Try using gutenprint drivers— I believe there is one for the 1430, and that
should give you full control over the ink limiting, full to dilute transitions,
etc. Then you’re not being funneled through Epson’s black box processing
which is only meant to be used with their specific inks (from experience, in
some models the black ink is greenish, so they’ll automatically add magenta to
it to compensate, and there’s no way around it unless you use a different
driver. This screws up 3rd party inksets).
Once you get the hang of the gprint driver try argyll again in CMYK mode.
Ultimately you should fare better, but it will be a lot of trial and error.
Personally I find that fun though :/
On May 8, 2020 at 11:11 AM, <Dmarc-Noreply
(mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)> wrote:
I’ve seen articles in the past that also argue for the converse approach,
increase the ink density for optimal printing. It is always going to come
down to individual choice. I’ve seen a lot of very good fine art printers
who use only Adobe Lightroom and usually homemade profiles. This is
pretty much my approach and certainly the screen to print match is extremely
close and the prints look good in the few office displays I have done over
the years. I have only use Argyll for profile creation and have tweaked
the workflow for my own needs. As others have also noted, you are at the
‘mercy’ of the printer manufacturer and their driver. I’ve had two Epsons
and now a Canon printer and have been satisfied with their performance.
Alan
From: argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of edmund ronald
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 1:27 AM
To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [argyllcms] Re: RGB Printer profile shadow detail issues
This fairly typical of what one gets with consumer inkjets Whether it's due
to black generation or other issues is a different question. One trick to
improve matters a bit is to use the driver controls to create less "dense"
prints, except of one really feels one needs 300% ink coverage etc.
Matters used to be much worse, but inkjet drivers have a improved a lot over
the past ten years.
Edmund
