Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 14, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: 3. The prints were coming a bit darker than what I was expecting them to be. I cannot blame just the calibration of my CRT monitor, as I am looking at the hystogram, - and it looks very reasona

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-14 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks to everybody who helped to confirm that I didn't miss any other profile suitable for this paper. Also, many thanks for all other answers with lots and lots of useful information. (Godfrey, - your account of ink usage is exactly what I needed!) Christine, - thanks for your suggestions as we

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jan 13, 2009, at 16:31 , Paul Stenquist wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Igor: Here's the link for Epson ICC paper profiles. I believe Godfrey's right; there's no Ultra Prem/Glossy listed. I think that's just a naming snafu. There's only one professional gl

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/13/2009 3:48:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: Igor: Here's the link for Epson ICC paper profiles. I believe Godfrey's right; there's no Ultra Prem/Glossy listed. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supAdvice.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&no

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 13, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I think that's just a naming snafu. There's only one professional glossy stock from Epson, and the ICC profile on the Epson site is the one that's required. However, I think the newest paper packages use the word "Ultra." Epson does their

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
BVCookie=yes¬eoid=112763&type=highlights - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:35 PM Subject: Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!) With the R2400, the basic pa

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Epson has an ICC for Premium Glossy. It came in the last bundle I downloaded. The word "Ultra" doesn't appear on any of the ICC profile labels, only on the paper boxes. Part of Epson's confusing labeling. Paul On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: With the R2400, the basic pape

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Christine Aguila
I use & I've been getting good monitor/print matches. I have an HP pavilion flat panel monitor. HTH. If I think of more stuff, I'll post. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Igor Roshchin" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:40 PM Subject: F

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Christine Aguila
DiGiorgi" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:35 PM Subject: Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!) With the R2400, the basic paper profiles were installed with the R2400 driver installation. Epson's premium profile

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > With the R2400, the basic paper profiles were installed with the R2400 > driver installation. Epson's premium profiles are available in separately > downloadable bundles: Glossy, Fine Art, Matte, and Canvas groups. > > I haven't seen an IC

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
With the R2400, the basic paper profiles were installed with the R2400 driver installation. Epson's premium profiles are available in separately downloadable bundles: Glossy, Fine Art, Matte, and Canvas groups. I haven't seen an ICC for "Ultra Premium Glossy". Godfrey On Jan 13, 2009, at

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
You can download the ICC profile for Ultra Premium Glossy and a lot of other Epson papers from the Epson website. The ICC profiles don't come on the install disk -- at least they didn't last time I looked. Try printing with the ICC profile for Ultra Premium Glossy and your results might imp

Re: First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: 3. The prints were coming a bit darker than what I was expecting them to be. I cannot blame just the calibration of my CRT monitor, as I am looking at the hystogram, - and it looks very reasonable. Making the photos brighter would start blowin

First prints Was: where to buy paper? (my R2880 has arrived!)

2009-01-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks a lot for everybody's input! It's all very helpful. I've got my first few prints last night using the paper I got from the local Circu($)City. Unfortunately, neither of the local shops (CC,BestBuy, OfficeDepot) had any interesting matte paper, so I did a few prints on the small 4x6 Epson Ul