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ImageNest announces support for Epson 4900

admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:41:12 +0000

ImageNest is happy to announce that we will be supporting the Epson 4900 prior to its shipping date. The Epson 4900 will be supported on both OSX 10.5 and 10.6 In addition to support for the Epson 4900 ImageNest is also adding the ability to Interpolate to native printer resolution automatically and apply print sharpening to all images in the ImageNest Photo Layout

The Epson 4900 is a replacement for the Epson 4880 and will include many improvements in speed an Image Gamut:

Key Features:

• 11-colour UltraChrome ink set (CMKY, Light CMY, Very Light K, Photo black, Matte Black, Orange, Green)
• Print speed of 46ml per hour
• High capacity front-loading cassette
• 200ml high capacity cartridges
• Optional inline SpectroProofer
• Automatic switching between cut sheet and roll paper
• Automatic switching between photo and matte black inks, which are pre-installed
• Energy Star qualified
• Choice of paper paths – cassette, top and front manual board feed or roll
• Print on media up to 1.5mm thick

How to Print ICC Profile Targets on OSX 10.6 on Epson Printers

admin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:40:27 +0000

Turning off color management (which is necessary for printing targets) is something on our list of features and we hope to have it in the new year. Since color management methodology has changed in Mac OSX 10.6 many people are having problems printing out ICC profile creation targets on 10.6.

Here is a very easy way to print targets without color management.

1: Open Apple’s Preview application (you will find it in the Applications folder in Mac OS 10.6.x or 10.5.x.)

2: Open your Print Profile creation target in Preview. Your print target will not have an embedded source ICC profile and Apple Preview will not force a source ICC profile into your image (which some applications do)

3: Select Print

4: Select your printer from the Printer pop-up menu in the print dialog

5: In the Print pull-down menu, choose Color Matching, and select EPSON Color Controls. This will bypass any color management that colorsync would apply.

6: In the same print pull-down menu choose Printer Setting and locate the option for Off (No Color Adjustment) or Off (No Color Management), and select it. It may be in a Color Settings menu, or in another color-related menu. The dialogs differ slightly from printer model to printer model.

7: Select Print to print your target or other image.

This is the simplest way to get a ICC color profile creation target to print properly. This target can be used to create an ICC color profile for any application that utilizes the Epson Print driver. This includes: PhotoShop, ImageNest, Lightroom, Aperature, and many other print applications.

Epson Advanced Black and White Mode (ABW)

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:33:35 +0000

ImageNest RIP and Epson Advanced Black and White Mode: Epson€™s advanced black and white mode functions without any ICC color management so any output (printer class) profile should not be applied. Clicking on the €œEpson Color Controls€ will allow the Advanced Black and White to work properly. Epson€™s Advanced black and white mode will not work if €œColorSync is selected as the ColorSync controls will try to apply an ICC profile which interferes with Epson€™s Advanced Black and White mode which is a non-ICC process.

HP Z 3100 and HP Z 6100 driver configuration

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:35:19 +0000

To set up your HP Z series Leopard driver correctly first make sure you have €œPrinter Manages Color€ set as the default in your ImageNest preferences. The first settings to configure when in the print dialog is the “Color Matching setting. Once configured remember that all settings can be saved under €œPresets€.

Pull down the €œProfile€ menu and choose the profile for your printer and media combination. With this method only profiles made by Hewlitt Packard will show up and be available. If you are using a custom made profile scroll to the bottom of the list and choose “Other Profiles”. This will load all the profiles in your ColorSync folder and make them available for use with the print driver.

Next, go to the Paper Type/Quality setting to configure your paper type.

The paper type you select needs to match the profile selected in the previous step. If using a custom profile, be sure to use the same setting that was used when creating the profile. The Paper Type/Quality setting has a large effect on color. If a profile is used for the incorrect setting color results will be severely compromised.

Once you have made your Paper Type/Quality setting you can save all the settings you have made as a set. Now you can select the setup whenever you wish to print without having to redo your settings

Always remember that ImageNest can print to any printer you have. We are a Epson RIP, Canon RIP, and an HP RIP

Setting up Canon IPF 5100, 6100, 8100, 9100 drivers on Leopard with ImageNest

admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:05:42 +0000

To set up your Canon Leopard driver correctly first make sure you have €œPrinter Manages Color€ set as the default in your ImageNest preferences. The first settings to configure when in the print dialog is the €œMain€ setting. Once configured remember that all settings can be saved under €œPresets€.

