Epson p7500 [7570] first prints, profiling and choices for print quality

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Some of the very first prints Keith makes when testing a new printer are for creating custom printer profiles.
Loading roll paper, printer quality adjustments and producing profiling targets all help ensure the best looking initial test print.
The (free) test image and more detailed explanation for its use are at:
www.northlight-images.co.uk/p...
Questions are welcome - this is one of a series of videos looking at aspects of using the Epson P7500 24" width 12 colour large format printer.
The steps here cover what Keith does in looking at any new printer for review, from cheap basic desktop printers upwards.
00:00 start
01:00 Nozzle checks and regular printer use
02:00 Head alignment for quality
02:54 Loading roll paper and when to use roll paper
08:35 Printing a profiling target
10:36 Unloading paper
11:26 Making a profiles and the print quality settings
13:30 Since when did gamut volumes matter much?
16:00 Making a test print with the new profile.

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@BrianKilgoreCanada 2 жыл бұрын

I've two reasons for watching you on KZfaq. First is education, advice and information, which I expect will lead to the purchase of a Canon 300. To my budget, that's affordable and a size that is big enough to be impactful and small enough to fit on my walls. The second reason, made valid by the new big printer, is just to watch for fun and amusement. Thanks for working so hard on behalf of your viewers. --BAK--

@KeithCooper 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - that's appreciated!

@eygloaradottir4044 2 жыл бұрын

very good videos, think I´ve watched most of your videos, and learned a lot from them.

@KeithCooper 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - I only started doing them (actually at the behest of someone from Canon) just under 2 yrs ago ... I'd avoided video for a long time ;-) My written articles go back almost 20 years - they tend to have more detail than the videos

@StevenFinlayGB 2 жыл бұрын

Really looking forward to these videos. I have always been fascinated by these large printers but I simply don't have the room for one. Hopefully you are going to show us how to print really big prints.

@KeithCooper 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - I've ones on B&W and custom media types coming up. Once I've created lots more custom profiles, I've quite a few larger prints to try. Fortunately I have lots of rolls of 24" media from all my previous reviews (from before I started doing the videos to support my articles/reviews)

@Tiesiog9Kipras 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video sir!

@KeithCooper 4 ай бұрын

Thanks - If you've not seen it, all my P7500 stuff is linked via www.northlight-images.co.uk/epson-surecolor-p7500-printer-review/

@Tiesiog9Kipras 4 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper Thank you Keith! Im looking at the videos and canvas'es to buy at the moment. MY P7500 is on the way and I'm about to start my first business. I'm 23!

@KeithCooper 4 ай бұрын

Just spend enough time understanding your market ;-) Good Luck...

@KeithCooper 4 ай бұрын

Another thought - why not the P6500/8500? Much better suited for some sorts of production use - the P75/9500 would be a choice of mine, but that's on high end paper, not canvas

@Tiesiog9Kipras 4 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper Can not really answer that right now… Just one thing let to another, (during a 3 month period) and p7500 looked like a clear winner to me. Im planning to do wall prints on canvases, paper posters, art of photographers and work drawings for everyone in the industry that needs them printed (like archaeologists or architects, etc.)

@PaulinOsakanow 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work - but you need a compressor for your audio feed as on this video it is rather distorted. Or a limiter to stop the over loading. Your mic location looks fine but definitely look into a compressor/limiter.

@KeithCooper 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, sorry about that - a fault on this one I couldn't tweak enough in post. It seems that a flat battery somewhere reset some settings - didn't spot it until I edited the clips and all my videos are unscripted and usually just the one take. I'll recheck the complete sound setup for the next one...

@RAS-pz3st 2 жыл бұрын

Just a side note: U said it has a green ink. My printer Epson 8550 doesn’t and the printers I’ve had don’t. Would you say that the Green ink is necessary? Thanks for the video!!!

@KeithCooper 2 жыл бұрын

Yes - for the market this is aimed at (fine art and proofing) For the market the 8550 is aimed at (it's mostly dye inks) no Two very, very different target audiences (and budgets) The presence of the green, orange and violet inks make for a distinct improvement in the gamut - not always that noticeable in many images, but they also improve the overall smoothness of the whole range of colours within the gamut boundary.

@stephen-wahl Жыл бұрын

Always great videos. I’ve seen that oem ink is available quite cheap on eBay (under $100) for expired OEM ink. Would this be problematic to use?

