Here a short note on the use of the Surecolor SC-P8000.
User interface on panel: menu is somewhat different compared to ESP9900, but generally speaking perhaps a bit more efficient.
Two things on the panel / User interface are disturing:
1 there is a default mediatpye selected, always. No clue as to why. For me useless is a specifiy media type and settings via the driver.
2 The indiucation of Low Ink, at least on the starter cartridges is a joke. It all of a sudden drops to " Ink Low", yet could print 9.0 m2 of very black images before matte black was actually empty.
Also in the user interface of the rriver, there is no indication of persentage ink left. So i have no clue as to how much ink is still in a cartridge.
I am performing a side by side with the ESP9900, with Innova IFA14 fine art matte paper.
The fist step is to find an optimum calibration for the paer, then followd by a profiling and subsequently testprints.
For the calibration is send some ramps and testchart via ACPU to the printer with no colomanagement active.
Here is the example of Enhanced Matte Paper media, highest resolution (5) and fine details on.
The paper thickness test gave identical results.
So i tested with different Color Density settings to find the best setting for the blacks, i tested with 0%, -4%, -8%, -12%
Attached a graph:
In essence for the ESP9900 the optimum is ColoDensity between 0 and -4%
For the SCP8000 it is between -8 and -12%
More to come.