Epson 9600 - Initial install advice

[Justin]

Finally getting my 9600 up and running and looking for advice on drivers for Windows 7 as well as settings on the printer itself.

[pisquee]

Use the Vista driver , can download from Epson.
we print on Enhanched Matte paper setting, and maximum quality for hard substrates) lower for textiles.

[Justin]

Many thanks Tim. Installed this driver and working fine. I've created a profile using my Color-Munki whilst I await a response from (busy) Paul This appears to be working well and prints are comparable to my Ricoh 7100, colours a little softer.

I'm not 100% sure on driver settings and have opted as shown below. Finest detail made a difference to the edges becoming more crisp so I've left that on, not sure if edge smoothing will help further? Should microweave/Superx be on?

I've only just seen the paper config screen so have left this alone unless you can offer any more suitable alternative settings?

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[Justin]

I've read that superx tells the printer to make 8 passes instead of the usual 4 to eleviate banding, this would explain the huge speed difference :- .

[pisquee]

for hard substrates, we have the same as you on the print settings, except superx on, and high speed off - the print speed is slow but great quality, so we print in bulk and store transfers - this works for us as our designs are set and not one offs/personalised. With 100m rolls of paper, and great reliability, the printer just keeps rolling 24/7 when needed.

[Justin]

Great, many thanks. Prints are looking really good even with this profile I made myself.

[JMugs]

Justin if you want to check your profile, print a slate texture image where the slate colour is essentially grey but with a hint of blue. If your printed image is good with no hint of green hue...your profile is a beauty! Just my experience that this tends to show the weakness if there is one, and of course with the munki you can then use that image to refine your profile.
I have no idea why this is the case, just appears to be the case for me.

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