Re: New Adobe Epson printing workflow?
Re: New Adobe Epson printing workflow?
- Subject: Re: New Adobe Epson printing workflow?
- From: "t labarbera" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:20:19 -0500
Reporting back on my experiments with Photoshop7 and my Epson 4000 using ICM (w2k system) with my custom profiles rather than NCA--based on Russell Proulx's post about an Adobe TechNote ( http://tinyurl.com/yo3aw6 ) which I do realized was based on CS2/3...
First...after adding my 2 custom profiles to the Epson 4000 driver (current firmware, driver version 5.30...yes...I know it's old but it allows me to use Paper tab > "maximum" which the newer versions of the driver don't) via Printers > Epson 4000 > Properties > Color Management, the 2 profiles show up in the Epson 4000 driver dropdown box available after choosing Advanced > ICM and this is pretty cool because I had never known this was available with this option.
I reprinted 2 of my portraits on Hawk Mountain Art Papers Osprey Smooth proofing paper and also on their Peregrine Velvet 250.
There is a subtle addition of red to the prints (on some level this makes sense to me). I wouldn't call it a color cast which to my mind means that you would see it in the whites/light colors of the print and you don't--at least not with your basic eyeball...I didn't use a loop.
You see it more in comparing these new prints to my normal print workflow prints (using Photoshop to manage the color, specifying the paper profile on the Photoshop side and using NCA on the Epson side). If I didn't have the comparision, I'd probably think that the prints were pretty much right on the money...
Personally, I prefer the Photoshop color management workflow but I'm glad I know about this alternate approach. If/when I EVER get around to installing CS2 (real soon now...'-}}), I'll repeat the experiment and report back...
By the way...99.9999% of the time time I print using 720 with High Speed OFF...when I got my 4000, I did some test prints at both 1440 and 720 and I couldn't see any difference so I've continued to use 720 (less ink used) and my custom profiles were based on 720--using Epson Watercolor Radiant White as a paper type--and I've also found that turning on High Speed does not give me a "better" print...worse in fact but I can't remember the specifics because it's been too long since I did the testing...
I have no idea how any of this compares to the mac side experience...
Terrie
http://tlbtlb.com/
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