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Re: Professional printing vs Epson 3800
In reply to Hugowolf,
5 months ago
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Hugowolf wrote:
kreidberg wrote:
Hugowolf wrote:
The 3800 should be capable of excellent prints. Have you tried adjusting the settings? In particular, sometimes 1440 works better than 2880 on fine art papers. You could also try varying the amount of ink that goes down, use unidirectional instead of bidirectional, and perceptual vs relative colorimetric.
RC papers are generally capable of higher detail than fine art papers. If you want to try something more comparable to Kodak Endura lustre paper, I would try Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster. Or for something in between, Canson Baryta Photographique.
I have had some problems in the past with some Hahnemühle papers muddying greens; in particular Photo Rag 308 – I haven’t tried the Fine Art Pearl.
It could also be your profile. If you are a Hahnemühle supplied profile, check to see if they have a more recent one.
Brian A
Brian,
thanks for your suggestions. I ordered the Epson Ultra Premium paper, but now i find I cannot locate a ICC profile for this paper. The epson website says it is supplied with the Epson printer driver. I updated the driver a few weeks ago. I do see several Epson profiles on the printer menu but none are obviously (to me) for this paper. Do you know which one is the correct one?
I don't have a 3800, the nearest I have is the 3880. Are you running under Windows or Mac?
In Windows, you cans see all the profles that were loaded with the driver for a particular device>
Control Panel, then Color Management, and with the Device tab selected, choose the 3800 from the drop down. For some printers, Epson has separate 1440 and 2880 profiles. It may also just be listed as Premium rather than Ultra Premium (same paper one for rolls the other for sheets, slightly different weight).
This link may be helpful for Epson's profile naming structure:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=FAQ&oid=79928&prodoid=63062509&foid=89511
Brian A
Brian
thanks very much for your suggestion of Epson Ultra Premium. I just tried it and the print looks very nice. From its description on the Epson website and otherwise, it seems that it is probably not acid free, whereas most of the other Epson high end papers do seem to be. I am not sure how important this is in the long run, but if I were to want to use a paper that is similar in result, but is acid free and archival, what would be your suggestion?
thanks very much
Jordan
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