Hello Jose, I just wanted to tell you that I have just recently found your RU-vid channel and I am thrilled to watch your videos. You are without a doubt the best on here with regard to printing. I was thrilled to find you. Software, hardware and all the print related technology his right on your channel to be found. Thank you!!! I have learned so much from you already. Thank you so much for sharing your information her. It has become very valuable to me as I am only in my second year of greeting card creation.
Starting to explore printing from my 35mm negatives - choosing to forego darkroom printing for now, but will be printing exclusively 6x4 to get the experience of as many different types of paper affordably! Thank you for helping Baryta paper make the short list!
Jose, I am a relatively newcomer to your videos, but I love them !! They are very helpful. Maybe you have done this already, but I would love to see a video about "your story". Where did you get your knowledge from?? How is it you have a room with 15 printers?? How cool is that ??!? What do you do with all those printers?? I much appreciate the videos you put out and I wonder if your followers would like to hear what brought you to do this everyday.
Excellent point. You are definitely not a pretentious person so I would not want you to do something against you instinct. In the meantime.... keep up the good work. I just got up the courage to get back into printing after being away from it for years. By following your advice and instructions, I am having a blast and making some good prints !! ... Thank you.
Jose, thanks for the video, it was interesting. I have used a variety of baryta papers, and even though they are expensive, they are worth it in my opinion...for your best prints. For awhile I was using Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325, however, I have since switched to MOAB Juniper Baryta. I think MOAB Juniper has one of the best textures out of the papers that I have used. If I am not using MOAB Juniper, I usually use Canon Pro Luster, which is cheaper and creates amazing results too.
Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us fellow printers. Because of you I've started a 8x10 printed portfolio on Red River Ultra Pro Satin paper. In my observation, this paper needs minimal processing when soft proofing in LR. I like that! Have recently purchased the sample pack from Red River and so far I do like the Aurora Art White and Palo Duro Satin. Will continue to experiment with the rest of the pack. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Jose... I have a problem with the rendering of colors on my pro 100. blues are coming out purple. I think I have a clogged cart but not sure. What procedure should I follow to rectify the problem without burning through ink(if possible) Thanks!
So, an update... I ran a noozle check and it came out clean so I went to look at the soft proofing process in LR. It seems that the Red River Ultra Pro Satin doesn't handle that color very well. Never had the issue before but after changing the paper to Canon pro luster that blue to purple issue is gone. Noticed it in the rendering on my monitor and confirmed it with a print. Is this unusual or just part of the testing paper process? Hmmm.
Blues are EXTREMELY difficult for printer to reproduce accurately. It's not all about the ICC paper profile either. To have some more insight about how you can minimize the problem, watch my X-Rite Color Checker Passport videos. You will NEVER ever be able to achieve perfection but you will come much closer.
Thanks Jose, I did watch that video and remember you mentioning that issue with the blues. My monitor is calibrated and I had never had trouble with the rendering of colors before. I guess the result of the story is to pay attention to the soft proofing and paper simulating results before printing. I'm glad I started to use soft proofing but need to be more diligent at carefully looking at the results. Note to self. Thanks again!
Hey Jose. There are different papers. From the regular luster to rags from 196gsm to 306 high end papers. My question is what's the best way to display and show your high end expensive papers so that you can appreciate them. I am confused about using a very thick paper with texture - then to stick that on board and hide it behind glass seems to be a waste. I would probably do that with a 196 GSM luster. Any advise appreciated. Many thanks.
Quick question Jose, have you used Glacier Photo Paper from Canon in your Pro 1000 ? I'm not sure what the best paper is for pictures with very many details and colors (a detailed world map) For a Canon PRO 2000 what role of paper would you recommend ? Glacier, Glossy or Satin ? (if i need the small details to look the best and the colors to be the most vibrant.) Or does canon offer even more options ? (From the dealer this is the only offer i got, these 3 at 170g, 200g, 240g and 300g. I see the Canon pro luster is recommend by most but can you buy it in roll for the Pro 2000 ? Thank you again mate ! Your videos are super !!
