Michael Harvey wrote: > Thomas Holm / Pixl wrote: > >> That's all you need. If canned profiles doesn't cut it, a good custom >> profile (made from spectral measurements) certainly will. > > There are issues with the Epson 2100 (2200 in US) and some of the profiles > that it ships with.
Aren't they all <G>. > > True to say that the printer is particularly fussy about the printer driver > settings and the selected profile. Aren't they all <G>. > > We found that using the correct driver setting for the paper (eg matt etc) > and the most logical supplied profile (they seem to have some very strange > naming policy), all the prints came out with an unusable colour shift. We > tried the other supplied profiles and one of them printed perfectly! Something tells me you may not be using the profiles in the correct way: If you want to go with the canned profile you should select Colorsync and your paper type in the driver (advanced). Photoshop's print space should be set to "Same As Source"... > > In fact it was good enough to use without thinking of building a bespoke > profile. That sounds like a lucky strike... > > I can't remember the specifics, but email me if you want me to look them up > for you. Nah, I don't care, I always build custom profiles for printers, thanks though. If you use a non correct profile you may well have problems with softproof, and I'd rather not go there. > > The biggest problem with the Epson 2200 / 2100 is metamarism. You will > notice shifts to the magenta under indoor lighting. The effect is less > noticeable in general, colourful images, but for serious colour work IMO > this printer is not an option. I guess it depends on what you do. With a good custom profile this printer is near perfect in Daylight (or a D50 booth to be specific) and therefore very well suited for proofing (which in my world is SERIOUS colour work). FYI all prints display metamerism problems (or let's call it lack of colour stability when exposed to various light sources), to a degree, even Lambda prints on Fuji Crystal Archive... Best Regards Thomas Holm / Pixl ApS - Photographer & Colour Management Expert - Adobe Certified Training Provider in Photoshop� - Imacon Authorized Scanner Training Facility - Remote Profiling Service (Output ICC profiles) - Seminars speaker and tutor on CM and Digital Imaging etc. - Home Page: www.pixl.dk � Email: th[AT]pixl.dk -- =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
