Re: Re: Epson Driver "Media Type" and Profiling the 9600
Re: Re: Epson Driver "Media Type" and Profiling the 9600
- Subject: Re: Re: Epson Driver "Media Type" and Profiling the 9600
- From: Richard Wagner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:30:02 -0700
Thanks to everyone who gave me help on this one, on and off-list. I
have more testing to do after I return home. (I did select "No Color
Adjustment" and "Same as Source"...)
Perhaps the most interesting response about what the "Media Setting"
controls came to me from Dan Sroka - from the Epson 9600 listserve. The
information might be useful to others here, thus the cross-post. Dan
has interesting info on the 76/9600 for those using it.
From: Daniel Sroka <email@hidden>
> When building profiles for the Epson 9600... there are 12 Media Type
settings to choose
> from. It is not always intuitive to know which media type would be
most
> appropriate... Is there a rational way to choose a media type when
profiling a new
> media?
Just last week I talked with Epson Tech Support about this question
and got the following answer. When printing with the Epson print
driver (through Photoshop or whereever, any program but a RIP), the
media type setting controls various things: paper thickness, suction,
platen width, ink amount, and dither pattern.
When using a non-Epson paper, you need to select a Epson media that
is "most similar". First thing is type of paper: matte, gloss, etc.
Second is thickness. They do not publish this information, but Epson
Tech gave me the following tip to find out the thickness settings
their media types use:
Go to the Epson print driver, and under the "Print Settings" panel
select the Media Type you are curious about. Then, change to the
"Paper Configurations" panel. You will see a field called "Paper
Thickness", with a value (e.g. 2 for Enhanced Matt). This is the
value in multiples of 0.1mm for that paper's thickness. To determine
the value in mils, multiply that by 0.03937 to convert to inches,
then 1 mil = 0.01 inches.
I put some of the common media thicknesses (that I use) on my little
notes page: http://www.sroka.net/articles/epson7600.html
Dan
--Rich
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