Epson 3800 Black & White Profiles for Red River Papers

Once again we have Eric Chan to thank for more great information and help printing on the Epson 3800. He has produced a series of custom ICC profiles for the Epson Advanced Black & White drivers on the 3800.

You can learn more and download these profiles at our website here

Installing ICC color profiles on Windows Vista

Putting ICC profiles in their proper location with Vista is no different than with XP. From customer reports though, there may be a bug that causes profiles not to show up in the right place when using Photoshop or other printing program.

You can install color profiles in Vista one of two ways:

1) With the profile sitting on your desktop (or other uncompressed folder), right click on the file and choose INSTALL PROFILE from the menu.



2) Copy and paste the uncompressed profile to this directory:
Windows > System 32 > Spool > Drivers > Color

Once Photoshop or other software is restarted, the new profile(s) will appear in the proper dialogs. If not, then you can consider contacting Microsoft for their thoughts.

Gray Curves for the Epson 3800

Black and White printing buffs (who own or pine for an Epson 3800) this is for you -

Some time back, we linked to Eric Chan's well organized Epson 3800 information page. He is a gray scale enthusiast, and has produced a series of GRAY CURVES for the Epson 3800 and select Red River inkjet papers. We've posted a page on the subject with helpful links, and profile downloads here.

Profile Use Guides Updated

We've updated the profile starter guide for Canon and Epson printers on a PC platform. All new screen shots with Photoshop CS2 and the latest Canon drivers are featured. You can download the new guides as well as other help inkjet color management info here

Look for more guides in the coming weeks including ones for CS3, Elements 4, and Elements 5.