#574 Epson L1800 misclassified, not printing properly
Epson L1800 is supposed to be supported in Guetnprint, but it is either not printing, or colors are completely off.
https://www.epson.eu/products/printers/inkjet-printers/for-home/ecotank-l1800
If i check printer definitions in escp2.xml, i find
<printer name="Epson L1800" parameters="cx3500_params" driver="escp2-l1800" model="122" translate="name" manufacturer="Epson">
which means that it is supposed to be similar to L120
<printer name="Epson L120" parameters="cx3500_params" driver="escp2-l120" model="80" translate="name" manufacturer="Epson">
which is completely different printer with 4 color inks.
https://www.epson.eu/products/printers/inkjet-printers/for-home/ecotank-l120</printer></printer>
L1800 is A3 version of the previos A4 version Epson P50 or P60, T50 or T60 later upgraded to ink tank (bottl e refill) version L800, L805, L810 (same printer with more or less extra options - WIFI, LCD)
https://www.epson.eu/products/printers/inkjet-printers/for-home/ecotank-l800
So the entry for L1800 should be similar to that of P50
<printer name="Epson Stylus Photo P50" parameters="claria_params" driver="escp2-p50" model="97" translate="name" manufacturer="Epson">
with the adjustments for the A3+ print size.</printer>
In my case it has been working perfectly with Linux. Only a wide print was ever a problem.
In /usr/share/gutenprint/5.2/xml/escp2/model/model_122.xml the ink type is "claria", even though the printer comes with T673 ink.
Yes, the colors aren't great just using the default correction, but I guess that's to be expected. Without color calibration and profiling you can't expect any combination of paper and ink to work at the first try. That's why I got myself a Colormunky, the results absolutely improved.
The L1800 is actually a 1500W fitted with a CISS.
I also got the printout, but printouts were horrible, colors totally off...
Calibration can only find colors which the printer is already printing, if
the colors are not there, it can not create them.
So normal uncalibrated print must already be relatively linear and with
large gamut.
I have my own color calibration software, I measure colors with Spectrolino
table robot.
Usually I can reuse the profiles if we have A4 and A3 versions of the
printer.
Since L1800 is A3 version of L800/L805, I was expecting to use the
profiles I already have, but the prints were completely different.
But overall gamut and linearity is so bad that there is no sense in
calibrating it, since there are obviously some badly wrong settings in
L1800.
On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:29 AM Aricon Flamans napeson@users.sourceforge.net
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#574Hello, I have same problem. Did you find any workaround for it?
Thanks
Hello Fethi,
No, I could not get L1800 to work properly with Gutenprint. In the end, I had to install Epson printer drivers from here:
http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/searchModule
I would much prefer to use Gutenprint, but I can't.