Administrators Jeff Mottle Posted January 8, 2009 Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hi all, As some of you may have seen I'm writing a chapter in Brian's new book on color management. I wanted to know what type of printer most people are using so I can ensure I gear my coverage properly. Please post the following: Printer Type (Inkjet/Dye-Sub/Laser/Digital offset press etc.): Printer Model: Do you use a RIP: If yes, which one: Thanks for your help. I'm also going to work on a full color management video series this year too, so stay tuned for that later in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 1: Inkjet Epson R800 No RIP, just ICM's for 3rd party paper 2: Inkjet Epson R800 with black&white ink set Yes QuadTone RIP for OSX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Fuji Pictroproof. It uses 2 rolls, a receiver (photo paper) and a donor (inked paper); the image transfer uses a water medium and it's fused with heat. It;s the best I've ever seen, but 8 yrs old and falliung apart with no spares available, so we got a Canon 42" (forget model), which costs 1/10th to buy and paper is also ~1/10th, plus we can do posters up to 42" x 100' -Fuji is limited to 12"x18". The Canon quality isn't quite as good -maybe 90%, but it's so much cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmccoy Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 At Home: Epson R1800 inkjet printer. Epson Paper and Ink At Work: Epson R1900 inkjet printer. Epson Paper and Ink. HP Designjet 4500 Printer. HP Ink and 3rd Party Paper. HP Color Laser Printer. HP Ink and 3rd Party Paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Printer Type: Inkjet Printer Model: Epson Stylus Photo 2200 Do you use a RIP: what's a RIP? If yes, which one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Printer Type: Inkjet Printer Model: Epson Stylus Photo 2200 Do you use a RIP: what's a RIP? If yes, which one: From my past knowledge it is software that helps in printing large files that a few of years back with older systems and printers would not print at all or print very slowly, it has a queue control for groups using the same printer to manage all the printing. Some say it gives better quality than printing directly from photoshop with enlargments and color correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 at home - dont use one in work - dont use one interesting post. it's extremely rare i'm asked to deliver a job to a client in final printed format. if ever in fact. they either want the digital image or we correspond with the printing house directly and they print it. if the clients want colour prints it's usually for rough pre-lim purposes, which we use the el-cheapo office colour printer. sorry to hi-jak the thread Jeff, i was just curious as to how peeps here mainly deliver their projects? (as i say, for me printings is yesteryear). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Printer Type :Inkjet Printer Model:Canon I9900 A3+ size Do you use a RIP: no If yes, which one: I offered free prints for a while, this canon makes amazing prints, but the clients kept changing and I ended up spending a lot of money on ink, so I scrapped the whole thought, now I tell clients I don't have a printer. in Lebanon people would nag you to death to get anything for free. Another note about this printer, I brought it with me on the airplane when I moved form the US in 2005, the US customs opened it delicatly and packed it better than it was and left a note about that, the Lebanese customs however broke my computer and all my picture frames. You can't get your own junk here without bribing someone. Edited January 9, 2009 by ihabkal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil poppleton Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Epson Stylus 1400, but only on rare occasions. As Strat just digital files required by clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_mccreadie Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Printer Type : Inkjet Printer Model: HP Designjet 90r (HP Ink - HP and 3rd Party paper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Twyman Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Printer Type Inkjet (HP vivera inks, hp paper and 3rd party papers) Printer Model: HP Photosmart Pro B8350 Do you use a RIP: No Very rarely used for delivering final images (normally if client needs a copy quickly for a planning appeal meeting or something), mainly for portfolio or for initial images to show at meetings. Look forward to finding out more about this subject it is something I keep meaning to look into especially the monitor calibration side of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Presentation Prints for Clients (up to 11x17) Printer Type (Inkjet/Dye-Sub/Laser/Digital offset press etc.): Laser Printer Model: Canon Imagerunner c5185 Do you use a RIP: Yes If yes, which one: Canon's internal Fiery Color management using Fiery's internal software in conjunction with a gretag Macbeth eye-one, color profiles managed globally by Fiery In House drafts / prints for markup Printer Type (Inkjet/Dye-Sub/Laser/Digital offset press etc.): Laser Printer Model: HP Color Laserjet 5550dn Do you use a RIP: No Color management using Gretag Macbeth eye-one match to