Re: epson 1270 rip.
Re: epson 1270 rip.
- Subject: Re: epson 1270 rip.
- From: "Michael Lithgow from Colourhead" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:06:28 +1100
- Organization: Colourhead Digital Colour Management Services
Dave Robertson <email@hidden wrote
"Hi, I'm finding serious banding/fringing problems in some shadow
areas, in areas where they fade out, especially where reds/browns are
involved. The same file sent to a lightjet or LED for output prints
fine. After much trial and error, futzing with color and luminance
brushes and noise I can usually fix it but I'm wondering if there's
an alternative rip for this printer that avoids this. I'm converting
from adobe1988 to appropriate epson profiles before sending to the
printer with no color adjustment. This usually shows the problem
areas in advance, although I've experimented with pretty well every
other possibility I can think of as well.
thanks for any help or ideas,"
Dave
Please correct me if I am misreading your post but you don't actually
say that you are currently sending your files to the 1270 via a Rip but
your terminology of "an alternative rip" suggests you are. I am assuming
you are actually using the standard driver and are considering a rip as
an alternative to this because of the banding problems you mention.
Could you please confirm your workflow as the answers will differ.
By the way I agree with Neil Snape that the Adobe Pressready rip was a
little beauty among the slim pickings available for desktop printers
such as the 1270 at the time it was produced. Unfortunately it did not
have ink limiting which would have made it even better, but possibly
getting away from the market and pricing for which Adobe intended. I did
however have some great success with this Rip in PhotoShop and being
able to control black generation cured problems with many images where
Epson's early black start on a printer, before the use of Light Black
ink, was undesirable. Interestingly I was most pleased with profiles for
this rip created with ColorVision's Profiler Pro. While some on this
list have criticised that package for its CMYK capabilities, I found
that used with its linearisation stage, that allowed adjustment of
PhotoShop's dot gain curves prior to profile creation, produced a great
result.
Michael
Michael Lithgow
Colourhead Digital Colour Management Services
Glen Waverley
Victoria
Australia
Ph/Fax 61 3 95115031
Mobile 0425 719413
email@hidden
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