@KeithCooper Жыл бұрын

Probably not, if you use enough. The ink system is sealed so the carts last a long while

@stephen-wahl Жыл бұрын

@@KeithCooper Thanks for the reply and that's great to know. It's almost cost effective to get one of the older larger format printers like the 7900. Seems these are also being used extensively for DTF printing and perhaps that also causes there to be a glut of unwanted pigment ink cartridges.

@kuau714 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Keith, after using the new Epson 7500 would you recommend it over the Canon ProGraph 2100 ?

@KeithCooper 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fortunately, in this case, my policy of never giving brand recommendations comes to my aid ;-) The PRO-2100 is pretty similar to the PRO-2000 I reviewed, in most aspects. At the time I thought the P7000 (also reviewed in depth) was broadly on a par with the 2000. Although I've only looked at the P7500 for relatively few papers so far, I'm minded to think the P7500 is a noticeable advance in some areas of print quality and usability over the P7000 (which I'd happily use BTW). Obviously I've not tested the 7500 for very long, but I've made some very nice prints...

@kuau714 2 жыл бұрын

@@KeithCooper tally understand. I currently have a Epson P5000 which has served me well. My HPZ3200ps 24” finally died after almost 23 years pf use so I am in the market for a new “24” printer.

@KeithCooper 2 жыл бұрын

I do have a P5000 here, so I may do a few direct comparisons (since it's the same as the P7000) - the bigger print head of the P7500 makes for a few differences (so possibly not fitting in a potential 'P5500') Sheet feeding on the P7500 is very effective...

@caravanchris 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if you could help. Whatever settings I use a large A1 print is always over to one side on a 24 inch roll, so I have a large border one side and a small one the other! I'm obviously doing something wrong but I can't figure out what. I'm using Qimage

@KeithCooper 3 ай бұрын

Print from Epson print layout to test - otherwise I'll have to blame Qimage, since I've never used it :-) ;-)

@caravanchris 3 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper Thanks for getting back Keith - I have managed to do it in the Epson print properties rather than Qimage.

@thecotswoldphotographer Жыл бұрын

Hi Keith, Many years ago I was a regular reader of your website and in particular your printing reviews. Back in 2011-12 ish I bought an Epson 7900. Had no issues with it whatsoever and sold many prints from that model. Fast forward a decade and I’m now setting up a studio and want to do my own printing again. It’s between the 7570 and 9570 or the Canon equivalents. Have you experienced any head strike issues on thicker papers with this printer or the 44inch version? Thanks David

@KeithCooper Жыл бұрын

I only had the P7500 here for a while to test but did find that paper settings need care, and were a good reason to make custom media settings. I had no significant issues, but have tested a P9500 at a client's [teaching colour management stuff] and at a recent event, where I did see head marks on a particularly stiff paper - until the vacuum setting was upped. Still a printer I'd get if I had the space/money/work ;-) The PRO-2100/4100 are effectively identical to the PRO-2000 I did a lot of testing with when it came out [8 years ago - so no videos] A good printer but awaiting a significant update [as with the PRO-1000 which uses the same printhead]

@thecotswoldphotographer Жыл бұрын

@@KeithCooper thanks for the quick and detailed reply. It’s much appreciated. Now I just have to source them and pay a premium thanks to import taxes where I am. I’ll likely go with the 9500 but I’m going to need some help moving it, I distinctly remember putting my back out getting the 7900 up some stairs before.

@KeithCooper Жыл бұрын

Two of us had difficulties with the 7500, so the 9500 needs at least 3 I'd say...

@thecotswoldphotographer Жыл бұрын

@@KeithCooper luckily getting a bit of help won’t be a problem for me here.

@thecotswoldphotographer Жыл бұрын

@@KeithCooper one thing I forgot to ask you. Is the data colour suite of calibration tools worth it for the Print calibration? I found previous generations weren’t great in terms of the print profiles they could create. I ended up outsourcing and getting custom paper profiles made.

@travellingaroundtheworld6520 7 ай бұрын

Epson p7500 vs Canon imageprograf pro-2100.. which u think the better ?

@KeithCooper 7 ай бұрын

No simple answer... depends on why you want a 24" printer and why you choose just these two models... I could produce great prints with either, which most people couldn't tell apart Personally I prefer the straight through print path of the P7500 Both are usually limited by the skill of the person using them far more than the functionality of the printer.