Epson SpectroProofer Supported Papers
Hello. We just received our Epson 4900 printers with the SpectroProofer option. After installing the SpectroProofer Utilities software, it is apparent to me that Epson is basically using ColorBase for the linearization. Unfortunately, when I go to select the paper type, it does not list Epson Proofing Paper White Semimatte! I will be very surprised if I cannot use this paper. Does anyone know how I can do a linearization for this paper using the SpectroProofer Utilities software? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Ken Fleisher
On 14 Jun 2012, at 20:41, Ken Fleisher wrote:
Hello. We just received our Epson 4900 printers with the SpectroProofer option. After installing the SpectroProofer Utilities software, it is apparent to me that Epson is basically using ColorBase for the linearization. Unfortunately, when I go to select the paper type, it does not list Epson Proofing Paper White Semimatte! I will be very surprised if I cannot use this paper. Does anyone know how I can do a linearization for this paper using the SpectroProofer Utilities software?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Can't help you, but I can confirm that, on a Mac running 10.6.8, the linearization software doesn't work for any paper apart from Epson photo papers. I flagged this to Epson UK on Wednesday and haven't had any meaningful response since they asked me to reinstall the software and it still didn't work. If you've got a Windows machine then you'll be OK because that works as expected -- apart from NOT supporting linearization of Velvet Art papers (which is what we wanted to linearize on our 9900). ISTR that the older SpectroProofer software did work as expected. The software is a bit of an ugly mess if you take a look at what's inside the package… -- Martin Orpen Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
Thanks for at least confirming that I'm not missing something! This seems like a ridiculous omission on Epson's part. What do they think we want the spectroproofers for? Geeez. On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Martin Orpen <martin@idea-digital.com>wrote:
On 14 Jun 2012, at 20:41, Ken Fleisher wrote:
Hello. We just received our Epson 4900 printers with the SpectroProofer option. After installing the SpectroProofer Utilities software, it is apparent to me that Epson is basically using ColorBase for the linearization. Unfortunately, when I go to select the paper type, it does not list Epson Proofing Paper White Semimatte! I will be very surprised if I cannot use this paper. Does anyone know how I can do a linearization for this paper using the SpectroProofer Utilities software?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Can't help you, but I can confirm that, on a Mac running 10.6.8, the linearization software doesn't work for any paper apart from Epson photo papers.
I flagged this to Epson UK on Wednesday and haven't had any meaningful response since they asked me to reinstall the software and it still didn't work.
If you've got a Windows machine then you'll be OK because that works as expected -- apart from NOT supporting linearization of Velvet Art papers (which is what we wanted to linearize on our 9900).
ISTR that the older SpectroProofer software did work as expected. The software is a bit of an ugly mess if you take a look at what's inside the package…
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On 14 Jun 2012, at 21:20, Ken Fleisher wrote:
Thanks for at least confirming that I'm not missing something! This seems like a ridiculous omission on Epson's part. What do they think we want the spectroproofers for? Geeez.
I'm sure it's a bug in the latest version (SpectroProofer 2.13 in Europe) because, if you skip linearization and run a chart, you'll find that all of the paper options are available again! I'll let you know if UK support get back to me tomorrow with a fix. -- Martin Orpen Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
On 14 Jun 2012, at 21:20, Ken Fleisher wrote:
Thanks for at least confirming that I'm not missing something! This seems like a ridiculous omission on Epson's part. What do they think we want the spectroproofers for? Geeez.
Ken We fixed this issue today by removing the "Mac OS X Common Updater" version of the Epson driver and then installing the vanilla Driver (v 8.68) for the 9900. Bigger selection of paper types appeared immediately -- including three Epson Proofing Paper options. Annoyingly, the SpectroProofer doesn't seem to support Velvet Fine Art linearisation, which I think is a very annoying oversight on Epson's part. Also, very annoyingly, the Epson installer trashes the BasICColorDISCUS.kext while installing the printer driver and we get a warning stating that it is damaged and needs replacing. -- Martin Orpen Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
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