TurboPrint & PrintFab

Hello, please use the media setting "Epson Ultra Glossy" instead. You can also use our profiling service to create a color profile for Epson Ultra Premium Photo Luster or any other paper: 1. In the "PrintFab Toolbox" application, open the dialog "Manage color profiles" ...

Hello,

we recommend to add custom paper sizes in PrintFab Toolbox -> button "Open toolbox for selected printer" -> dialog "Custom Page Sizes".
This may also be an application specific problem - from which application did you print (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign)?

Hello, it looks as if the L8180 is actually the same printer as the ET-8550 - Epson has different model numbers for different markets. If you try your printer with PrintFab and the ET-8550 driver, please let us know your results. You can use the 30 day trial version of PrintFab to test compatibility.

Hello,

if you select "Halftone Screen Mode"="Multi Black" mode you can select which print heads to use.
Please note that "PrintFab Pro XL" is required for the halftone screen mode features.

Hello,

the maximum print width for TurboPrint is 15", so 13"x19" is possible.

For PrintFab (Mac or Windows) you need the version PrintFab Home L or PrintFab Pro to print 13"x19".

What is your printer model?

If t works, you need to update only if you get a new printer.

Hello, the PrintFab single computer license is only for installation on a single PC. If you install on a new PC, the message "number of installations exceeded" may appear. Please write us by email or via the contact form (link "Contact us" at the bottom) and include your invoice ...

Hello and sorry for the late reply,

for which printer do you need the color profile?

Hello Andy,

this sounds like a known problem - changes in the TurboPrint configuration cannot be stored due to problems with file permissions in newer Linux distributions. This has been solved in TurboPrint versions higher than 2.49-1. Ill write you by email regarding updates.

Hello,

the VPN should not block local network traffic but it might prevent automatic detection of the printer via DNSSD protocol. What is the "URI" of the printer in TurboPrint Control (list of printers, column "URI")?

Hello Robert, we recommend the following workflow: - Leave your photos in the original color space they were created in (sRGB, AdobeRGB) - Select this color space in the TurboPrint GIMP print plugin Conversion to the printer profile is done once in TurboPrint. In your workflow there are two conversi...

Hello, we recommend to try borderless printing first from the GIMP TurboPrint print plugin. In GIMP you can open the TurboPrint print plugin via the pulldown menu "TurboPrint..." (instead of "Print..."). In the TurboPrint print plugin, select the page size "Borderless 4x6&qu...

Hello rfamiev, according to my information the black ink is a dye ink which should be compatible to glossy and fine art papers. However, it looks like the black ink is hardly absorbed by your paper. Note that the 150 ink limit settings does not limit the ink amount of single ink patches - it has onl...

Hello rfamiev, this behaviour is unusual, I just installed that PrintFab driver and it shows the media type list. Please reinstall the PrintFab installation package again (without prior uninstallation), then remove and add the printer in PrintFab Toolbox again. Hopefully the settings will be complet...

You are right, the L8180 is the same hardware with a different model number for different markets. The L8180 printer will also work with TurboPrint.