At 6:02 AM, Anonymous said...

I have a 4800 and am disappointed with the abbreviations on the profiles. You have to noodle them out in Photoshop. Do you know of anyone who has a cross reference for the profiles?
Thanks in advance,
Mike
mikeojohnson@comcast.net

 

At 7:37 AM, stephen best said...

"Do you know of anyone who has a cross reference for the profiles?"

There's a cross reference in the supplied Reference Guide (under Problem Solver, Paper Information). It wouldn't have killed Epson to include a paper version of this manual. Am I the only one who finds a paper sheet with errata for the html guide funny?

 

At 3:08 PM, Anonymous said...

Stephen,
Thanks so much for pointing that out! I had the same question as Mike, and was about to post the same question in a couple places. I wonder why Epson didn't use meaningful names instead of these cryptic abbreviations?

Also, I have the profiles that are described in the Reference Guide. The names have the format "Pro4800 PLPP250". But somehow, I also have profiles with names like "SP4800 PLPP250 PK 2880.icc". I don't know which installation was responsible for which profiles. But does anyone know anything about this second set of profiles, with differently formatted names?

Thanks!

-- Jim

 

At 6:41 PM, Pete Walsh said...

Yeah Stephen the printed sheet for errors in the html guide is a crack up. I agree, lame there isn't a printed guide - and the asthetics of the html help guide itself are lame too.

Btw, did you receive a sample pack of papers with your printer? I didn't afaik, but maybe just misplaced it. Reading around online though it sounds like users in other countries did receive sample packs. I don't mind, just interested to know if I should go looking for some.

 

At 8:14 PM, stephen best said...

No sample pack here, and no "exhaust cover" either ... I'm pretty miffed :-). But I do now have a lifetime's supply of blue tape ...

There's a lot of good info in the Reference Guide (and associated LFP Remote Panel User's Guide) which I'm sure people miss coz it not really accessible. They really should have provided these as PDFs.

 

At 2:19 AM, Scott Graham said...

What a wimp :) :) (joke here)

The blue tape thing is no where near as much fun as with the 4000. As a matter of fact the 4800 makes it look like they are running out...

on the paper: mine came with a few sheets of premium luster. In the 4000 they said "be sure to do head alignments" at setup and the luster is for that. I did not get a sample pack like came with the 4000.

on the exhaust cover: I saw someplace that Epson said none were shipped or needed. Sort of hilarious: with the 4000 it shipped without mention in docs>>>questions and more questions to support. With the 4800 it is not shipped but WITH documentation of existence>>>questions and more questions to support.

Scott

 

At 8:50 AM, an said...

What sort of image is suited to the canvas?

 

At 9:16 AM, JD said...

I'd imagine the sample packs were removed as Epson Australia doesn't carry the whole range of papers....

Canvas can work really well with abstracts, but the coating on canson canvas is good enough to hold really photographic work as well - a client of mine bought a pack and did a series of sharp as a tack portraits of 'baby parts' (hands, feet, eyes etc) and they looked absolutely fantastic up on the wall as a series. She was able to charge a fortune for them as well, canvas is still definitely seen as a premium service in the portrait market.

I've found myself that misty lake shots, quiet forests etc, can look great, as well as plant macros of course.

http://www.imagescience.com.au

 

At 10:29 PM, andrew said...

Jeremy,

thanks for the information on canvas, for it was me that asked the question above (then hit return instead of tab and truncated my name). My wife is now most keen to try the canvas, so I guess I'll be in touch to ask all sorts of questions and place an order soon ;-)

 

At 1:00 AM, Pete Walsh said...

It's funny if Epson have removed the sample paper packs for oz customers, yet didn't also remove the 'Media Performance Guide' that includes all those paper swatches, many of which aren't readily available here... DOH!

On the Media Performance Guide, from what I'd read elsewhere beforehand I was expecting something fairly impressive/useful, but the samples are too small to be of much value to me.

Re canvas, based on the small Epson canvas sample in the media guide (have never printed on any myself ) I think I prefer the look of Canson's Canvas.

 

At 11:21 PM, Anonymous said...

Just unpacked my new 3800 (I know, not as flash as the 4800 or 4000, but it's what I can afford) - pleased to report that Epson have a new supply of blue tape (they must have used most of a roll on my printer). Does come with the rear sheet feed chunk of plastic (I'm assuming that's the "exhaust cover" you refer to). Manual only on CD, and still HTML (is PDF so hard?). No sample pack of paper.

Will try printing on some Canson canvas (obtained from our friend JD) - anyone got a source for an ICC profile for it? Supposedly the 3800 profiles the same as a 4800, so a 4800 profile would do.

I'm also looking around for A2 paper - the 3800 is sheet feed only, no roll support at all, and goes to 17" wide, which is just over A2 size. Epson has announced that several of their papers will be available in A2 (but no one has them yet). Any suggested sources for A2? Or are you folks all using roll feed?

 

At 8:48 AM, Rudi Vavra said...

Hi Anonymous,

I use Ilford Professional Photo Pearl A2 sheet in my 3800 at the moment (that is what came in a package deal with the printer), and the prints look great! Am looking for canvas in that size, hoping that Canson Canvas comes in A2 size, or at least in rolls 17" wide... will find out on Monday when I ring my supplier.

In the meantime, I can obtain some A3 sheet of Canson Canvas from a local store. I'm itching to try it out, but was wondering - which feed should I use on the printer? Front feed, designed for thick media, or would the rear single sheet) feed be OK???

Thanks in advance for any advice...

 

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