Mauribix Posted October 3, 2008 Share #1 Posted October 3, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi there guys, Yesterday I just bought a new flaming Epson Stylus Photo R2880 for my medium size prints. I'm interested in your feedback and workflow... I use a Mac with CS3/LR2.0/C1... ...and, did some of you ever used K7 piezography ink kit? I never did so I'm interested in your feedback too. This printer is intended to be used exclusively with the M8 (B/W ans seldom Colour)... have you got some hints? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BerndReini Posted October 3, 2008 Share #2 Posted October 3, 2008 yes. Get the Color Munki and make your own profiles. This will save you a lot of time and paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted October 3, 2008 Share #3 Posted October 3, 2008 Hi there guys, Yesterday I just bought a new flaming Epson Stylus Photo R2880 for my medium size prints...................... I'm interested in your feedback and workflow... I use a Mac with CS3/LR2.0/C1... ...and, did some of you ever used K7 piezography.......... Maurizio! Congratulations! See the post of Bill Parsons on the new Digital Post Processing Forum. Where your post/this thread should go too, I suppose Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmelade Posted October 3, 2008 Share #4 Posted October 3, 2008 hello, i would say my experience if you are after good neutral B/W prints, that even making your own profiles (except maybe when running a QTR setup) will not beat Epsons native Advanced Black and White. Only remember to set it to normal not darker as is default. The ABW is only available when using the printers ColorManagment and then working with Epsons own profiles only. But use Luster Setting when printing Harman FB Gloss, or similar, just change the paper thicknes from 3 to 5 in the driver. (260gm vs 310gm) in my view, this gives a better/wider tonality when working with B/W and with colors u can get maybe a little more punch with Custom profiles, but Epsons profiles arent that bad really. just my three cents. are small edit: the new k3 with vivid magenta has quite a good gamut range, so i find the system very workable for good delivery quality prints, have not yet seen them compared to the K7 system.but know users of that systems that are quite amazed with the ABW native function Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauribix Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted October 3, 2008 Maurizio! Congratulations! See the post of Bill Parsons on the new Digital Post Processing Forum. Where your post/this thread should go too, I suppose Thanks Sander! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauribix Posted October 4, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted October 4, 2008 Thanks Are, I'm just tryin' some prints using ABW + Hahnemuhle fine art Photo Rag matte paper... The first prints look very interesting... I will keep you informed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndReini Posted October 4, 2008 Share #7 Posted October 4, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I agree that you will get very neutral results using the Advanced B&W Mode with the Epson printers. The only thing that bothers me about it that you cannot softproof the brightness of the final print. It becomes guesswork how light or dark the print comes out. I like to use profiles and softproof in Photoshop. I was hoping that Epson would eventually show you a softproof of the particular image you are printing instead of the standard portrait of the woman in the printer driver. Either way, once you get a feel for how to set your parameters in the driver, you will get very good results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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