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Try A.I. Friedman in NYC. They should have it. You might have to go through them via email or phone because I don't think they offer it on their site, but I know they sell lots of epson media. I used to work for them. Great personal service, especially if you're local, which it looks like you are.

Are your workflows in the ColorBurst RIP RGB or CMYK? If you want a proper proofing workflow that simulates a Reference Printing Condition such as GRACoL or SWOP, you should set up a CMYK workflow in ColorBurst and set the simulation profile to GRACoL or SWOP. Setting the rendering intent to...

If you have another profile generator (maybe as a part of your proofing RIP?), you could save out the measurement file and generate the profile in the other software. We have a physical dongle as the license to profile in i1p. However, we are not looking to part with it. If this is a one-off...

Interesting that you are seeing the same errors on both devices (one of which is only 2 years old). Is the 2 year old device covered under an extended warranty? You could convince Epson to get involved if that is the case. Are the Printers connected via USB or network? USB can cause...

My current and previous place of employment use Gmail for business. Though I didn't set either of them up, from an end user stand point, I've only had good experiences. We have unlimited Google Drive storage and back up everything through that. Email set up and contact sync with my Android is...

Using a Techkon Spectrodens (ISO T, D50, 2 degrees), ours measures the following: M0 M1 Orange 65.97, 58.45, 91.61 65.63, 58.31, 90.84 Green 62.78, -75.18, 1.1 62.52, -74.98, 0.67 Violet 24.62, 51.43, -58.78 24.67, 52.00, -60.04 Paper...

Hahaha, great video. Only available in select Apple Stores, none of which are in Canada.

The click-bait title worked on me. Apple releases a book chronicling 20 years of Apple's design, expressed through photographs. "printed on specially milled, custom-dyed paper with gilded matte silver edges, using eight color separations and low-ghost ink" Would be interesting to know more of...

I know this sounds stupid, but try turning the printer off and on again, if you haven't already. Check all connections as well. Is your Epson connected via USB? If so, the spectro could be having bidirectional communication issues with the RIP. Ensure it is networked. I've resolved...

Given the relatively straight forward set up you're looking for, I would say EFI Fiery XF would be a better option than CGS or GMG. In terms of ease of use / user friendliness and cost, XF takes the cake.

I didn't say you should convert from SWOP to GRACoL. When you do not honor embedded profiles, there is no conversion from SWOP to GRACoL. The SWOP intention gets thrown out and the CMYK values simply get passed through and then... ..in an ICC based proofing environment, GRACoL is "assigned" and...

Unfortunately, the customer may not know they are embedding a profile and furthermore, may not have that intent for output. I.e. if the customer's color settings are set to the creative suite defaults for CMYK (US Web Coated SWOP), and you honor that profile, what you should get is a...

Hey Gord, who's that good looking fellow in the background?

Hello Ulrich, In my experience, North American printers will not convert your files for many of the reasons you have already stated. If you have a Fogra profile (or any CMYK profile for that matter) as a PDF-X output intent, the printer will likely ignore it. Standard CMYK to CMYK conversions...

The PANTONE Extended Gamut Coated guide has been on the market for over a year now, and I was wondering if anyone has bought it / attempted using it. If so, how was your experience? If not, why?

First, you mentioned you did a nozzle check. Are you getting completely clear nozzle checks? Or are there any broken lines? Even the slightest break could result in failed calibrations. It could be an unrecoverable nozzle, in which case the print head would need to be replaced. Finding which...

Looking for some insight on how people are selecting inks for Expanded Gamut printing. I am evaluating the options from different vendors and there seems to be some variation. The below options are recommendations for hue angles: Esko Equinox: Choose a monopigment Orange, Green, and Violet that...

I am able to create either spectral or lab profiles. I am using CoPrA and i1Profiler, both of which have the capability of doing either. I guess I am more specifically asking why common industry practice is lab and the advantages/disadvantages of each.

I am wondering why ICC profiles are generated from Lab measurement files and not Spectral? Does it have to do with software compatibility? Wouldn't a spectral based ICC profile provide added benefit (i.e. reduced metameric issues), since you would be capturing the spectral information of the...

Bret, are you simulating each of the paper types with a custom press profile or are you using industry standard profiles?