaged)"
- "Double Colour Channel (useful when half of the colour chamber damaged)"
- "Example of sealed Printhead - EPSON-XP600/SEALED"
- Category chrome: CorelDRAW / Photoshop / Software / Tools / Training Videos
- Date on page: 29 May 2023
English confirmation: html lang="en-ZA", og:locale en_US / en_ZA, schema inLanguage en-ZA, prose above is English.
Mini-series listed on this index (cited; CorelDRAW already in KB; Photoshop unused)
Hotlinks on https://softwaretraining.co.za/colour-channel-manipulation point at printed pretty slugs (not ?p= except this page shortlink ?p=27701). Do not fetch unused Photoshop series this pass. Completed CorelDRAW dests not recrawled.
Fake K Channel (CMY to simulate K):
- Photoshop INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-cmyk-cmy ("Converting CMYK to CMY with Fake Black Using Adobe Photoshop Software (Mini-Series)"); pretty slug printed; not invented; not fetched
- Photoshop Part 1 https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-cmyk-vs-cmy; pretty slug printed; not fetched
- Photoshop Part 2 https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-cmyk-mode-channel-docker; pretty slug printed; not fetched
- Photoshop Part 3 https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-fake-k-channel; pretty slug printed; not fetched
- Photoshop Part 4 https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-image-contrast-adjustments; pretty slug printed; not fetched
- Photoshop Part 5 https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-finalizing-cmy-image; pretty slug printed; not fetched
- CorelDRAW Method 1 INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-black-without-k already in KB as
training/coreldraw-black-without-k.md; dest 25387 not touched; not recrawled - CorelDRAW Method 1 Parts 1-3 https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-setup-image-project / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-replace-k-with-fake-k / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-export-image-new-cmyk already in KB; dests 31154 / 32454 / 33779 not touched; not recrawled
- CorelDRAW Method 2 INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-cmyk-to-cmy already in KB as
training/coreldraw-cmyk-to-cmy.md; dest 22779 not touched; not recrawled - CorelDRAW Method 2 Parts 1-6 https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-print-cmyk-vs-cmy / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-setup-project-ready / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-convert-rgb-cmyk / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-remove-image-key / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-add-fake-key / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-export-image-cmyk already in KB; dests 33738 / 28031 / 29453 / 29712 / 32465 / 34114 not touched; not recrawled
Double Colour Channel:
- Photoshop INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-double-colors ("Doubling Up Printing Colours Within Adobe Photoshop Software (Mini-Series) Video Index"); pretty slug printed; not invented; not fetched
- Photoshop Parts 1-3 https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-2-pass-colors / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-2-pass-prep / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-2-pass-color-method; pretty slugs printed; not fetched
- CorelDRAW INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-double-color-channel already in KB as
training/coreldraw-double-color-channel.md; dest 26424 not touched; not recrawled - CorelDRAW Parts 1-3 https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-print-double-colors / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-setup-project-image / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-double-image-channel-color already in KB; dests 33763 / 35120 / 33405 not touched; not recrawled
Avia prev chrome on this URL names already-ingested Part 3 https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-double-image-channel-color ("CorelDraw Software Doubling the Image Channel Color (Part 3) Step by Step Video Tutorial") (already in KB; dest 33405 not touched; leftover Part 3 HTML not reused; not recrawled). Avia next chrome names unused PrintUP INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-3d-transformations (not fetched; do not start a next series this pass).
Next unused printed on this URL: avia next https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-3d-transformations (pretty slug printed; not fetched). Body unused Photoshop INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-cmyk-cmy (pretty slug printed; not invented; not fetched). Body unused Photoshop Doubling Up INDEX https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-double-colors (pretty slug printed; not invented; not fetched).
Related chrome on the same URL (cited, not re-fetched)
More Articles / More Training Videos / related chrome on this URL also names other pages. Not fetched this pass except as already in KB:
Already in KB:
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-double-image-channel-color (avia prev; "CorelDraw Software Doubling the Image Channel Color (Part 3) Step by Step Video Tutorial") -
training/coreldraw-double-image-channel-color.md(dest 33405 not touched) - https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-double-color-channel (body CorelDRAW Doubling Up INDEX) -
training/coreldraw-double-color-channel.md(dest 26424 not touched) - https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-print-double-colors / https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-setup-project-image (body Parts 1-2) - dests 33763 / 35120 not touched
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-black-without-k and Parts 1-3 printed on body - dests 25387 / 31154 / 32454 / 33779 not touched
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/coreldraw-cmyk-to-cmy and Parts 1-6 printed on body - dests 22779 / 33738 / 28031 / 29453 / 29712 / 32465 / 34114 not touched