I have no idea what GLACIER paper surface looks like. I better look that up. I can not state unequivocally which paper would work better for you map images.
@@cheo1949 In that case i will let you know what result i get, i will probably try both glossy and glacier. Thank so much for the reply, it's so great to be able to ask an expert like you on these matters.
@@cheo1949 One more quick question Jose, in your Pro 1000 which color do you use most ? should i buy an extra cartilage of the Croma optimizer ? is that the one that goes empty first ? (since al my prints will be max detail/slow prints)
Yes If you print on papers that use it. I nor anyone can not tell you which color will empty first, It;'s all about your images and what colors they use the most,.
thanks Jose, i downloaded also a matte paper icc profile and that's 229gsm. so i will try and buy the matte because i know it works with that. thanks again
Another excellent video. So, when u order a sample paper set from say Red River as an example, you should then use the same image to print on each paper sample type they send. Is that correct? Thank you Jose.
Yes. That image is your baseline. Use the ICC profiles provided by RR and don't forget to use the suggested paper types on the driver. Also remember that the paper choice on the driver has absolutely nothing to do with color reproduction. That is what the ICC or ICM profiles do.
I couldn't possibly begin to do that. There are sales all the time from various companies but one source I do like is RedRiver. www.redrivercatalog.com/ Good to great papers at a good price all the time. They will even have occasional sales. Another one is the legendary Freestyle out on Hollywood.
Lets say hypothetically I buy a red river sample pack. I’m using precision colors inks. Should I still use the red river icc profile or does precision colors have an icc profile for red river paper?
In an earlier video, you stated that there were companies that make custom ICC profiles for printer/paper combinations. Would you mind giving the names of those companies? I have finally settled in on a few papers for printing on my PRO-10 and would like to maximize the use of these combinations. Thank
If they are commonly sold papers brands, the manufacturer should have profiles that are about as good as one can have. However if you still need custom ones I would simply Google for a source for custom profile production. I've never had to need to have one made as I can just make my own so I do not have a source for you. They will cost as low as $25 up to $75. Not cheap!
Thanks for that. I have bought a Canon Pro-1. It is wonderful and much better than my Epson 2880. In an upcoming talk can you explain how to use non-standard paper sizes. I could do this with the Epson but cannot with the Canon. The process seems to be the same but the Canon just will not print...for me. Thanks so much. A mil is a one-thousandth of a metre.
Do mean how to create custom paper sizes in a canon driver? It's a bit different than on Epson. On Epson you can save the custom sizes but on the canon is a one time shot which needs to be done every time you want to print on a non standard size. You also can not print borderless on custom sizes. Also if you have the driver set to print borderless it will not provide you the option to create a custom size. In machining, my other hobby a Mil is a thou or 0.001" and 0.001 meter is an mm. But to each his own.
Ha, you are of course right. I live in a metric country and should have written millimetre. Re the paper size, I am trying to create a custom paper size in the print menu on an iMac, (following print set up in PS, LR or Print-Tool. it is the same on Epson and Canon. It works on the Epson. Cheers.
Hello Jose, I have figured it out. On a Mac you must go into Printer and Scanner prefs. Then open "options and supplies" in the Pro-1, then open 'utilities' ...open printer utilities, then drop down to 'custom settings" and uncheck 'detect paper width". You should be able to set up and print on any custom size paper you set up. Cheers.
PRECISION COLORS SAYS THAT HP PREMIUM GLOSSY [SWELLEABLE] PAPERS WILL GIVE THEIR CANON PRO 100 DYE INK A 50 YEAR LIFE! THAT LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF CANSON WATERCOLOR AQUARELLE IN THE BACKGROUND........
Yes. That us a bunch of Hanson Aquarelle in the background. Old style swellable paper make prints with ANY ink last many fold longer. It encapsulates the ink so it can't be affected by ozone.
