You can download the ICC profile for Ultra Premium Glossy and a lot of
other Epson papers from the Epson website. The ICC profiles don't come
on the install disk -- at least they didn't last time I looked. Try
printing with the ICC profile for Ultra Premium Glossy and your
results might improve. Relative Colorimetric preserves more of the
original colors than does Perceptual. It's probably your best option.
Paul
On Jan 13, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Thanks a lot for everybody's input! It's all very helpful.
I've got my first few prints last night using the paper I got from the
local Circu($)City.
Unfortunately, neither of the local shops (CC,BestBuy, OfficeDepot)
had any interesting matte paper, so I did a few prints on the small
4x6
Epson Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper, - to test it out, while
waiting
for the mail-order papers.
First impressions:
1. I recalled why I prefer matte finish.
2. Nevertheless, - the overall quality is very good.
3. The prints were coming a bit darker than what I was expecting
them to
be. I cannot blame just the calibration of my CRT monitor, as I am
looking at the hystogram, - and it looks very reasonable.
Making the photos brighter would start blowing off the highlights.
(I am printing from LR.)
I didn't find profile for the _Ultra_... - only for "Premium Glossy
Photo", - so I am not sure if that what does the trick.
(Any suggestions?)
I was using "relative" intent in LR.
What would "perceptual" option would do differently?
4. It might be the calibration of my monitor, but yellow and
light-brown colors were somewhat shifted towards red, becoming more
brown. (What I would call more of a typical Kodak film tone).
And now, - one more important question:
--- How much do the cartridges typically last?
(some typical numbers for the number of certain size photos) -
I am trying to estimate when (and how many) I should buy them.
Do any of them get used more than the others while printing various
color photos?
Thanks again!
Igor
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