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Epson SC P600--need help getting better clarity/crispness in art prints
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[QUOTE="Andygeol, post: 212291, member: 11676"] Lots of possible issues here Anthony you don't say whether you are enlarging or reducing the original artwork 1. Like a camera, best image in =best image out. Try highest res. possible when you scan and if there is a possibility of sharpening at that stage then do it. 2. Paper type - watercolour paper will never give the crispest image. Try a small test print on Epson Photo gloss (with appropriate Epson paper profile) - this will clue you in as to what is possible with the scanned image. 3. Printer settings. Use the same profile for printing throughout. When printing I do whatever I need in photoshop; Save: flatten image and duplicate. On that duplicate go to View>Proof Setup>custom> select appropriate paper profile. Compare the original with the duplicate and make whatever adjustments neccessary to make the duplicate match the original (often just some curve adjustment to lighten up the Image). 4. Image size and resolution: at this stage set Final image size and resolution: 300 dpi is actually more than you need. 180 DPI should be fine. Any more just puts more ink on the page which for water colour is not ideal. 5. Final Sharpening: less is better than more - make sure you view at 100% or greater. Smart sharpen should be fine. 6. Final printing If you are using watercolor paper try Watercolor paper settings in the printer setting. Other than that you do not need Max Quality, again 'Quality' setting should be enough. Epson will always say use Max. but then they make their money from the sale of ink not printers. (This advice comes from one of Epson's own printing tutors) Remember DPI is number of ink dots per inch while ppi is pixels. You can only change ppi by changing resolution, if you are enlarging the original scan, you are effectively adding pixels which may decrease the acuity of the resultant print. Hope this gives you a way forward just remember - Quality starts with the original scan while crispness is likely down to the paper Andy [/QUOTE]
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