Recent content by Epatcola

If there is anything in that private section which adjusts printing according to printer driver setting then the profiles would be useless for soft proofing. If there is anything significant in that section 3rd party generated profiles would lack it. I removed the driver (windows) installed...

VFA mode only has one quality setting and it is slow. Maybe it is trying to be high resolution, maybe it is just trying to put down a lot of ink. Maybe it is putting dye black on top of pigment or the other way round. Who knows? The Epson Ultra Glossy media setting is alone in having a...

Go here and search for "Why the media setting can make such a huge difference to some prints". Look at the two screen shots and accompanying text. Below that he compares two papers one that works well in VFA mode and one that doesn't.

I don't think it is so special or gets much attention. Just the mode for it on the ET-8550 is interesting. Keith Cooper hasn't tried it (judging by it not being in the list of the many profiles he has created for the ET-8550). He has a profile for it on a P5300 so it looks like he has/had some.

I already posted that black dye turns reddish brown under low color temperature lighting. The effect is very obvious in spectrophotometer readings from a black patch. That is how he knows VFA mode is substituting some pigment black for dye and having black and white prints not look brown and...

Keith's opinion is how well VFA mode works depends on the paper. Some good some bad. The VFA mode mixes some pigment black in the darkest colors. In the few profiles I have made (using 105/106 inks) VFA produced a slightly larger gamut volume and slightly lower D-MAX. The real advantage is...

If you are only doing 'some printing' and you think Claria ink will be a benefit why not buy a cartridge printer like the XP-8700? At least it will produce excellent results on compatible Epson papers unlike a printer using ink it wasn't designed for.

When a printer has 180 nozzles for each color what does "The yellow nozzle" mean?

I have yet to see anyone demonstrate there are more than 3 1/2 actual photo paper settings. Matt for any of the matt papers. VFA for any of the matt papers printing slowly and using pigment black in the darker areas. Glossy for any of the glossy and semi-glossy papers. The 1/2 is for ultra...

The £300 price is for delivery some time in July (if you are lucky) so I very much doubt anyone has purchased a retail version. This chart indicates the price dropped 40% in the last 7 days. I find that a worry. Was the original price silly or are they having a fire sale 4 months before...

I have been messing with this The idea is the cm/i1studio pushes into it. The Vs front and rear let you accurately align on the patches then a simple rule one side or the other is used to keep alignment while you scan. The USB cable obscures your view at the back so I extended the V past the...

Black dye inks tend to look reddish brown under low color temperature lighting, Can you view spectrum data from Argyll charts or spotread with plot a black patch? You will likely see L peak up significantly at the low end of the spectrum. What light are you viewing your prints in when blacks...

Stack thickness probably increases pressure between the back of the fed sheet and the front of the next in line. The longer the sheet the more sheet is dragged across the next one. So maybe specify less thickness to compensate for longer sheets. The wider the paper maybe the more force required...

I would not take the Epson specification as more than a guide. It says 20 (or 5) sheets for both Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy and Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy. The ultra is 300 gsm and the glossy 180 or 200 gsm. How could that not make a difference? Lustre paper has a textured...

Tray and feed capacities for Epson papers are specified here. It says 20 sheets of photo papers in the rear feed which is reduced to 5 sheets for A3 and A3+ sizes. I think you will have to experiment and expect trouble. I have experienced ugly scuff marks on the surface of some inexpensive...