Tips on Profiling Epson 5500
Tips on Profiling Epson 5500
- Subject: Tips on Profiling Epson 5500
- From: Glenn Kowalski <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:46:21 -0400
I've spent a bunch of time profiling and implementing a workflow for
an Epson 5500 with the Fiery Spark Designer RIP running on an eMac as
a RIP server. There are some limitations that took me some time to
discover. It would be nice if someone from Epson would comment. :-)
A custom output profile can be loaded into the RIP, and supposedly,
the user can select any profile right from the print dialog as long
as you specify them as "Output-1, Output-2," etc in the RIP. WRONG!
This works for Epson created profiles only. I have no idea why, but
when attempting this with custom profiles, Fiery Spark would use
whatever output profile was designated as the default. My custom
profiles worked fine as a default profile--but could not be used as
an alternative. One thing I didn't try was to rename my profiles to
the same name as Epson's. The annoying thing is there is no warning,
no error message, etc. The RIP just makes the decision to ignore the
custom profile and use the default.
The good news is that the provided profiles are pretty good if you
use the paper they are made for. I made an output comparison using
one of Epson's vs one of mine for the same paper and could barely
tell a difference.
Another word on defaults. If you just send a file to the RIP with no
changes to the printer specific options, you get major dithering and
the smallest gamut you've ever seen--kind of like you left the print
out in the rain for a couple of years past the archival rating. :-)
It's necessary to have the user select a paper stock setting with the
word "Fine" in order to get decent looking output. A setting that has
"720 X 1440 fine" works well. There is no way to change this default
in the Fiery Spark.
--
Glenn Kowalski
Macintosh Systems Consultant
Studio 405, Inc.
http://www.studio405.com
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