canon photo papers on epson printers

[Andrew foto]

Hello everyone,

I have plenty of canon photo papers and my canon printer dye.Its posible use this papers on epson printers? Its papers for canon 9500 mark include fineart canon papers ,canon pro platinum ,glossy PP201 and matte mp101.

thx for your advice

 

[Howard Moftich]

if the papers are pigment compatible (ie. not dye only), then you should be able to use them. you may find a custom color profile to be the ultimate in accuracy but simply choosing an Epson paper choice that is 'close' to the Canon should get you *reasonably* good color fidelity.

 

[jrkliny]

I have an Epson printer and routinely print proofs on Canon paper Pro Luster or Semi gloss papers. The reason is simple. Canon has great sales. I am still hoping for a 10 for 1 sale, but have packs of papers I bought at 5 for 1 sales.

I have tried a lot of different RC semi gloss papers, both from different vendors and different quality papers from the same manufacturer. Aside from surface texture, there is barely a detectable sliver of difference between most of them. Once behind glazing the slight differences and differences in surface texture typically totally disappear. I have no problem using cheap Canon paper to fine tune my image and then switching to a higher quality paper for the final larger print.

 

[mike earussi]

I tried but had to make a custom profile to get the color and density I wanted.

 

[jrkliny]

I just checked my Qimage files. I am using a standard Epson ICC profile for semi gloss paper for my prints with the Canon paper. I have used both Canon semi gloss and Canon pro luster with the same Epson profile. Perhaps there is some minor variation but I cannot see any issues. The small Canon paper proofs seem to match my larger prints on Red River or other papers using the appropriate ICC profiles.

I think I have pretty good color vision. When I do the Xrite color hue test I typically get a near perfect score.

 

[FredVera]

I use Canon papers on Epson printers with no problems using only canned profiles that closely matches the papers: epson luster for canon luster paper, epson matte for canon matte paper, etc.

Of course, you shouldn't expect extreme accurate color reproduction. If you need a high quality fine art print, you should profile the Canon paper for your Epson printer. But, for everyday printing the canned profiles are good enough.

When the Canon papers get the offer "buy 1 get 9 free", and on top of that you get a coupon to pay only 50%, it's very hard to resist the temptation to buy !!!

 

[David Pavlich]

I can only speak to the Canon Glossy II, but using the Epson Premium Glossy ICC profile (P800), the print was quite good.

David

 

[Howard Moftich]

I thought the Glossy II was better than it had a right to be for the 1-9 price.

 

[David Pavlich]

I thought the Glossy II was better than it had a right to be for the 1-9 price.