Datacolor User to User Support Group.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "robert49brake" <robert49brake@...> wrote:
>
> This also seems a good place to ask the following question.  Does anyone have a key to 
the 
> rankings (in terms of ink loads) in the various Epson settings?  I know there are 
differently 
> named settings for different printers but there must be some logical progression to the 
ink 
> loads. (An analogy to this question is that it took me months online to discover that Best 
> Photo simply meant 1440 dpi and Photo RPM meant 2880)

Robert,

Take a look at my Excel chart on 4800 matte media settings with William Turner:

http://homepage.mac.com/johnvito/WilliamTurnerMediaSettings.png

The chart places the ink media settings in the following order from heaviest to lightest:

Heavy-
EnhancedMatte
VelvetFineArt
UltraSmooth
WaterColor
TexturedArt
Lightest-

But out all the media settings UltraSmooth has the smoothest ramp (no reversals) from 
100% to 90%, and that was my choice to build William Turner profiles with.

Not sure what printer you have but I think you'll need to do your own tests to find the best 
media settings. 1440 lays down less ink than 2880....so take that into consideration.

Build a ten step gray ramp in Photoshop and print with all media settings, let dry and 
measure. Be careful of running the paper through a number of times as the rollers could 
leave marks on previously printed grayscale ramps burnishing some of the patches.

Tell us what you find!