

- #Which paper to buy for epson 3880 printer how to#
- #Which paper to buy for epson 3880 printer manual#
- #Which paper to buy for epson 3880 printer software#
The profiles would have been installed with the printer driver. If u r using Epson papers then u r in luck, Epson uses sensible names for their profiles that r almost simillar to the media settings that r listed in the printer driver.
#Which paper to buy for epson 3880 printer software#
One question remains, though: what names in the profiles correspond to which of the paper names/types (or does the software for the printer requester do an translation? It m,ay also be the reason that the profile I downloaded and installed manually does not show up.

#Which paper to buy for epson 3880 printer how to#
That should have been obvious, and anot6her likely RTFM situation (why women program VCR's and tell us how to assemble 137 piece BBQ's). The rest of epson profiles for 3880 r very good and u should get good results with Epson papers. If u want to use canvas papers u need to have them profiled or just take a chance with one of the generic profiles that came with the printer and there is always the option of color controls.

#Which paper to buy for epson 3880 printer manual#
with rear manual feed u just position the paper and VERY GENTLY push it down till u feel the resistance and then stop the mechanism will then grab the paper and locates the paper in the feed mechanism, this is crucial for thick fine art papers but u can only feed one paper at a time. I suggest that you then save your configuration as named preset to facilitate future printing in the same circumstances.įurther to Jose's advice, personally I always use the rear manual feed rather than the normal one were u can stak the paper. Once you do that, the paper options will appear. So, for those papers to appear as valid options, the first thing that you need to do is to go to page setup and select say A4 size (Manuel - rear feed) or equivalent. How do I add further profiles? I have downloaded the Exhibition Fibre Paper from their website (chose this because I have no idea what the profiles for cold and hot papers that are also there might refer to), unzipped it and added it to the list, but it does not come up in the dialog box.įine art papers such as Velvet and others that appear as grayed in your dialogue box, must be fed through the manual rear feeder. Which of the three Matte papers listed in the Dialog box correspomds to which, and where is the profile for the third one listed? icc profiles, sometimes named quite differently from the options that appear in the dialogue boxġ) How do I activate the three ghosted profiles?Ģ) The profiles for the two canvas papers do not appear to be available at Epson's site, at least under that name, where do I get them?ģ) There are only two. Yet the printer profiles in MacHD/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/ICCProfiles/Pro3880.profiles/Contents/Resources contain the three Fine Art Papers in exactly the same list and way as the the three Photo Papers -including the (Ultra) Premium that I have been using-, and six further. Watercolor Paper Radiant whiteīut all of these ghosted and therefore unavailable However, the rubrics that appear as options in the printer dialogue box are only: PremierArt Water Resistant Canvas for Epson As a new owner and user of the 3880, and a neophyte digital printer, I have generally been quite happy with the results from their (Ultra) Premium Photo Paper - Lustre, but would also like to try the
