Canson ICC profiles available for Epson ET-8550

Canson has made available ICC profile for many of its papers. you can download them from the official site:

https://www.canson-infinity.com/

I'm actually testing the Baryta Photographique II 310 g/m², I've bought an A4 box. It's the first baryta I've tried ever, so I cannot make comparison to others, but it's a nice paper, maybe a little too thick for this printer (I had some roller marks, not very bad but you can see them if you look for them). The gamut, comparing to the Epson Velvet Fine Art, seems to be a bit smaller and the shadows are just a bit crashed, but the final look is very nice. I will surely try with some B&W.

A comparison with the Epson Traditional Photo Paper would be interesting, it should be similar but thinner, so it could be a better match for this printer.

here is a screenshot of the available ICC profiles:

Good news. Thank you very much. I hope other paper manufacturers also realize that this printer is worth making profiles for.

I’m crossing my fingers for Ilford, mostly because it’s widely available and easy to get also on Amazon here in Italy. It’s also cheaper then big brands.

BTW I’ve noticed that Canson is also available on Amazon.it but only up to A3, no A3+

eriksatie said:

I’m crossing my fingers for Ilford, mostly because it’s widely available and easy to get also on Amazon here in Italy. It’s also cheaper then big brands.

BTW I’ve noticed that Canson is also available on Amazon.it but only up to A3, no A3+

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I have discussed this with Ilford, but unfortunately, they have no current plans. Perhaps you should send them a message also and ask them. I currently use Ilford Galerie Pearl, but it's been profiled for me, not by Ilford. It would be nice to have all, or at least most of their papers profiled by Ilford.

I have no problems buying Canson in Sweden, where I live. So maybe next time I buy their paper and test it.

Follow up after some testing with B&W with Baryta Photographique II 310: unfortunately it’s not usable, it has a strong red cast in the mid tones. I’ve tried both with the icc profiles and with b&w mode from Epson print layout but no luck. For color it’s nice but don’t expect very vibrant colors

eriksatie said:

Follow up after some testing with B&W with Baryta Photographique II 310: unfortunately it’s not usable, it has a strong red cast in the mid tones. I’ve tried both with the icc profiles and with b&w mode from Epson print layout but no luck. For color it’s nice but don’t expect very vibrant colors

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In my experience, dye inks (both Epson Claria and Canon ChromaLife 100+) on baryta papers often (but not always) produce disappointing results: colors not very saturated, Dmax not very black, etc. For example, with Epson Legacy Baryta in my Claria-ink Epson, with an ICC profile I made myself, the gamut volume is about about 580k CCU--actually worse than Canson Rag Photographique matte paper--and an L* minimum of about 10+ (fairly similar to the Canson matte).

eriksatie said:

Follow up after some testing with B&W with Baryta Photographique II 310: unfortunately it’s not usable, it has a strong red cast in the mid tones. I’ve tried both with the icc profiles and with b&w mode from Epson print layout but no luck. For color it’s nice but don’t expect very vibrant colors

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In fact, I would not print black and white images without the ABW facility in EPL. I have never tested that paper, but why use ICC profile to print B&W? In my normal work flow I convert the images to B&W in my raw developer (Nikon Studio), then make the final adjustments in the B&W jpegs in Photoshop, and finally print using Epson Print Layout ABW mode. I believe that the ICC profile is not used at all in this case. I don't know if it makes a difference, but you should try that process. In the ABW panel, you can set and adjust a lot of things, if you have a profiled screen the adjustments show up pretty well in the print preview. Maybe you can get rid of the red cast that way. Maybe the red cast you see is caused by the light in the room...? Have you tried under different light?

This printer was said to cause colour cast when printing B&W, but I have never seen that in my prints, and in fact, I think even Keith and Tim revised their opinion about it. Of course, testing all papers and all lights is impossible, but I think you should give it a go, profile your screen and convert to B&W before sending the file to EPL for printing, and use ABW only.