create custom .ICI profiles managed locally at user's workstations. Large format printing Typically sent out of house, coordinated with printhouse Edited January 9, 2009 by BrianKitts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Woodhouse Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Printer Type: InkJet Printer Epson Stylus Photo1400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecton3d Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Printer Type: Inkjet Printer Model: HP Deskjet 9670 Do you use a RIP: No ...slow but very versatile. prints great photo quality on anything you can feed into it. ....looking for an old(er) laser with 11x17 b/w for linework, cd's, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db3d Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Inkjet-Canon 9900i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARKC Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Epson stylus pro 3800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikinman Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 We use an Epson 2200, but as many have commented, we don't use it any more for final prints. I can't remember the last time we've been asked to deliver a single final print for a project. For most printing either we or our client work directly with a larger service bureau. Most of the printing we do is for internal, non client work, and actually I think we end up using it more for personal projects, like printing out pictures we took of our kids and the like, than for anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Presentation: Type: Inkjet Model: Epson Stylus pro 7800 No rip Draft: Type: Laser Model: Ricoh MPC 4500 Fiery controlled rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markf Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I use an inkjet - Epson stylus photo R1800. I have a monaco optix pro hardware calibration device. I like to provide prints ($10 for 8.5 x 11) so outside printing service have something to color match to. I have seen some pretty big color shifts. Unfortunately the hardware calibration is not very easy to use. There are issues with dual monitors, which I have, and other things. I am going to try and get a better implementation when time allows. All of my prints look ok for color but come out too dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 For large format prints... Printer Type (Inkjet/Dye-Sub/Laser/Digital offset press etc.): Inkjet Printer Model: HP Designjet Z6100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Erstad Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Printer Type:Inkjet-7 color ultrachrome Printer Model: Epson 7600 Do you use a RIP: Free Epson RIP This device is used for fine art prints (occasional need), line art transfers to watercolor stock (most), line / tonal transfers to various stocks for hand work (our "Hybrid" products) internal proofs of renderings as needed Printer Type : toner Printer Model:Canon color laser 1150 Do you use a RIP: fiery this device is used for interim proofs, document printing, photo printing (reference) & enlargement/reductions supportive of hand illustration production. Edited January 9, 2009 by scotty spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Printer Type: Inkjet Printer Model: Epson Stylus Photo 1400 Do you use a RIP: No I also dont think its important whether you print for clients or not. This is an importnat chapter fr 2 reasons. Firstly, its good to be able to print your own work for display/portfolio purposes. Also, I think the knowledge behind color is helpful if your career changes path and you go into any other graphic industry. Lets face it, there will be a few people changing jobs this year! Edited January 9, 2009 by Tommy L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Printer Type: Inkjet Printer Model: Epson Stylus Photo 1400 Do you use a RIP: No I also dont think its important whether you print for clients or not. This is an importnat chapter fr 2 reasons. Firstly, its good to be able to print your own work for display/portfolio purposes. Also, I think the knowledge behind color is helpful if your career changes path and you go into any other graphic industry. Lets face it, there will be a few people changing jobs this year! Since most of us are architects, I think I will learn revit and get employed by a large architectural firm, rather than working as a printer operator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Well, that may be so, but alot of people on these boards are 3d specialists rather than architects that dabble in 3d. I wouldnt look down your nose at 3d 'purists' who (like myself) are looking toward the print graphics for marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Well, that may be so, but alot of people on these boards are 3d specialists rather than architects that dabble in 3d. I wouldnt look down your nose at 3d 'purists' who (like myself) are looking toward the print graphics for marketing. I was just kidding, I applied for a ton of printing and packaging and graphic design jobs in Canada but it seems it is not worth it for them to get me a work permit. Edited January 9, 2009 by ihabkal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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