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EPSON R2880 PRINTER
PRINT GUIDANCE MANUAL
PRINTING COLOUR AND B&W USING THE EPSON R2880 PRINTER
Queens Park Camera Club
Instruction Night 21st February 2012
[Revised 26/12/14]
Instructions kindly provided by Paul Cunningham

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  • Page 1 EPSON R2880 PRINTER PRINT GUIDANCE MANUAL PRINTING COLOUR AND B&W USING THE EPSON R2880 PRINTER Queens Park Camera Club Instruction Night 21st February 2012 [Revised 26/12/14] Instructions kindly provided by Paul Cunningham...
  • Page 2: First Things First

    PRINTING COLOUR AND B&W USING THE EPSON R2880 PRINTER 1 First Things First Monitor Calibration Do this first as any image editing carried out before calibrating your monitor is likely to produce inaccurate results. Two simple things to remember:- •...
  • Page 3: Image Editing

    2 Preparing Your Image for Printing Image Editing Complete all the normal image editing steps before printing. Do not resize or sharpen the image at this stage. Save the edited image as a TIFF copy (Save As). You will use this same file to create resized and differently sharpened versions for projected images, web images and prints of different sizes.
  • Page 4: Using Profiles

    Obtaining and Installing Profiles Printer manufacturers such as Epson will “pre-load” their printer driver software with the necessary profiles to print with Epson inks on Epson papers which makes life easy if you are using this combination. Paper manufacturers such as Ilford and...
  • Page 5 The Profile Name Permajet name their profiles like this:- Or as downloaded for the club Epson R2880 printer: apj_oem2880pk_gloss_epg_v1 translates to:- Permajet_Epson OEM ink_Epson R2880 printer_Photo Black ink cartridge_Gloss paper_Photo Glossy media setting_Profile V1 Here is a typical Ilford profile name:- IGSPP11_EPR2880_EPGn Soft Proofing Here is another cool thing about profiles.
  • Page 6 Printing with the Photo Black Cartridge on Gloss Paper Using the Epson R2880 The Epson R2880 printer can print up to A3+ paper size (483mm x 329 mm) using 8 Epson (Husky) K3 pigment ink cartridges, including 3 Black inks (Black, Light-Black and Light-Light-Black), which allows excellent black &...
  • Page 7 Paper Source and Size. Select “Mode” as “Custom” and then select “Off (no colour adjustment)”. Printing Black and White For the ABW (Advanced Black & White) driver in the Epson R2880 it is important that the image file is RGB (not Grayscale).
  • Page 8 Printing with the Photo Black Cartridge on Pearl/Satin/Lustre Paper Using the Epson R2880 The Epson R2880 printer can print up to A3+ paper size (483mm x 329 mm) using 8 Epson (Husky) K3 pigment ink cartridges, including 3 Black inks (Black, Light-Black and Light-Light-Black), which allows excellent black &...
  • Page 9 Paper Source and Size. Select “Mode” as “Custom” and then select “Off (no colour adjustment)”. Printing Black and White For the ABW (Advanced Black & White) driver in the Epson R2880 it is important that the image file is RGB (not Grayscale).
  • Page 10 Printing with the Matte Black Cartridge on Matte/Fine Art Paper Using the Epson R2880 The Epson R2880 printer can print up to A3+ paper size (483mm x 329 mm) using 8 Epson (Husky) K3 pigment ink cartridges, including 3 Black inks (Black, Light-Black and Light-Light-Black), which allows excellent black &...
  • Page 11 Paper Source and Size. Select “Mode” as “Custom” and then select “Off (no colour adjustment)”. Printing Black and White For the ABW (Advanced Black & White) driver in the Epson R2880 it is important that the image file is RGB (not Grayscale).