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/inkrip-driver-import-export (More Training Videos title: "Hot to Import and Export Printer Drivers Within the AM.CO.ZA InkRIP Software (Part 8)") -
training/inkrip-driver-import-export.md - https://softwaretraining.co.za/inkrip-printer-driver-resolutions (More Training Videos title: "Printer Driver Available Printing Resolutions Within the AM.CO.ZA InkRIP Software (Part 5)") -
training/inkrip-printer-driver-resolutions.md - https://softwaretraining.co.za/inkrip-printer-driver-properties (More Training Videos title: "Adjusting Driver and Printer Properties Within the AM.CO.ZA InkRIP Software (Part 4)") -
training/inkrip-printer-driver-properties.md - https://softwaretraining.co.za/inkrip-printer-driver-copies (More Training Videos title: "Making Printer Driver Copies or Deleting them Within the AM.CO.ZA InkRIP Software (Part 3)") -
training/inkrip-printer-driver-copies.md - https://softwaretraining.co.za/inkrip-icc-profiles-manager (sidebar ICC Course) -
training/inkrip-icc-profiles-manager.md
Not in KB (hotlinked only; pretty slugs printed on this URL unless noted):
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/channel-letters-3d-transformations (avia next; "Channel Letters 3D Transformation Within PrintUP Software (Mini-Series) Video Index")
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-cmyk-cmy (body Photoshop Fake K INDEX)
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-cmyk-vs-cmy through https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-finalizing-cmy-image (body Photoshop Fake K Parts 1-5)
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-double-colors (body Photoshop Doubling Up INDEX)
- https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-2-pass-colors / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-printing-2-pass-prep / https://softwaretraining.co.za/photoshop-2-pass-color-method (body Photoshop Doubling Up Parts 1-3)
Off-series chrome on this URL (not fetched): More Articles PrintUP / FastCOLOUR / machining.co.za / updating.co.za RSS items (hosts not crawled); More Websites vinyl4.com / airpumps.co.za / nitrogengenerator.co.za / filaments.co.za / dtf-printer.co.za / rustoff.co.za / vinylcut.co.za / other AM-site chrome (hosts not crawled); buythis.co.za product chrome including printheads and EPSON XP600 sealed (host not crawled); machine.africa printhead-unclog (host not crawled); am.co.za (host not crawled except as already in KB). Body ?p= besides this page shortlink ?p=27701 was not printed for the listed mini-series (pretty slugs were printed).
Alternate long pretty slugs also printed on this URL for already-ingested More Training Videos pages (hot-to-import-and-export-printer-drivers-within-the-am-co-za-inkrip-software-part-8 / printer-driver-available-printing-resolutions-within-the-am-co-za-inkrip-software-part-5 / adjusting-driver-and-printer-properties-within-the-am-co-za-inkrip-software-part-4 / making-printer-driver-copies-or-deleting-them-within-the-am-co-za-inkrip-software-part-3); not invented; not fetched.
Embedded video (none on this index)
This index page has no self-hosted MP4 and no series YouTube iframe. YouTube channel links are present in page chrome (youtube.com/c/AchievementMatters, youtube.com/c/SoftwareTraining; not a series video; not crawled). Featured still / cover: https://softwaretraining.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/epson_cmyk-test-print.jpg (also epson_cmyk-test-print-800x321.jpg attachment). Body also names a sealed-printhead still https://softwaretraining.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/buythis_replacement_printhead_selection.jpg. Cover / stills not mirrored. No transcript invented.
Training phones (page chrome on the same URL)
From https://softwaretraining.co.za/colour-channel-manipulation header:
- Sales: 072 222 2211
- Support: 076 666 6655
- Training: 060 818 1818
- Jo'burg: 087 802 5368
- Cape Town: 087 802 7106
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- Unused avia next PrintUP INDEX
channel-letters-3d-transformations(pretty slug printed; not fetched; do not start a next series) - Unused body Photoshop Fake K INDEX
photoshop-cmyk-cmyand Parts 1-5 (pretty slugs printed; not invented; not fetched) - Unused body Photoshop Doubling Up INDEX
photoshop-double-colorsand Parts 1-3 (pretty slugs printed; not invented; not fetched) - Already-ingested Doubling Up Color Channels INDEX + Parts 1-3
training/coreldraw-double-color-channel.md/training/coreldraw-print-double-colors.md/training/coreldraw-setup-project-image.md/training/coreldraw-double-image-channel-color.md(body + avia prev printed; leftover HTML not reused; dests 26424 / 33763 / 35120 / 33405 not touched; not recrawled) - Already-ingested Printing Black Without the K INDEX + Parts 1-3 (body printed; leftover HTML not reused; dests 25387 / 31154 / 32454 / 33779 not touched; not recrawled)
- Already-ingested Printing CMYK to CMY with Fake K INDEX + Parts 1-6 (body printed; leftover HTML not reused; dests 22779 / 33738 / 28031 / 29453 / 29712 / 32465 / 34114 not touched; not recrawled)
- More Training Videos already-in-KB InkRIP chrome (not recrawled)
- Sidebar ICC INDEX
training/inkrip-icc-profiles-manager.md(already in KB; not recrawled) - Already-ingested CAD Basics INDEX + Parts 1-10 (already in KB; not recrawled)
- Already-ingested Import Tab INDEX + Parts 1-3 (already in KB; not recrawled)
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- Before Starting INDEX + Parts 1-2 (already in KB; not recrawled)
- Introduction INDEX + Parts 1-7 (already in KB; not recrawled)
- Job Manager INDEX + Parts 1-3 (already in KB; not recrawled)
- Transform INDEX + Parts 1-8 (already in KB; not recrawled)
- Toolbar INDEX + Parts 1-8 (already in KB; not recrawled)
- ICC INDEX + Parts 1-11 (already in KB; not recrawled)
- Printer-drivers INDEX and Parts 1-8 (already in KB; not recrawled)
- Cover / sealed-printhead still binaries
- buythis / machine.africa / am.co.za / cncu / YouTube (cited not crawled)
- dump refresh skipped
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- Firmware quiet (existing InkRIP / PrintEXP firmware indexes not rewritten)