Re: Epson Enhanced Matte
Re: Epson Enhanced Matte
- Subject: Re: Epson Enhanced Matte
- From: Robin Myers via colorsync-users <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 15:45:11 -0700
I have measured some papers and published their CIECAM02 colorimetric values on
my Chromaxion website at http://chromaxion.com/information/fine_art_paper.html
<http://chromaxion.com/information/fine_art_paper.html>. Some have bc values
over -17.
Robin Myers Imaging
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> On 18 Jun 2019, at 13:57, Roger Breton via colorsync-users
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I would like to find an obnoxiously strong optically brightened inkjet paper
> to conduct color separations experiments using M1 colorimetry, on an Epson
> printer. Last time, I used Epson Doubleweight Matte paper for this purpose
> which was around :
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> CIE b* = - 9.00 to -10.00, give or take. (Lost the measurement files…)
>
> I was up on Epson web site, earlier, looking for “specs” for that very paper
> but could not find anything “useful”, to give me some indication of the
> degree of optical brightening ☹. I eventually landed on this page :
>
> https://epson.com/For-Work/Paper/Presentation/Doubleweight-Matte-Paper/m/S041385
>
> Sadly (big sigh!), Epson does not offer any “numbers” on their web site for
> their papers, not that I’ve seen, other than, possibly, “ISO Brightness”. I
> don’t suppose one could go from “ISO Brightness = 84%” to anything remotely
> useful for colorimetry?
>
>
>
> Epson “Enhanced Matte Paper”, on the other hand :
> https://epson.com/For-Work/Paper/Presentation/Enhanced-Matte-Paper/m/S041725
> seems to suggest higher OB content than Doubleweight Matte, with ISO
> Brightness = 104%? Still, no mention of measured substrate (unprinted media)
> color….
>
>
>
> A quick trip down the C:\Windows\...\color directory on my Dell computer
> turns out the following Epson ICC profile (installed by the driver for the
> Epson SureColor P5000 printer):
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>
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> SC-P5000_Series_LLK EnhancedMattePaper_PK.icc
>
>
>
> According to this ICC profile (ICC Profile Inspector.exe), White Point is :
>
> CIE XYZ = 88.13 91.68 75.38 or
>
> CIE Lab = 96.69 -0.47 0.21
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>
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> Seems dubious, at best? CIE b* should be way more “negative” than this?
>
>
>
> Hate to ask but would anyone have “real” CIE Lab measurements (farbmessung)
> for this paper? Thanks for your patience and help.
>
>
>
> Best / Roger
>
>
>
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