Datacolor User to User Support Group.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "John Vitollo" <jvlist@...> wrote:

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

> 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.

Thanks John, that's a great start.  Have you ever used any of the glossy settings with matte 
inks?
 
> 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.

I have a pair of R220s right now, one dedicated color and one b&W and I have a pair of 
1800s I'll be setting up when I get home in March.   I have lot's of profiles to do for the 
1800s so any shortcuts will help.
 
> 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.

That's a very good idea using much less paper than the PFP printout to eliminate the 
obvious bad settings.  I have experienced the roller problem when running lots of 21 step 
prints on a single sheet when fine tuning curves for QTR and such.

> Tell us what you find!

I'll be happy to when I get back.  It would be nice to have a library of sorts to reference.  
Gut feeling makes me think there may be many settings within the Epson printers that 
may work well with 3rd party inks and papers that of course Epson has no interest in.