Interestingly, Epson have profiles available for several printers, but not all. 3880, 7900, 9900, the new SC-P series, but not, for example the 7890 or 9890.Brian A
.........still suspect that Canson Platine and Legacy Platine profiles will be interchangeable.
Bozos at Epson CS said because my 9890 "predates" the Legacy paper they don't have profiles. My printer is less than one year old. The Legacy came out in January. Everything predates the Legacy paper.
Just go to Cansons website and download their Platine profile for your printer, it will work fine. I've been using my custom Canson Platine profile, and it's working great. Comparing the two Platine's, I do think they have improved the white point of the Legacy paper a bit from Cansons original version, which is worrisome. (OBAs). Ernst's spectra viz readings should answer this.
The information on the sample pack clearly says that Epson Legacy Platine is "OBA free".
Yes, well I hope that is indeed the case. We've seen papers claiming that, and turning out to have 'residual' OBAs in the base material.
The Canson Baryta has always had oba. These four legacy papers are Canson, repackaged by Epson. The Rag Photographique and Platine are not the only media ever made that is significantly whiter without dyes. Breathing Color has done this for many years with their canvas products.If you want to test that just put a sheet under a black light. If it glows it has oba.
I expect Epson would take issue with you on the use of the term "repackaged", because it kinda contradicts what they say on the back of the sample packs about how these papers came about: "Working with famous European paper makers, art galleries and chemical engineers, Epson created the Legacy Paper line to be the finest papers available." This sounds to me like a lot more than repackaging
Gee Mark, surely you recognize marketing hubris (polite word, there are others..) when you see it!look forward to reading your review, and to Ernst giving us Spectrum Viz analysis - that is the best detective tool out there for finding out who repackages other brands as theirs.
Narikin,Yes, I wasn't born yesterday; but there is a boundary between marketing hype and flat-out misrepresentation. Maybe I'm just blissfully naive (but I don't really thing so), however I expect Epson to know and respect that boundary. There is no mileage in it for them, for the paper mills and for any other companies with whom they may be collaborating on this project. Think of the industry relationships involved and whether Brand A would consider it commercially acceptable or even legal for a mill or a coating plant to share their recipe with newcomer Brand B, unless by prior agreement (which wouldn't make any sense outside of a merger or acquisition context). I think the difficulty some people may be having is that the technology behind these papers is held by only several mills and coating plants and has matured to the point that each time a new variant is cobbled together, the differences between them can be really subtle (to the point that profiles can be interchangeable without seeing any remarkable problems with the prints), so this could lead some to believe the recipes are simply copied or repackaged, which may in fact not be the case. Anyhow, this is somewhat tangential to the OP's question, so I shall leave it at that.