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bcampodallorto
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I am in the market for a printer. Capability to do larger than 8 1/2 x 11 would be nice. Any suggestions?
I have an epson r1900 and even though I get some usable prints from it, I regret buying it. Epson refuses to allow Photoshop to control colors, and it's bloody few profiles they put into their drivers.
I much preferred Canon printers.
What kind of problems are you having getting the app to control the colors?
I use both Photoshop LR and Photoshop CS3 with my Epson 1400 and have no issues with the application controlling the printer. There are profiles for all the Epson branded papers and you can get profiles for quite a few others. I've even found some "suitable substitutes" for oddball papers like some low end Staples extra heavy photo paper that I use for greeting cards.
My biggest problem is that Epson will not allow Photoshop to control the colors. ......... snip.........
In Photoshop I would get the colors where I wanted them (paper/printer etc.) then in the Epson printer I would tell it to NOT change ANYTHING. The "photo" quality would come out barely usable, and the "best" quality would be nearly black.
Contacted epson for technical help and they said to send out Adobe RGB to the printer and then tell the printer to interpret the file _as_ aRGB, and within the printer driver choose the paper. They told me there was no way for the Photoshop to control the colors in this printer.
:Curved::Angry: And then there's the little bit about throwing away color cartridges that are only about half full!
Like I've said often since then: When Canon gets the color stability issue fixed, Epson will probably lose market share really fast, and I'm going to be one of them.
In Photoshop I would get the colors where I wanted them (paper/printer etc.) then in the Epson printer I would tell it to NOT change ANYTHING. The "photo" quality would come out barely usable, and the "best" quality would be nearly black.
Contacted epson for technical help and they said to send out Adobe RGB to the printer and then tell the printer to interpret the file _as_ aRGB, and within the printer driver choose the paper. They told me there was no way for the Photoshop to control the colors in this printer.
:Curved::Angry: And then there's the little bit about throwing away color cartridges that are only about half full!
Like I've said often since then: When Canon gets the color stability issue fixed, Epson will probably lose market share really fast, and I'm going to be one of them.
Right the Epson 3800 has a $300 rebate and $138 in free paper. It prints 17" wide.
I just ordered one.