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That was a good test. You have tried the basics, so it appears some debugging is needed. As part of debugging and locating the source of the issue (printer, software, paper, pilot error), one of the techniques to narrow it down is to separate when it occurs and when it does not. Not everyone...

I will also add the link to the User's Guide for the Epson XP-970. It is 365 pages long, yet searchable by the table of contents or just searching by keyword. https://files.support.epson.com/docid/cpd5/cpd57393.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com John Wheeler

Here is a reference to the supported Epson papers for the cp-970: xp-970 E;son Compatible Papers One of the thicker ones is the Fine Art Velvet that is 19 mils and 260 g/m2 and here is the link to that paper https://epson.com/For-Work/Paper/Pro-Imaging/Velvet-Fine-Art-Paper/m/S041636 Hope...

HI @mark25810 Have you seen an actual print spec that allows for the paper thickness and type you are using? The most I have seen published for that printer is 255 g/m2. The maximum thickness for the rear tray is 23 mil (which probably includes paper swelling from ink). Note that the paper...

Thank you for the feedback @Ink stained Fingers. Much appreciated. The P700 has the same print head and printer driver settings. On Mac systems, one needs to use the official Epson driver, not the subsetted one from Apple. The Epson Print Driver for the P900 on the Mac does not give you a...

Note: I just added the PPI vs. Circle diameter table that somehow did not transfer over with the initial post I ran resolution tests for both PPI image settings and printer Print Quality Settings to determine my go-to settings for good images from my perspective. The test results might benefit...

Hi @Laith That is not a good assumption. Right in the table of contents under printing it mentions printing documents or photos for Windows and Mac computers on pages 119 and 143 respectively. Later in the manual they mention many photo papers to use. It’s all in the manual. I don’t think...

Hi @blur Those symptoms sure line up with the dampers for those ink channels going bad. Check this link out. https://community.inkjetmall.com/t/7880-damper-replacement/6087 John Wheeler

Hi @Laith Not too tricky. Here is the reference file from Epson for that printer. They have detailed specs of what papers of what thickness can be used in each of the four possible input points: ADF, Cassette 1, Cassette 2, and rear feed. They also talk a bit about the max paper count it will...

I know there are always tradeoffs between using a service and doing it yourself, both in terms of cost and one's time. When it made sense for me to use a service, I used Larsen Digital in Utah. I have used them several times, and they were for family pictures that we wanted to digitize to...

Thanks for the response @Ink stained Fingers I have recently finished about 24 different Siemens Star Chart tests under various conditions for the Epson p900 and captured the results with my copystand, camera, and macro lens. I will post the results after figuring out the best way to organize...

I, too, find many articles outside my photographic interest (and sometimes outside my understanding). I also have to remind myself that what makes a good picture is multifaceted and, for me, what makes a viewer feel something. It goes beyond resolution, color gamut, color accuracy, paper type...

Great info @Ink stained Fingers I will review all the links John Wheeler

Thanks Tony for your enthusiastic response ;) A lot of good info for everyone, and I agree with what you posted. To be clear, my post was only about data loss when downsampling before even getting to printing. Part of my goal with the Epson p900 is to have a simple set of heuristics to use...

Thank you for your response @Ink stained Fingers To be clear, my post was only about the data loss in downsampling, and nothing that I did in the experiments involved upsampling. So, to preserve the data at 360 ppi, one would only downsample to 720 ppi—no upsampling involved. I am more...

My goal is to establish for me my go-to PPI in Photoshop. So, the experiments were for me, yet I am sharing my results as there may be some interest. As always, I am open to feedback, constructive comments, and corrections to what I have shared below. While building a set of test images to...

Starting with CS6, Adobe no longer included the No Color Management in the Print dialog so for the last 12 versions of Photoshop we have been using a variety of alternatives (and whining about it too :)) That's my 5 cents and I will raise you a quarter ;)

I just noticed that in your instructions you indicated having BPC ON while in all other workflows for Color Target creation it calls for BPC turned off. Just double checking those instructions since it is different (I no longer have the older version of Photoshop yet thought having the clarity...

Great post and thank you. I had heard about issues with Photoshop not fully turning off color management yet have not seen the details. Is there another post or link to an article that explains the issue. Thanks for any help.

I believe you use a Mac so yo have another option using ColorSync Utility build into the Mac software. First you open your file: Then you go to print Now things may be different at some point yet this is what I get. You want to set the print mode to Print Target. I also set the sacle to...