New Epson driver for the 3800 available.

[hassiman]

I noticed this on the Epson UK site today:

http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-...EGORY_CODE=DRV :
new driver at 28/5/09, of which is said: "The Advanced B&W mode (if available as driver option) and Color mode is improved with the driver option "No Color Management" and Adobe Photoshop CS4". May be of relevance to your question.

[ethervaughn]

Sorry hassiman but I get this message at your given link "Resource not found". They said about Advanced B&W mode is that the Advanced Black and White Printing mode is a unique Epson screening and color management technology developed to produce darkroom-quality black and white prints from either color or grayscale files.
Thanks

[hassiman]

This one should work


http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-...EGORY_CODE=DRV

[Joe O'Hara]

I installed the new driver on my Mac and tried using ABW mode today. I saw no difference in behavior from the previous version driver. Prints are still too dark if you try to have PS manage color. Fortunately, it is no worse. I can get an acceptable match to the screen if I disable color management in PS and enable it in the printer. Color printing, as before, is still OK when Photoshop manages color.

[D. Bryant]

I installed the new driver on my Mac and tried using ABW mode today. I saw no difference in behavior from the previous version driver. Prints are still too dark if you try to have PS manage color. Fortunately, it is no worse. I can get an acceptable match to the screen if I disable color management in PS and enable it in the printer. Color printing, as before, is still OK when Photoshop manages color.

Are you using an ICC profile?

Don Bryant

[Don Hutton]

If you're having issues printing with a 3800 using ABW without a custom profile, read Eric Chan's recommendations here: http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan..._no_gray_curve

[Samuel Burns Landsacape P]

Thanks for the heads up on the new driver, shall see what (if any) difference it makes.

For those who are new to the Epson 3800 a read of Eric Chan's article (as posted by Don) is really worthwhile, it helped me sort out a lot of print issues I was experiencing.

http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan...tworkflow.html

Cheers.

[ethervaughn]

Please suggest me, which one is the best in inkjet printer Epson, HP or Canon?

[ethervaughn]

Please give any suggestion... I am doing printing work for ready made garment and fabrication business.

[Steve Wright]

Epson 3800, for the money, is the best.....
Steve