cjc2 wrote:
After doing some on-line research, it looks like the XP-420 has been replace by the XP-430 and that neither are really designed for mid to high end photo printing, based on the set of inks used. These printers are designed for daily business usage. Yours may be multi-function, as is the XP-430. The ICC profiles are not made for printers, they are made for paper-printer combinations, and I could find none on the Red River paper site for your printer. If you wish to do photo printing, you may have to purchase a more appropriate printer. I can print photos on my HP somethingorother printer using a generic driver, but the photos are very low quality. For photos, I use an Epson R3000 (replaced by the P600), but you may be able to get a Canon printer fro next to nothing with the rebates they offer from time to time. Best of luck. PM me if you want to purchase my R3000 as I'm wanting to upgrade.
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The quality of the printed images from the XP-420 (using the standard "Epson Glossy Photo" paper) is very good -- it makes beautiful prints that look very similar to the screen image, when printed using an iPad or from Windows Photos app using default settings and the driver installed with the Epson printer installation.
The problem is printing from Photoshop. Photoshop has too many options and requires more detailed settings to get a good looking image. But what are the correct settings? How do you figure out what settings to use (without an available ICC file for the XP-420 with Epson Glossy Photo paper) (or any other paper apparently...)
One solution that works is to save the image as a JPG in Photoshop and print using random photo viewer apps included with Windows or Mac. Kind of a dumb solution though.