Getting nowhere in the profiling world

[craigwojo]

I’m changing strategies because I’ve had no success creating ICC profiles. My setup is an Epson S80600 printer with nine colors plus a cleaner cartridge. I’m using Onyx Go Plus (version 25 subscription), and my only goal is to create reliable media profiles. That’s it. Unfortunately, I’ve been stuck on every attempt and going nowhere.


Budget matters. I can spend up to $1,500 total. I already bought an Epson SD-10 spectrophotometer (and still own it), but I’m running into issues using it with Onyx, even after contacting support on both ends. I did purchase an X-Rite I1 Pro 2 set-up and the lamp (which I believe was not working correctly), and returned them. Also, X-Rite will not be supporting it anymore.

Given my printer and software, what spectrophotometer and profiling solution do you recommend so I can successfully make my own profiles? Any help would be appreciated!

 

[P Wagner]

i1 Pro3 / Plus spectrophotometer and i1Profiler

 

[Goatshaver]

i1 Pro3 / Plus spectrophotometer and i1Profiler

Don't mean to hijack this but I'm kind of in the same boat. I wanted to create my own profiles as well but really don't want to drop $3800 on a new i1 Pro bundle. Is it possible to use a working Pro 2 even if they aren't supporting it?
Feel like X-Rite has a headlock on this business as there are zero other options for making color profiles that I'm aware of.

 

[ProColorGraphics]

I too have the i1Pro3, also have the i1io table. They work great. If you have the budget, the i1io table is so worth it!! But definietly not cheap!

There are a couple other brands, like Barbieri, but Xrite seems to be the main one.