I didn't like the generic Epson profiles for my R1800 (same driver as the R800). They're a bit dark and too blue. Try generic Ilford Gallerie profiles with any standard glossy or semigloss paper. --- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, chriscalvert@... wrote: > > No I don't have any profiles that now work. They are come out too dark. Not > by much but noticeable. > For the R800 I am not using the profiles which came with the printer but > some I downloaded from Epson which were supposedly better. > A digital dump is a term we use here when you send prints into a > commercial lab. They automatically arrange the prints to suit a very wide > strip of paper and dump the lot in one go. So there is no chance that the > printer driver is being used BUT neither is the R800 and if I have an ink > density problem then that is also being bypassed. > I will check out your suggestions. > Note that even after 24 hours both gloss and semigloss stick slightly. And > they stick when I check my Epson 1290 and Canon Pro9000 with glossy > and semigloss paper. > > > > Chris Calvert > Prebbleton Computer Services > Christchurch, New Zealand > Ph - 03 349 8182 or +64 3 349 8182 > Cell - 021 83 22 55 or +64 21 83 22 55 > > The following section of this message contains a file attachment > prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format. > If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any other MIME-compliant system, > you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer. > If you cannot, please ask your system administrator for assistance. > > ---- File information ----------- > File: PCS logo 1.jpg > Date: 15 Apr 2008, 21:13 > Size: 40571 bytes. > Type: Unknown >
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Re: Prints still too dark on R800
2009-04-09 by Roger
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