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Thanks for the info!  I am going thru the papers right now.

Where can I get the upgrade?

David Miller wrote:

>>OK, I noticed something on my test print with the babys.  Although I
>>have a perfect nozzle check and no banding, (checked with a lupe) the
>>right paper selected (epson luster) and the driver set to no color
>>adjustment, The gradients do not drop off evenly I can see problems in
>>the browns all over that place.
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>That's right, that's what building the printer profle is going to adjust
>for.
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>The more unevenly things drop off; the harder the paper is to profile;
>and the more likely it is that your results will be improved by going to
>the 729 patch target.
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>>It was my understanding that all targets be printed with no color
>>adjustment at the printer settings that you will be printing at with the
>>created profile.
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>Yes, that's correct (and then later on, when you print through the profile,
>you need to have the printer driver set up -exactly- the same way, otherwise
>all bets are off...:-)
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>>SO....Why would I want to set this printer at anything else other than
>>what epson wanted it set at?
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>You may find that other media settings in the driver may behave better
>than others, with color adjustment turned off in the printer drive. David
>Tobie has incorporated a number of excellent, detailed notes about what
>to look for; in the Help file for the Media Setting Check page; if you haven't
>read those yet, it's well worth the time to do so. It's often worth testing
>several different media settings before you profile, to see what it is that
>the driver will be doing before any profiling takes place.
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>You may discover that some non-standard media settings may give you less
>blocking in the shadows; better uncalibrated transitions in gradients;
>more saturated extremes; richer blacks; etc. The Media Setting check is
>is PFP's useful new feature that can help you figure this out.
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>>What else is there to change and still leave it on no color adjustment?
>>Paper is all there is.
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>That's right, but that's important. You will get different results when you
>print through different media settings. You can print on Premium Luster, for
>example, through the Premium Glossy media setting to see what the differences
>are. Also try the "film" setting (I had built a profile for the 1280, for
>Premium Luster, through the "film" setting that was amazing).
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>(Note that the Epson driver won't let you print with all media settings on
>all papers; there are limits to how "bad" it will let you be; some of the
>limits may seem arbitrary, but Epson probably knew what they were doing when
>they put them in; if a media setting is dimmed, there's most likely a reason
>why Epson doesn't want you to go there).
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>Once you've printed the Media Setting Check image through several different
>settings, you can measure the black patch on each, compare the L values, and
>see which media setting gives you the deepest black. Some media settings in
>the driver will give you more black than others. (Yes, the media setting check
>image is small, and the patches are small; but everyone who has access to the
>new 1.1b5 version will discover that you can now print all of those 1/4 size
>test and print preview images at -full- size on the page; and if you print
>any of the Target images, you can always measure their black patch, of course).
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>Once again: the best documentation on how to use and interpret the Media
>Setting Check image, in combination with different driver settings, is the
>Help file.
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>Best regards,
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