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walter.sk

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Paper Thickness, Profiles, Epson 4900
« on: October 09, 2011, 02:07:45 pm »

I am going to use the ColorMunki to profile Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl paper on my Epson 4900 printer.  I will be using a 17" x 100' roll, which is 290 gsm, 11.5 mill.  I would like to use 8.5" x 11" sheets of Gallery Smooth Pearl to print the targets and make the profiles, but the smaller paper is only 280 gsm and 11 mil.  Would I be okay using the sheets for the profile and then perhaps adjusting the platen width to compensate for the difference when using the Roll paper, or would I be better off using the roll to print the targets and measure them?

Also, is there any way with the 4900 and a 17" roll of paper to have the printer cut at exactly 11" from the leading edge so that I get 11x17 sheets?  On my now-defunct Z3100, using Qimage, I was able to tell the printer that a page was 24" x 17".  In Photoshop, I would size my images to 10.5 x 15.25, increase the canvas size to 11x17 and put a 1 pixel stroke around the canvas, and print 2-up, placing the images next to each other.  In the printer driver I set the Z3100 to eliminate white space above and below the prints, and with 2 manual cuts I was able to have 2 11x17's.  I'm hoping there's a way to get exact 11x17's from the 4900.

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Re: Paper Thickness, Profiles, Epson 4900
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2011, 03:09:04 pm »

I am going to use the ColorMunki to profile Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl paper on my Epson 4900 printer.  I will be using a 17" x 100' roll, which is 290 gsm, 11.5 mill.  I would like to use 8.5" x 11" sheets of Gallery Smooth Pearl to print the targets and make the profiles, but the smaller paper is only 280 gsm and 11 mil.  Would I be okay using the sheets for the profile and then perhaps adjusting the platen width to compensate for the difference when using the Roll paper, or would I be better off using the roll to print the targets and measure them?

I doubt that you would see any difference between the two.  The paper stock is a little thicker for the roll paper, but I presume the coating thickness is identical in both cases. 
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Re: Paper Thickness, Profiles, Epson 4900
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2011, 08:11:38 pm »

Thanks, Alan.
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