Epson stylus SX215

[avfcvillan]

Hi there here goes with my first NOVICE question.

I have brought a Epson Stylus SX215 with refillable ink cartridges (CMYB)

I purchased Visi-sub ink.

I will be using Photoshop CS3.

What will I need to do to my images to make the colours come out correctly?

Neil.

[John G]

A profile to match your printer - not sure if your chosen epson has a profile though or is supported.

[Matt Quinn]

Basically you'll probably need to have someone make a colour profile for your set up... That or use 'Maxwell's triangle' or a similar technique to do it by eye. All things considered a proper profile is the better way to go.

Have you tried the set up though? Is it a million miles away from being OK?

[avfcvillan]

TBH i haven't tried it yet as i was trying to get everything that I possibly could in place before i took the plunge and tried the first mug. Also i'm still getting my head around photoshop, may have to ask my 17yo daughter to help with that one!

[bms]

Visi-Sub (also known as Artainium) will have profiles made for it, but not for the SX415 though.

[avfcvillan]

I bought the ink from love cut but they don't seem to be listed on the reseller list I was going to try the d120 profile. Have I made a big mistake buying from where I did and where do I go from here. I'm going to try a trial run tomorrow evening ..

[Matt Quinn]

Trial run would be the first step to see how much work is needed IMHO... You MAY find as I did (with a 415 as opposed to a 215) that very little adjustment is needed.

It's worth mentioning that ANY off-the-shelf profile is only an approximation... Even if it's meant for the model of printer and brand of ink. The substrate you're going onto plays a part. As does the individual printer etc... Ultimately, if you were being really fussy, a custom profile is the way to go - How necessary that really is though depends on how far out of the ball park you are and what results you expect and/or demand.

I think one of the factors that needs to be faced is that any of us coming into this as novices have a bit of 'frog kissing' to do - experiment is an investment that needs to be made as much as the actual kit is.

[bms]

I bought the ink from love cut but they don't seem to be listed on the reseller list I was going to try the d120 profile. Have I made a big mistake buying from where I did and where do I go from here. I'm going to try a trial run tomorrow evening ..

Lovecut are not licensed to sell sublimation ink so they shouldn't be selling any sublimation ink at all.

[avfcvillan]

Had I known this I wouldn't have bought from them but this is now where I am so i'll try some experimenting and when I come to resupply i'll definitely
know better

[bms]

What's confusing is that VisiSub ink is a licensed ink from Sawgrass so they must have a source for this ink. There's nothing wrong with VisiSub ink as it is just new brand name someone is trying to create for Artainiun ink.