Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Bill Atkinson's profiles

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Bill Atkinson's profiles

PKM6543@att.net

2005-08-27, 7:16 pm

I have been using Bill Atkinson's Epson 7600/9600 profiles on an Epson
2200, and have found them to be much better than the Epson 2200 profiles
(new). A couple of questions though:

There were some old postings suggesting that Atkinson actually made and
provided profiles for the Epson 2200. If so, where can these be found?

Atkinson provides a 1440dpi and a 2880dpi profile for each paper, except
for the Enhanced Matte which only has a single 1440dpi profile. Is there
an explanation for that?

In Atkinson's printer setup instructions for the profiles, he refers to
"Microweave" and "Super" for the 7600/9600. Are there corresponding
settings on the Epson 2200?

Would like to hear from those who have used these profiles on the Epson
2200, especially with papers other than Epson's.

Bill Hilton

2005-08-27, 7:16 pm

I took a 3 day course with Bill at Calypso shortly after he finished
the 9600/7600 profiles a couple of years ago and he discussed some of
these questions during the class.

>There were some old postings suggesting that Atkinson actually made
>and provided profiles for the Epson 2200. If so, where can these be
>found?

He was asked this and said he didn't make 2200 profiles available for a
couple of reasons. The 2200 is a consumer grade model while the
9600/7600/4000 are made by a different Epson division to tighter
tolerances. So there is less unit-to-unit variation between the pro
models (reason 1) and the 2200 drifts over time (reason 2), making the
profiles slightly inaccurate after a year or so, he felt. This was a
couple of years ago, perhaps he released some 2200 profiles at some
point but this was what he said back then.

>Atkinson provides a 1440dpi and a 2880dpi profile for each paper, except
>for the Enhanced Matte which only has a single 1440dpi profile. Is there
>an explanation for that?

On my Epson 4000 there is no 2880 dpi setting available for the
Enhanced Matte, so it's likely there is none for the 9600/7600 either.
Typically the highest dpi settings are reserved for glossy papers,
lower ones for fine art papers which can't handle as much ink because
they aren't coated (matte is typically in between). I see on my 2200
that there is a 2880 option for that paper so just go ahead and use the
1440 profile. There is very little color difference between printing
at 2880 vs 1440 (most manufacturers would say "none").

>Would like to hear from those who have used these profiles on the
>Epson 2200, especially with papers other than Epson's

They were created specifically for Epson papers printed with the
9600/7600 and if you're getting good results with these profiles on a
different printer and/or different brands of paper it's sheer chance :)
The 2200 uses the same inks but the heads and software are different.

Bill