Re: Profiling Canon iPF5100
Re: Profiling Canon iPF5100
- Subject: Re: Profiling Canon iPF5100
- From: Kristy Finley <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:40:52 -0400
Hi Barry,
I haven't used the IPF5100 but I have 8 of the IPF5000s and I've been
thrilled with them.
I run a print lab for the Applied Photo program at Sheridan College
in Toronto, Ontario. About 160 students do all their printing on
these printers. My 8 printers are connected via ethernet to 20 G5
Quad Macs and run 24 hours a day during the school year.
We're fully color managed including custom print profiles for 4 media
types. I've tried a variety of profiling methods at this point and am
not 100% satisfied with any of them, but I'm pretty picky. My
students and co-workers are thrilled with the quality and color
accuracy from screen to print. We're able to closely match colors
between media types (Glossy, Satin, Matte and Hahnemuhle) with
custom profiles (although this is "eyeball" subjective and not
measured with a spectro). I've had the most success so far using
Bill Atkinson's color targets and ProfileMaker. I'd love to try
Monaco but we haven't been able to afford a license yet.
I've not experienced a single head failure in two years and more than
15000 prints. Occasionally the printers crash and report a head error
(not the same as head failure which requires replacement), but this
merely requires a reboot. I've found the color quality to be
exceptional and the ink usage to be much more economical than the
Epson 4800s I was running previously, even with the constant
automatic head cleanings. I love the web reporting features and the
remote admin ability.
Check out the IPF5000 wiki.. it's excellent.
http://canonipf5000.wikispaces.com/
It offers far more documentation than Canon's site. That's my only
complaint, lack of documentation .. but that's not much different
from most other manufacturers I've dealt with. I've also bumped into
a weird issue with the latest generation of media description for
Canon Satin paper, but Canon's aware of the issue and working on a fix.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
-Kristy Finley
- Technical Consulting Specialist
- Macintosh Computer Administrator &
- Adobe Certified Expert
School of Animation, Arts and Design
Sheridan College Institute
1430 Trafalgar Road,
Oakville, ON, L6H 2L1
http://www1.sheridaninstitute.ca/programs/0708/papht/
On 1-Nov-07, at 12:24 AM, Barry Gorrell wrote:
Any one had any experience with this latest 17" printer from Canon?
Are the canned profiles decent? Is it easy to make custom profiles?
Does it play well in a Mac network environment when shared from a
Mac host? Given it's size, weight, claimed color gamut and printing
speeds it seems to be an attractive alternative to Epson's 4880
printer.
Yesterday I spoke with a vendor who made some vaguely disparaging
comments regarding this printer. Specifically he indicated it was
very difficult to profile and that it was NOT intended for "high
volume" output. Both of these comments were definitely at odds with
others I've heard. Comments?
Thanks,
Barry Gorrell
Image Techniques
Perryville, MD
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