Epson P900 color management

[PeterAit]

I am setting up my new P900 and the color management is baffling me. For the life of me I cannot find ICC profiles for this printer and the instructions seem to suggest that these profiles are not used. At least not in the way I am used to, with a profile for a specific printer/paper combination. Any help will be much appreciated!

[digitaldog]

The Epson profiles are installed with the driver itself.
What OS?

[Frodo]

For ICC profiles not included in the driver use Epson Media Installer
https://files.support.epson.com/docid/cpd5/cpd58368/source/pro_graphics/source/media_loading/tasks/scp7570_9570/downloading_paper_configs_media_installer_scp7570_9570.html

[erik.brammer@me.com]

I am also new to the P900 and wanted to use Tecco Premium Ultra White 285, printing from Epson Print Layout. I had toset it up with its ICC profile by creating a custom media setting. As the referenced article suggests and per my first experience today, Epson Media Installer really seems to handle only Epson papers, correct?

[Garnick]

Hello Erik,

Welcome to LuLa    As I read it, the Epson Media Installer tell us in its name that it is an installer for Epson Media only.  If not it would probably be named simply Media Installer which would mean any type of paper etc. and not just Epson.  At least that's how I read it, butI might be wrong 

Gary 

   

[erik.brammer@me.com]

Thanks Gary,

One can indeed interpret it that way, or one can just read that the software was made by Epson. Either way, there are ways to use non-Epson papers, so no real issue there.

Cheers,
Erik

[Steve_777]

Hello Erik,

Welcome to LuLa    As I read it, the Epson Media Installer tell us in its name that it is an installer for Epson Media only.  If not it would probably be named simply Media Installer which would mean any type of paper etc. and not just Epson.  At least that's how I read it, butI might be wrong 

Gary 

 One could guess or go to the Epson web page and find the info needed or use Google to find a link

"Creating Custom Paper Settings Using Epson Media Installer
You can create and store up to 30 custom paper settings for use in printing on non-Epson paper or paper that is not supported by the Epson printer driver. You create custom paper settings by copying an existing paper setting, renaming it, and assigning an ICC profile.
Note: You will need an ICC profile to assign to the paper setting. You cannot change custom paper settings created through Epson Media Installer using the printer control panel.

Note: On Mac, Epson Media Installer requires OS X 10.9.x or later to be installed."
https://files.support.epson.com/docid/cpd5/cpd58368/source/pro_graphics/source/media_loading/tasks/scp7570_9570/adding_custom_paper_media_installer_scp7570_9570.html

As Eric says, no issue.

[erik.brammer@me.com]

Thank you, Steve, that does indeed work just fine.

Duplicating an existing media profile and then editing it to create a custom profile didn't come to my mind, and since the Epson Media Installer on Mac OS doesn't even feature a help menu, I gave up right away rather than searching which actually yields a number of helpful articles, beyond Epson's own support documents.

Thanks again,
Erik