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Re: Prints still too dark on R800

2009-04-09 by Roger

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
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