In the €œMain€ section choose the media type that most closely matches the media that you are using. The €œColor Mode€ will be grayed out as you are controlling your ICC settings with ColorSync. All other settings are up to a users individual preference and effect quality but do not affect color.

Next, go back to the pulldown and this time select €œColor Matching€ and select €œColorSync€ as your color matching method. Once in this dialog there are two different methods for applying your color management. The first method will only work with the manufacturers installed profiles. The second method will work with any ICC profile.

Method 1: Pull down the €œProfile€ menu and choose the profile for your printer and media combination. WIth this method only profiles made by Canon will show up and be available. If you are using a custom made profile use method 2 which will allow you to apply any custom output profile.

Method 2: Pull down the €œProfile€ menu and choose €œother profiles€. When €œother profiles€ is selected the €œSelect ColorSync Profiles€ dialog will pop up and allow you to load any profile that is in the ColorSync folder. If your profile is not in the ColorSync folder it will not be visible.

Remember to save all these settings as a pre-set and you will not have to configure it again.

Epson Driver configuration on leopard

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:29:46 +0000

To set up your Epson Leopard driver correctly first make sure you have €œPrinter Manages Color€ set as the default in your ImageNest preferences. To get to the print dialog click the €œPrint€ icon or select print in the file menu. Once in the dialog select €œPrint Settings€ in the pull pull down. These settings will effect every batch print image

Click on the €œBasic€ tab at the top and then proceed to each choice that is appropriate to your workflow. In the Color settings make sure that you have €œOff (No Color Adjustment)€ as the color settings. This will ensure that your print is not color managed twice which can result in a very bad looking print.

The next dialog to configure is €œColor Matching€. Select €œColor Matching€ in the pull down.

Once in the €œColor Matching€ dialog there are two ways it can be configured that will product correct results depending on your workflow.

Method 1: This is best used if you have no custom ICC profiles and are using Epson Media designed for your machine. Select the €œColorSync€ button and leave the profile on €œAutomatic€ this will select the profile that is associated with the media type you selected in the €œPrint Settings€ dialog.

Method 2: This is best used if you have custom ICC profiles for your paper or if you are making custom profiles for your Epson media. Select the €œColorSync€ button and then use the pull down to select €œOther Profiles€. This will take you to the ColorSync profile library. Make sure that the profile you wish to use is in the ColorSync library.

Choose the ICC profile for your printer/media and it will be loaded. If your profile does not appear in this list copy it into the ColorSync folder and re-load the list. Once you are finished select the €œPresets€ pull down and save your setting. Use this setting every time you wish to print with the configured media.

Epson Leopard Drivers

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:55:17 +0000

The Epson drivers have taken a huge leap forward and are now CUPS based (Common Unix Printing System) . The former technology called TIOGA was far more limited and did not have the ability to use true 16 bit or to easily use custom made profiles (Not impossible but not easy).

The new Leopard driver can now very easily use custom profiles and will work perfectly with ImageNest. In ImageNest set the Printer Profile preference to “Printer Manages Color” then set the drivers color matching preference to COLORSYNC and choose the correct output profile. If you are using Epson media the automatic mode will select the correct profile for your media based on the paper type you choose in the PRINT Settings dialog.

As a cocao based software rip, ImageNest can always take advantage of these new technologies

Here is a link to all of Epson’s Leopard drivers. It is pretty much all the printers they have made for the last couple of years.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportLeopard.jsp

HP Printer Support

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:26:19 +0000

Just like Epson and Canon printers we support any HP Printer that currently runs on OSX. Here is a listing of some of the popular photo and graphics arts printers made my HP that we support: We are committed to being the premier HP Rip on the market and will continue to make improvements until we are.

