Do I choose uni-directional printing?
I have tecco pl285 Luster paper, what profile do I choose?
--Someone mentioned he uses HP z to profile for his canon printer, how is that done? Have access to z2100 but not here
I used the "high" print quality setting, and left "unidirectional" unchecked with my 5000, as I could see no naked eye difference using it.
For the Tecco luster (and all other non-Canon luster/satin/pearl/semi-gloss papers), I used the "Photo Paper Semi-gloss" media type, and the "Photo Paper Plus (Highest)" profile. I've found this consistently better than specific manufacturers' paper profiles, and even a custom profile I had made for a Red River satin paper - and I use the same profile & media type on my 5100 for both for both my RR Ultra Pro Satin proofing paper and Ilford GFS presentation paper.
This, of course is heresy, but some years ago with the 5000 I printed a diverse group of papers - RR Polar Satin, RR Ultra-pro Satin 2.0, Hahne. Fine Art Pearl, Harmon FbAl Gloss, Ilford Gold Fibre Silk, and Hahne. Photo Rag Pearl - the last four the baryta-based papers of the day, expecting to see significant differences among them. They were printed with exactly the same media type and printer settings, with driver controlling, then scanned with identical manual settings on my Epson V700, setting the white point to show base color tint differences. While there were minor differences in warmth-coolness of the prints, this could be attributed to the base tint differences except for the Harmon, which was slightly warmer than the base could account for.
Here's the link, which makes me fair game for the guru's knives, I guess! But it would be interesting for someone to print different papers with the same Digidog printer test image (which is excellent, as it includes a continuous spectrum to show dis-continuities or even reversals), using their specific custom or mfturers' profiles, and see how similar they look scanned identically:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8075035@N03/sets/72157624569134778Pete