Here's something for all printer people to think about.
Here we have two top end printers. The R3000 and R2880. Both are superb printers for portraits. Top end paper and as well OEM inks for the printer are used and look at the difference in flesh tones. Is it any wonder there is never any consensus on what is "correct".
http://www.photoradar.com/reviews/p...pson-stylus-photo-r3000?page=0,3&t=1294932675
Now I can assure you that either printer can be made to print near identically to the other one.
Obviously the profile chosen by Epson is different for each model. The question is why?
Is neither accurate? Do manufacturers ship out profiles they think will look better rather than for accuracy? Is accuracy the objective at all? So for those using OEM ink and papers thinking they are achieving the best accuracy, perhaps they are being misled?
Is this a result of a different committee choosing the profiles to be shipped, weighted by personal preference?
Is the mfr. creating an endless loop of changes so that newer machines always look different from the previous one, so that an "upgrade" is the result?
Here we have two top end printers. The R3000 and R2880. Both are superb printers for portraits. Top end paper and as well OEM inks for the printer are used and look at the difference in flesh tones. Is it any wonder there is never any consensus on what is "correct".
http://www.photoradar.com/reviews/p...pson-stylus-photo-r3000?page=0,3&t=1294932675
Now I can assure you that either printer can be made to print near identically to the other one.
Obviously the profile chosen by Epson is different for each model. The question is why?
Is neither accurate? Do manufacturers ship out profiles they think will look better rather than for accuracy? Is accuracy the objective at all? So for those using OEM ink and papers thinking they are achieving the best accuracy, perhaps they are being misled?
Is this a result of a different committee choosing the profiles to be shipped, weighted by personal preference?
Is the mfr. creating an endless loop of changes so that newer machines always look different from the previous one, so that an "upgrade" is the result?