QTR profile for Epson R2880

[Jarvman]

Hi all, I'm going to calibrate my Epson R2880 printer to make pt/pd prints. I can't find any specific profiles for this printer though. Could anyone advise me what would be best to use? Is there a profile out there for this printer or would the next nearest thing be to use one for the 2400 or the 3880?

Cheers,
Gareth

 

[Felinik]

Join the QTR group instead, there's probably already an answer for you waiting.

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Cheers
/J.F. Felinik

 

[gmikol]

As far as I know, the 2400, 2880 and 3880 all use ever-so-slightly different dithering patterns...I don't know how significantly this affects usage in QTR, though. Profiles built for either would probably be a decent starting point for a digi-neg. But you'll definitely have to do some fine tuning and linearization no matter what your starting point. Since everyone's chemistry and working methods are different. You may want to find Clay Harmon's website and postings here, he may have something for pt/pd that would be a good start, too.

I don't do pt/pd, so I don't really have anything that could help you directly, but I've made this suggestion to others and I'll make it here again...you may want to consider learning how to make digital negatives in QTR from scratch. It's a lot easier to troubleshoot a problem if you understand why everything is the way it is in a profile. And rumor has it that the next release of QTR will have built-in linearization for digital negatives.

Good luck--

Greg

 

[Kerik]

Gareth - Try using the 3880 ink descriptor file I provided during the workshop and any references to 2880, change to 3880. This should get you a starting point...