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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    Does someone know the unit of the Total lamp usage indicate from argyllcms software ? I hope it is showed in seconds, my total lamp usage is 10753,821289 If it is in seconds i have a new device 10753/60=179 minutes / 60 about 3h of use I tried to search for it but no information found, the...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    finally i succeded to scan a patterns chart, but it was with only 324 patches but enlarged at 1.3 ratio I had to understand how slow i would be to make the scan in the right way else "strip read failed". Without a perfect ruler i will not be able to scan reduced patches easily. I will do more...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    ok i solved i was keeping the device on the white plate when measuring, now it passed all the tests now i will have to test the charts sheet with argyllcms to sse if i can read the pattern
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    i installed the xrite diagnostic v4.1.2, it sees my device (it says i1pro), iit makes the tests but then tells faiiled, also if pass all the tests (they were all succeded), i upgraded the version to v4.2.1 and later but my i1pro rev. D is not supported. How can i verify the device is working ...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    for sure :) the courier brought the device at home 5 minutes ago, i will check it with the diagnostics when i will get at home later, if i use the X-rite diagnostic do i have to install some drivers or will it be found automatically ?
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    i'm sorry i didn't want to star a war of flames, it was not my intention i really tried to understand how to profile paper and there aren't much videos about this. I follow Jtoolman and i take (like always) all like it is, i like to try myself and discover how things works, but repeat i don't...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    that i mean is, may i use the device to scan parallel to the rows instead of perpendicular with the row (like showed in your image, the device scan perpendicular to the row of patches) ? but if i print with smaller patches i can have problems ? Anyway i don't have the board so i have to build...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    But do you think i have to read in this way for sure, or i can rotate the EFI ES 1000 to read in the other way like the ColorMunky ? Anyway i think the original board is designed for the Xrite patch scheme and dimensions so i don't know if it will work with ArgyllCms patch system and dimensions...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    Now some general questions about scanning, how i scan the rows ? i mean i see several video but all about colormunky, the i1pro usually comes with a ruler to link the spectophotometer and it then scan horizontally, now i don;t have the ruler, i can build one, but how i move the...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    again final A4 with 961 patches, no letters, just one little dot on the top/left of the A4 sheet, repeat i don't knwo if it will be scanned from i1pro with success, i will try maybe tomorrow i will have my i1pro here, i will have to make a ruler for it, i hope i can do it easily and then i will...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    Ok i think i reach the maximum that in an A4 sheet is it possible to print, 930 patches on 1 x A4 sheet, now i have to verify if i can read them with the i1pro I have merged the patches on an A4 file previously created, the argyll note on the right side is out of the sheet, but i suppose it is...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    again, it seems i succeded to create an A4 with 899 patches for the i1pro then i will have to try to scan it when the device will come here to me, i added White=8 Black=8 and Grey=128 to have better b/w prints, i used a 210x230mm sheet then i copied all the content on an A4.tif created before in...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    You are right, i mean just to show it, jpg is compressed and can't be used to profile, i wanted to upload the tiff file, but it is not permitted, so i uploaded the jpg only to show the chart patterns
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    Ok seems i succeded to create an A4R with 880 patches for the i1pro then i will have to try to scan it when the device will come here to me, i added White=8 Black=8 and Grey=128 to have better b/w prints This is the script i ran ./profile_my_880_patches_on_A4.sh Generating MY 880 patches on...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    i'm sorry to add questions, but i would like to begin in the right way, if i begin already with errors i will fail to understand where i was wrong
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    Ok so i will use the diagnostic to see if the lamp is ok, then i will try to use a shorter USB cable or its original cable anyway in the other room i have a laptop with a big table while in the printing room, i just have the iMac and the printer just to work images and print them Ok i was...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    i printed some test images (not the charts for calibration) when i got the printer in glossy paper with normal and fine (or standard and high, the names depends on the app used) but no visible differences i found, so i suspect that i can use standard for the test charts and for the prints. Good...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    thanks for now, i downloaded argyllcms but also adobe color print utility and it works, it permits to choose in the print settings, basic with Color Settings Off no color Adjustment, then in the paper selection i can choose from the Epson list of paper like in the screenshoot, so anyway i have...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    thnaks for the link i will give a look into it small how ? 100-200-400-600-800 patches ? I don't know, i would like to know how it was created, if balanced for colors or b/w, if they used 400-2000 patches yes i know about the intent, but the intent can be selected from apps usually like PS or...
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    Paper / Printer profiling with ArgyllCms and EFI ES 1000 for a newbie

    Hi all, this is my first post here, i read several guides on the paper profiling, found here like https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/using-argyllcms-colormunki-to-produce-excellent-printer-profiles.6878/page-1 but i have some questions to make. I have an Epson XP 15000 and inside i...
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