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Jul 17, 2006
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I am looking for advice on printer profiles. My printer is a Epson 2200. Specifically: does anyone have any experience with reasonably priced means of generating your own?
I am not too happy with the profiles that one can download from the paper manufacturers.

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KatWoman
Jul 18, 2006
"U. Link" wrote in message
I am looking for advice on printer profiles. My printer is a Epson 2200. Specifically: does anyone have any experience with reasonably priced means of generating your own?
I am not too happy with the profiles that one can download from the paper manufacturers.

Thanks
I feel your pain.,,

I just got an Epson 1800 couple weeks ago to replace my Epson 1270 which finally died after years of great prints.
I fiddled with color profiles, adobe gamma, setting PS different ways, messed with the monitor, used the presets and the printer recommended settings, tried printing through Windows, wasted lots of time, paper (all kinds) and ink.
It sucked. New printer, great quality, features I am used to, and colors that did not resemble the monitor……so frustrating… I set the driver profile back to the Epson 1270 in PS, voila!!! everything matches the screen again. So maybe it is poor profiles from Epson.

If I print through Windows it all looks too light but …I am still working on it…
My old printer matched everything from Windows and PS with one simple custom preset for each paper not each program.
Guess I will keep a copy of those old drivers for now.. maybe try it you can d/l at Epson…
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silent lamb
Jul 18, 2006
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I am looking for advice on printer profiles. My printer is a Epson 2200. Specifically: does anyone have any experience with reasonably priced means of generating your own?
I am not too happy with the profiles that one can download from the paper manufacturers.

Thanks

You can rely on Epson’s profiles to get you close enough for most uses — IF you use them properly. This carries the suggestion your system is probably not calibrated so what you see on the monitor is likely not the real thing.

Before you can hope to produce a halfway decent profile of your own, you’ll need at the very least, a colour spyder and a means of measuring the print.

Considering a custom profile costs $0 from the paper makers who’s interest in getting it right in the first place, your interest in making your own may well distract you from the real problem.

THe Digital Dog web site is devoted to correct colour.
(www.digitaldog.net) download their sample image. Make sure you know how to apply a profile in the program you are using on the OS you are using and for the paper you are using and print it. If the print looks right but doesn’t match your monitor… Hmmm.

Cheers.
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bmoag
Jul 18, 2006
Most users find that Epson’s profiles for their own papers are reasonably good. I am sure you are aware that color management only assures that the first print will be a reasonable match to the monitor image but not necessarily the best print that can be made of that image. Hence second and third tries are frequent if you want a particular result. You can generate test prints with a series of tweaks, as in a wet darkroom, and pick the version you like best for final printing.
Using non-Epson papers is problematic but papers from some manufacturers can be used with Epson profiles and a little tweaking.
The least expensive system that I know of for generating custom printer/paper profiles is the Monaco Optix that uses a target they supply and your flatbed scanner to generate a profile.
I have one Canon printer and I did not like Canon’s profiles for their own papers but the Optix system generated significantly improved prints. The profiles generated for Epson paper/printer combos were no better or worse than Epson’s own profiles.
More accurate systems that directly measure the print surface are far more expensive–GretagMacbeth systems.
Many firms will create profiles for you but I have not seen universal satisfaction with these services. However if someone can steer you to a good service and you have a large stash of a particular paper you are dying to use the cost may be worthwhile.

"U. Link" wrote in message
I am looking for advice on printer profiles. My printer is a Epson 2200. Specifically: does anyone have any experience with reasonably priced means of generating your own?
I am not too happy with the profiles that one can download from the paper manufacturers.

Thanks

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