Printer Settings for Epson 1290/ 1290s

This workshop will show you how to set and save your printer property settings for Epson 1290/1290s.

If you would like a print out to read, please follow the links at the end of this workshop.

For the purpose of this exercise I’m going to create a profile for “Fuji Premium Glossy Photo Paper”

Step:1. In your printer properties dialog box make sure you have A4 paper selected. If A4 paper is not select, click on the “Paper” tab and select A4 paper size. Return to the “Main” tab. In the “Main” tab, you need to select the “Media Type” that best suits the paper you are creating the profile for. I’m using “Fuji Premium Glossy Photo Paper” so I select “Photo Quality Glossy Film”. Next select “Custom” from the “Mode” section, and then click on the “Advance” button.

Step: 2. In the “Advanced” print properties dialog box you will need to select these settings. “Media Type” select, Photo Quality Glossy Film”. “Print Quality” 1440dpi. Make sure the “Smooth Edges” is un-ticked, and most importantly of all, select “No Colour Management”. Now we need to save these settings.

Click the “Save Settings” button. In the “save settings” dialog box type “Fuji Prem Gloss” or something similar to suit your paper type, as you will need to apply these settings to all subsequent prints using this paper with the generated profile.

Click “Save” to save the printer settings.
Note: You will need to repeat this process for every paper profile, saving the settings to incorporate the typeof the paper into the custom settings name.

Step: 3. Click OK in the “Advance” dialog box, then Click OK in the “Main” print dialog box. Before you Click OK in the “Print” box to print the target file you must first load a sheet of the paper that you wish to have profiled. If the paper you are creating a profile on is above A4 it must now be cut down to A4 size before it is loaded into the printer. Click OK in the “Print” dialog box to print the target file.
When the target file has printed allow the print to dry for 24 hrs.
Next, download and print the “Profile Request Form” (link below). Fill out the form, post or hand (Do Not Fold) the “Target” print and the “Profile Request Form” to your colour management club member. If you are not a Nantwich Camera Club member you will need to contact a Nantwich Camera Club committee member (details on website) to find out how you can have your paper profile created.
When your profile has been processed you will receive an email containing your new generated “ICC Profile”. After receiving the profile you will then need to follow the workshop on, “Installing and Using Printer Profiles”.

Faulty Print Patches.
Before you submit your printed target patch for profiling, please view the printout in close detail. Below is an enlarged view of a section from a printed target patch. You will see that the printed patches are bleeding into each other.

This is caused by ink and paper incompatibility. This section was taken from an old type Fuji High Gloss paper (Note: this is not a Fuji fault) and printed on an Epson R2400. The Epson R2400 uses pigment inks and the Fuji paper was possibly manufactured before pigment inks were introduced into home printers, so they are not compatible. Please bear this in mind when purchasing papers, as there are still papers on the market that are not compatible with the latest printers.
If your printout has bleeding between colour patches, there is no point in having a profile created as you will never achieve an acceptable print from this ink/paper combination.