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Michael Graubart
Inspiring
December 18, 2019
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Printer profiles for Epson XP-8600

  • December 18, 2019
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I have Photoshop CS6 on a Mac with Mojave (10.14.6).

 

I used to use an Epson XP-760 printer, and its printer profiles for different papers all show up in the profiles list when printing photos in Photoshop CS6. I have now installed an Epson XP-8600 printer and its up-to-date driver, and no profiles for this printer are shown at all.

 

I have searched the Epson website and the Net and cannot find profiles for the XP-8600 anywhere. I know there are similar posts concerning other printers in this Forum, but none that I can find specifically about the XP-8600 printer. As it is a well-reviewed and presumably popular printer, I am puzzled by this difficulty in finding profiles for it. Any help will be much apprciated!

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Correct answer Michael Graubart

I don't think you can use a different printers profiles but you could make a test. Don't be surprised if the results are poor. I suspect Epson just doesn't supply them for you printer. 


Thank you again. The problem has been solved. When I installed the driver for the XP-8600, I had failed first to remove the old printer. After a helpful online chat with an Epson adviser, I deleted all printers and then re-installed just the XP-8600 one — and lo and behold: all the profiles for the XP-8600 appeared!

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Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 18, 2019

An odd thing - the driver only shows up on the Epson EU site. 

Apparently the XP-8600 is only available outside of the US and the 8500 is the model sold in the States.

 

Here are the links to the support and drivers for the XP-8600 and Mojave.

https://www.epson.eu/support?productID=27797&language=en&os=35#drivers_and_manuals 

https://download.epson-europe.com/pub/download/6340/epson634066eu.dmg 

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    Michael GraubartAuthor
    Inspiring
    December 19, 2019

    I tried re-installing the driver; and I also tried using the ColorSync Utility, as suggested by TheDigitalDog, to search for profiles, the only XP-8600 one it found being for scanning, not printing. So would you suggest that I use the XP-760 profiles? I have to use something in order to allow me to select different papers — glossy, matt, semi-gloss, etc. Or should I try installing the XP-8500 printer?

    TheDigitalDog
    TheDigitalDog
    Inspiring
    December 19, 2019

    I don't think you can use a different printers profiles but you could make a test. Don't be surprised if the results are poor. I suspect Epson just doesn't supply them for you printer. 

    Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
    TheDigitalDog
    TheDigitalDog
    Inspiring
    December 18, 2019

    Most Epson printers will install ICC profiles with the driver. They are stored deep inside a Package where the print drivers are installed. Try using the ColorSync utility which can search the entire Mac for profiles. IF you don't see any, it is possible Epson didn't provide ICC profiles for that specific printer. 

     

    Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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    Michael GraubartAuthor
    Inspiring
    December 19, 2019

    That's interesting. Thank you for the suggestion to use the Coolorsync Utility. It found a profile for the XP-8600 scanner function, but none for  printing.

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