Epson velvet fine art paper in 3800- which profile to use?

[zobeleye]

hi guys,
I am looking for an alternative matte paper that I can use on my Epson 3800.
I have used archival matte with good results so far, but members of the forum have warned me about fading whites and I am reluctant to sell prints that don't last.
apparently Epson has since renamed it enhanced matte.
so I came across the Epson velvet fine art paper in a sample pack.
now I have been using sample packs before and my experience is not a good one (Canson's profiles are useless)
so I thought before using up the samples with bad results I'd check if anybody's got a good profile for this printer/paper combo.there is none on the epson site.
any help is highly appreciated
cheers
stephan

[howardm]

the 3800 driver (at least v8.64) already has the profile for VFA.

[zobeleye]

sorry to differ, but mine has not.
in my LIB/colorsync/profiles/epsonstylus3800 folder there's only those and the green ones I profiled myself.
if you have it in there, could you mail that to me?
that would be great
my email is
<zobeleye@gmail.com>
thanks very much
cheers
stephan

[howardm]

That isn't where the driver installer drops the profiles.

They're here:
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/ICCProfiles/Pro38.profiles/Contents/Resources

[HJM-MBP:Pro38.profiles/Contents/Resources] howardm% ls -lt
total 22456
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1703667 2011-09-29 18:10 Epson_SP3800_Standard_Proofing_Paper_SWOP3_PK_v2.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1703665 2011-09-29 18:09 Epson_SP3800_Standard_Proofing_Paper_240_PK_v1.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1703658 2011-09-29 18:05 Epson_SP3800_Premium_Canvas_Matte_MK_v1.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1703655 2011-09-29 18:04 Epson_SP3800_Hot_Press_Natural_MK_v1.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1703654 2011-09-29 18:03 Epson_SP3800_Hot_Press_Bright_MK_v1.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1703656 2011-09-29 18:02 Epson_SP3800_Cold_Press_Natural_MK_v1.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1703655 2011-09-29 18:01 Epson_SP3800_Cold_Press_Bright_MK_v1.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1703660 2011-09-29 18:01 Epson_SP3800_Exhibition_Fiber_Paper_PK_v1.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 ARMP.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759468 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 EMP.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 PGPP.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 PLPP.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 PPSmC.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759484 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 PQIJP_MK.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 PSPP.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 SWMP.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759480 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 SWMP_LD.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 USFAP.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 VFAP.icc                <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  759472 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro38 WCRW.icc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  217236 2011-07-27 11:00 Pro3800 3800C 3850 Standard.icc

[zobeleye]

thank you very much, now I found them through LR too.
cheers
stephan