Problems with Epson 7600
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:42 pm
I've set up PrintFab Windows on an Epson 7600 and have run into some rather frustrating issues. These are summarized below:
- no matter what I do with paper/ file orientation settings, including using the "save roll paper" advanced setting, Printfab prints the images vertically on the roll as it comes out of the printer. This is wasting paper not saving it. The only thing I haven't tried is a custom paper size. I have no problem getting the Epson driver to print across the roll width. (I'm doing 11x17 inch i1 Profiler test charts. I want to use an 11-inch length of the 24 inch wide roll, not 17 inches.)
- I have noticed that PrintFab's settings stay "stickier" in some apps more than others. No settings to the driver are remembered when printing from Profiler, to the point that I am uncertain that my settings are lasting long enough to even get a proper chart printed. In PSCS6, most of the settings remain "sticky". In Lightroom 4.1, not so much. LR is my preferred printing app. This might be causing the next issue.
- I am getting completely different looking charts from PSCS6 than with Lightroom or i1Profiler. I have double-checked that I am setting the PF settings the same. I am setting both LR and PS to "Printer Manages Colors" to lock out their CM. I have set PF to "no correction". (This setting never stays sticky except in PS.) I have set the Working space to "Prophoto RGB, as this is Lightroom's internal space (I think) and is my Working Space inside Photoshop.
- I have been getting random blobs of ink 1-2 mm in diameter on some of the charts. This has definitely occurred on the PrintFab chart printed in PSCS6. Not every page, but frequently. Again, this chart is a outlier in that it has far more saturated colors and what appears to be a heavier ink load than charts printed with identical PF settings from the other apps. I realize the blobs could be an indication of a dirty print head, and I plan to check that. However, I have interspersed charts printed on the same paper using the Epson driver and NONE of them have had ANY of these spots. Coincidentally or not, only the PrintFab-printed jobs have had the ink spots.
I would really like to use PrintFab to overcome some of the limitations of the standard Epson driver with my 7600. Unless I can fix the problems listed above, I will not be able to do so.
Lloyd
- no matter what I do with paper/ file orientation settings, including using the "save roll paper" advanced setting, Printfab prints the images vertically on the roll as it comes out of the printer. This is wasting paper not saving it. The only thing I haven't tried is a custom paper size. I have no problem getting the Epson driver to print across the roll width. (I'm doing 11x17 inch i1 Profiler test charts. I want to use an 11-inch length of the 24 inch wide roll, not 17 inches.)
- I have noticed that PrintFab's settings stay "stickier" in some apps more than others. No settings to the driver are remembered when printing from Profiler, to the point that I am uncertain that my settings are lasting long enough to even get a proper chart printed. In PSCS6, most of the settings remain "sticky". In Lightroom 4.1, not so much. LR is my preferred printing app. This might be causing the next issue.
- I am getting completely different looking charts from PSCS6 than with Lightroom or i1Profiler. I have double-checked that I am setting the PF settings the same. I am setting both LR and PS to "Printer Manages Colors" to lock out their CM. I have set PF to "no correction". (This setting never stays sticky except in PS.) I have set the Working space to "Prophoto RGB, as this is Lightroom's internal space (I think) and is my Working Space inside Photoshop.
- I have been getting random blobs of ink 1-2 mm in diameter on some of the charts. This has definitely occurred on the PrintFab chart printed in PSCS6. Not every page, but frequently. Again, this chart is a outlier in that it has far more saturated colors and what appears to be a heavier ink load than charts printed with identical PF settings from the other apps. I realize the blobs could be an indication of a dirty print head, and I plan to check that. However, I have interspersed charts printed on the same paper using the Epson driver and NONE of them have had ANY of these spots. Coincidentally or not, only the PrintFab-printed jobs have had the ink spots.
I would really like to use PrintFab to overcome some of the limitations of the standard Epson driver with my 7600. Unless I can fix the problems listed above, I will not be able to do so.
Lloyd