Epson 4880 and Inktec ink

[InkExpress]

Oh I thought you didn't, so you used the 7880 profile ? And do you have experience with Inktec and P800 ? Thanks.

Yes we tried the profile from Inktec as well as a custom one we had made. It worked but I just felt for the cost the printer did not produce as good a result as it should. I found the results off a 6 colour 1500W were better. Just my 2p worth.

I have no experience with the P800 unfortunately. After the failed results on the 7880 / 4880 we did not bother with another 8 channel machine. I am sure they work fine they just need some fettling and tweaking to get right.

Alex

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Can you not tweak your ICC profile in the profiling software to make the blacks lighter?

[InkExpress]

Can you not tweak your ICC profile in the profiling software to make the blacks lighter?

Potentially, tweaking the profile itself is not directly possible as far as I am aware but the printer channels can be adjusted individually to combat the colour issues.

Myself and Christian have been talking for the past week about a trying out the Epson Surecolor SC-P600 which is an 8 channel / colour printer. We have just ordered one and will be testing it with Inktec DTI inks and generating a profile using more color charts; standard profiles are usually made with 2 sheets of colour swatches, an advanced profiles uses 4 sheets with twice as many colour swatches to match and scan so we are hoping this could help things.

We will be creating a thread regarding this printer to show our thoughts and progress.

Alex