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Looks like scaning a print is not that great an idea.. it doesn't do the printer justice. The actual print has much better sharpness, vivid colors and neutral grayscale (no parts turned green). The scan doesn't look anywhere near as good I would still recommend a real photo printer, but this...

I have a WP4090, which is essentially the same printer as yours. Same printhead, same carts. I'm using it with refillable cartridges with dye inks instead of pigment (for better results on glossy paper)... The original OEM ink is pigment based so I use a custom profile for the dye ink. With the...

just for fun, I re-read the entire thread. If anyone is still wondering after so many years why I was using LPT3: is that it's a port which typically does not physically exist on any computer. In the old DOS days, LPT1: was the port used for old parallel connection printers. All versions of...

Thanks hceuterpe... i've been using Linux for the last couple of years now.. this is very very good to know I will try it out

I hear dye ink takes more time to stabilize than pigment. Who knows maybe 10 minutes is enough with a pigment printer, but I always wait at least 24 hours. I haven't seen any difference with my printer and papers with more than that, but there is a minimum. The 10 minutes for the colormunki...

There are no best values. I try to not keep it too far off from it's native white point. My old monitor was calibrated at D50 (native 5400). My new monitor is 6400K native white point, I calibrated it to D65. Truth is the eyes adapt really quickly as long as your profile is good and the...

Hello, I have a Canon Pixma IP4500 for sale. It's a Canadian printer, so it includes the CD tray. I bought it 7 years ago and has only seen moderate usage. It was always used with refilled OEM carts. It still somewhat works. Not all photo black nozzles are firing. I've moved on after finding a...

I received the replacement from Epson a couple of days ago.. so far so good. Even before I profiled the dye ink, I was getting a decent match between the monitor and printer. Actually, much better than any other printer i've used so far, out of the box, with no profiles! The reason I wanted to...

Thanks for the comments everyone. I won't be able to discuss my results right away. The unit I received was defective. Turned it on and had horrible grinding noises. I ended up calling Epson support who had me unplug it a couple of times. Now it's stopped grinding but after a few seconds, all...

Hi everyone, I don't see many threads on the Epson Workforce Pro printers. I was able to find a pretty good deal on a WP-4090 printer. 55 $CDN which is about 50$ USD. My Canon IP4500 has seen better days. I don't print CDs and photos much anymore so I figured "mehhh why not". I love that the...

Hi duncan22... Don't replace your printer just yet... I have an IP4500, which I believe has the same print head as your MP600. There are ways around your issues. You could try to install your printer as an IP4500 in CUPS. As strange as it may seem, just make sure you tell the driver to use CMYK...

Lookup the average command in argyll... you can take multiple readings and have Argyll combine them.. I'm not sure it's worth the effort if you are content with a profile but it can be worth a try in those cases where your results are less than ideal

Sorry to butt in.. ;) I found a company local to me that has tons of different papers. I am thinking of visiting them on monday to pickup a few different ones to try. Can anyone make some recommendations based on what they have? their site is papex dot ca

Argyll and dispcalGUI will work with the eye-1 display 2. Could be worth trying!

Here is a thought lowell.... if one of these OS is Linux, you won't need to replace any drivers for your spectro in your windows install. ie: keep the X-Rite software on your windows install and keep argyll on your linux install. You'll just need to be sure you reboot into the right OS to...

Mikling- you can have argyll generate a test file showing the Delta-E for all your scanned patches. This can help you find strips or patches with scanning errors. You can often re-scan them or simply delete them. This can lower your peak errors, assuming the peaks are due to a bad scan. I'll...

Personally, I don't like Argyll's perceptual intent very much. I'm not surprised of the results. With Argyll, I sometimes overwrite it with it's "luminance based appearance" intent which is similar to relative colorimetric+BPC in Photoshop. However in relative colorimetric, it's very very precise.

I think you'll be fine... just don't assume that the closest media setting on your R1900 is the right one (ex: Glossy setting for your Cannon Glossy paper). Each paper setting will deposit a different quantity of ink on the paper. Experiment with a few different media types, and when you think...

Glad to see the info is still being used even if I posted it a long time ago! If you are leaving for four months, I would recommend you get a small UPS to keep your computer/printer up and running should there be a power failure while you are away

Hi, I've been using Turboprint for a couple of years now. Printfab is essentially the windows version of Turboprint (TP is for Linux). I've found that some cheaper paper will accept less ink. I have no problem setting a higher ink limit with paper like Kirkland, and I have to go lower with...