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Dragged the old Windows 10 laptop out and made a few profiles with it. Better success. I did notice that the ccStudio software in Windows 10 beeps at the beginning and end of a scan of the patches, while in Windows 11 it may beep sometimes, but often not. Something wrong there. Also, in...

BPE hs been on for most of the time, and it is checked to being on in QImage Ultimate. I don't recall the BPE being used in ccStudio during the profile making stage. Will need to look. Been wondering about turning it off as it must play into the profiles or the prints somehow - and maybe not...

FYI, Keith Cooper just released a video on buying used printers.

This is maddening! No matter what I do the thing prints dark. Tried to print with Capture One and the print was dark and lacked color which was a new one verse PS. Then I tried the old Adobe Print Utility and it printed dark as well. Turning OFF in the printer driver preference also prints...

There is a plastic block that holds all the tubes that feed into the top of the print head held on by a few screws. That might be telling to see if the line itself is clear. After that, on top of the print head, I think there what looks like cigarette filters before the print head itself...

I had one bad nozzle plug years ago on a 3880. I took a syringe and hose and pressure pumped some print head cleaner into the connector where it sticks into the ink cart, something like the kit sold here. I think I also used an old ink cart to do it too. It is a hard press but eventually the...

Thanks for that info. I tried it today. I found that doing it either with the "Let application manage color" or it being turned to OFF made no difference in the subsequent profile than one made using the "Epson (sRGB)" as the color control to make the profile. Both came out looking the same...

The profiles are so far off into the blacks that any rendering adjustment seems minimal. I don't know if it is due to Windows 11 or the calibration hardware. What I may do is pull out the old Windows 10 laptop and plug the hardware into it and make a profile and see if it is any better - or...

More confusing is that in their ccStudio software, the Help section says to "Turn OFF Color Management," yet the FAQ Scenario says "Select Colour Controls and select printer standard or sRGB (instead of OFF No Colour adjustment that is normally recommended for printer profiling)." So which is...

Upgraded to a new Windows 11 laptop. Was using a calibrite Studio to make some print profiles, and the subsequent prints all were dark and contrasty and the shadows were all blocked up. If I printed using the Windows default for the printer the images looked fine. So online at the calibrate...

Made a profile on same Epson Ultra Premium Glossy paper. One is OEM ink load density of 0% (The solid color below.). Second one (In larger wireframe below) was at a +30% ink density load inn the printer settings. Going higher than +30% reduced the wireframe a lot, especially the black area...

I suspect that the ink load needs to be done BEFORE one makes any profile. I printed the 21 step wedge above at a 0% load, and then increased in increments of 10%. I made six, one below each other on same page, at 0%, +10%, +20%, +30%, +40%, and +50%. RGB value readouts off the ColorMunki...

My computer SSD crashed and I had to buy and new one and reinstall Windows 10. What a mess! All profiles were wiped on the re-install so back to square one again. I am printing B&W since getting a monochrome camera. My initial setup was to make a profile for the Epson Premium Glossy Paper. I...

I'm looking for the brightest white paper base. I see Canon Platinum Glossy has a 98 Brightness rating, while Epson Premium Glossy has a 96 Brightness on Amazon's specs. Not concerned about longevity or OBAs, just looking for something that is very white. Thx. W.F.

I was printing some B&W calibration targets with Cone's HD-Photo pigment inks. Not as glossy as OEM ink, imho, but maybe blacker. I noticed after one day the prints were about 1-2 points RGB lighter in tone than the initial readings I got in 1-3 hours after the print was first measured. Not...

The reflective tape with the adhesive back came with a Harbor Freight Tools tachometer. Amazon sells a bunch of the tape here: Reflective adhesive-backed tape. I wouldn't be surprised if even a white labeling tape out of a Brother P-touch label maker would work as well as the silver ones...

Mine began to act up and not detect rotating the dial or reading once past the calibration part. x-rite replaced mine once prior, but now I had the goods to fix it myself since it started acting up and failing to read. I replaced the cable first. Rough job with the 90 degree bends they make...

That valve is the curse of this printer. I bought two as a friend had his 3800 fail and leak, usually on the print itself. You can try and absorb the ink under the head and get a couple of good prints, but after a few passes the ink leak builds up and back to square one. It does take a LOT of...

I have an Epson PictureMate printer that runs on a battery for field use. I have always used their Glossy paper which comes with an ink cartridge. Recently I acquired a Pentax K3 Monochrome camera and thought it might be good to try their Matte paper and ink for the printer. The ink cart has...

You are correct that a Lab 20 is around the RGB-50 for al three RGB values. The Color Picker in the ColorMunki Photo software reads in RGB and Lab both on a spot, and the i1 PhotoPro 2 only reads in Lab but one can convert the Lab to RGB with an online converter like this one...