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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: Czornyj on August 19, 2009, 07:34:37 am

Title: Epson ColorBase with non-Epson papers
Post by: Czornyj on August 19, 2009, 07:34:37 am

Does anyone make linearization of his Epson Stylus Pro using ColorBase with non-Epson papers before profiling? Is there any noticable advantage when such method is applied, or is it only a waste of ink?

Title: Epson ColorBase with non-Epson papers
Post by: madmanchan on August 19, 2009, 05:22:50 pm

I went through this exercise a while ago:

http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/Ep.../colorbase.html (http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/Epson3800/colorbase.html)

My experience was that for individual printing, the results were no better than simply getting a custom profile made.

The benefit appears when you have multiple printers whose behavior you're trying to align.

Title: Epson ColorBase with non-Epson papers
Post by: Czornyj on August 19, 2009, 05:44:57 pm

Quote from: madmanchan

My experience was that for individual printing, the results were no better than simply getting a custom profile made.

Thanks a lot, Eric - I did another profile after calibration, and came to the same conclusion.