HP Professsional Photo Printers

HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Printer series

HP Photosmart 8700 Printer series

HP Photosmart Pro B8300 Printer series

HP Photosmart Pro B8800 Printer series

HP Large Format Photo/Graphics Printers

HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer series

HP Designjet Z2100 Photo Printer series

HP Designjet 130 Printer series

HP Designjet 90 Printer series

Epson Printer Support

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:24:40 +0000

A lot of people have asked what we mean when we say that we will drive any printer supported on Mac OSX. We basically mean that if your printer has a driver that runs on OSX we will support it with no problem and no additional driver. So we should add image nesting support just about every single printer that has been released within the last 4 or 5 years. Printers older than 5 years, unless they have been updated with OSX drivers may not be supported. We hope this isn€™t to much of a problem and don€™t anticipate it being one given that most printers have maximum service life of 3 or 4 years. Here is a list of all the Epson Stylus Photo Printers and Epson Stylus Pro printers that are currently supported by ImageNest: ImageNest is committed to becoming the number one Epson Stylus RIP on the market

Epson Stylus Pro Printers:

Stylus Pro 3800 Portrait Edition
Stylus Pro 3800 Professional Edition
Stylus Pro 4000
Stylus Pro 4000 Professional Edition
Stylus Pro 4800
Stylus Pro 4800 Portrait Edition
Stylus Pro 4800 Professional Edition
Stylus Pro 4880
Stylus Pro 4880 ColorBurst Edition
Stylus Pro 4880 Portrait Edition
Stylus Pro 7600 – Photographic Dye Ink
Stylus Pro 7600 – UltraChrome Ink
Stylus Pro 7800
Stylus Pro 7800 Professional Edition
Stylus Pro 7880
Stylus Pro 7880 ColorBurst Edition
Stylus Pro 9600 – Photographic Dye Ink
Stylus Pro 9600 – UltraChrome Ink
Stylus Pro 9800
Stylus Pro 9800 Professional Edition
Stylus Pro 9880
Stylus Pro 9880 ColorBurst Edition
Stylus Pro 11880
Stylus Pro 11880 ColorBurst Edition

Epson Stylus Photo Printers:

Stylus Photo 1200
Stylus Photo 1270
Stylus Photo 1280
Stylus Photo 1280 Silver
Stylus Photo 1400
Stylus Photo 2000P
Stylus Photo 2200
Stylus Photo 700
Stylus Photo 750
Stylus Photo 780
Stylus Photo 785EPX
Stylus Photo 820
Stylus Photo 825
Stylus Photo 870
Stylus Photo 875DC
Stylus Photo 875DCS
Stylus Photo 890
Stylus Photo 900
Stylus Photo 925
Stylus Photo 960
Stylus Photo EX
Stylus Photo R1800
Stylus Photo R1900
Stylus Photo R200
Stylus Photo R220
Stylus Photo R2400
Stylus Photo R260
Stylus Photo R280
Stylus Photo R300
Stylus Photo R300M
Stylus Photo R320
Stylus Photo R340
Stylus Photo R380
Stylus Photo R800
Stylus Photo RX500
Stylus Photo RX580
Stylus Photo RX595
Stylus Photo RX600
Stylus Photo RX620
Stylus Photo RX680
Stylus Photo RX700

Canon Printer Support

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:17:33 +0000

Just like the Epson printers we support any Canon Printer that currently runs on OSX. Currently we only support printing via the Canon Mac driver (the most common method) but we are working on support for Canon’s 16 bit export module that is available for selected Image PROGRAF printers. We hope to have it finished in a couple of months as it is an application specific (photoshop) which adds a considerable amount of time to the development process. We hope in the future Canon will create export modules that are not specific to a single companies software as we are committed to being a full featured Canon RIP.

ImagePROGRAF Graphic Arts Printers

ImagePROGRAF IPF9100

ImagePROGRAF IPF9000s

ImagePROGRAF IPF8100

ImagePROGRAF IPF6100

ImagePROGRAF IPF5100

ImagePROGRAF IPF8000

IMagPrograf Corporate and Cad Printers

ImagePROGRAF IPF7100

ImagePROGRAF IPF610

ImagePROGRAF 500

ImagePROGRAF 700

Canon PIXMA Pro Professional Inkjet Printers

PIXMA Pro9000

PIXMA Pro9500

Canon Photo Inkjet Printers:

PIXMA IP2600

PIXMA IP1800

PIXMA IP3500

PIXMA IP4500

PIXMA IP90V