Printing in Lightroom with Epson

[@jimdescher6964]

Richard, thanks for this video. I really like your presentation style and learned a lot!

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Thank you, hope it inspires you to do some printing!

[@kezonline]

A very comprehensive summary and well explained. Thank you!!

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Thanks @kezonline

[@bob210953]

Thanks Richard, clear and concise this is a great video, really well done.

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Thanks Bob!

[@cbnyjwl]

Awesome Richard. You have made life much easier in understanding the work arounds of my printer. Not a digital printer but nonetheless, thank you. I'll be following you and watching other videos you have done. Be well.

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Hi Joe, thanks glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnmcintyre6649]

Great video. I have a P800 and have had great results but after watching this I understand what was once just me hacking my way through. Thanks

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Yes, there are lots of little tricks with the P800 & newer P906 and this covers a few of them, glad it was helpful!

[@goranritterfeldt2608]

Thanks a LOT. Very pedagogical. Take care Göran from Latvia

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@freddraper3071]

Thank you Richard, you are very helpful.

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Glad it was helpful for you!

[@giandradecastro]

cristal clear Richard thank you so much

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

You are very welcome

[@rdlmm]

Awesome ! ..thanks from Adelaide.

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Welcome!

[@AndrewJohnson51]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Glad you enjoyed it Andrew

[@PREEZYDAKID]

Thanks for this video! Recently purchased the Epson XP-15000 and this helped me understand the controls in lightroom and bring a little more clarity to what each function does. Quick question, you mentioned the Epson p800 having a native ppi of 360? What exactly does that mean? Also, how does it relate to the DPI you use while selecting your printing settings?

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

PPI is pixels per inch, not to be confused with DPI which is droplets per an inch. The Epsom P 800 has a native PPI of 360 and then it prints at a DPI of 1440 or 2880. When you resize the file for printing this is when you select the PPI and when you print within the Print driver this is when you set the DPI.

[@film-manufaktur]

This was very helpfull. I must work wit an Epson SC9500 and some misunderstandings hve now been clear. Kind regards from Germany

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Gad it helped you :)

[@mariesvandefliert8533]

360 ppi for the p800. I cannot however find this for the et8550. What is this called in the manual?

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

The ET 8550 has a DPI of 1200 x 4800, so for this printer please set you PPI to 300

[@jamesss1953]

I’ve recently sold my EPSON P800 to a friend. Until that point, it’s served me well on my MacBook Pro. He uses a windows 11 laptop and is just starting with Adobe LRc etc. initially on usb / plugging in it looked good as it self set up! However, only yesterday he tried to print for the first time and then found out it is ‘stuck’ on A4 paper size ~ I had a look (4h later)!!! I was unable to resolve. I deleted all files etc for EPSON, went to EPSON online and downloaded drivers etc…. Still no joy ~ the printer unable to install. We then WiFi connected ~ fine, and it was now in his list of add ons on laptop; but still unable to change paper size???? Please can you help

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Hi James, It is hard to know what is going on here without seeing the problem/driver, if you wish you could send me a few screen shots to [e-mail] and I will let you know if I can see any easy fix a can give you via an quick email, if not it may require some time with online tuition to set the printer up right.

[@ginjeff]

Unfortunately, paper size selection is now broken in Lightroom on MacOS after Sonoma 14.4, limiting you to a small subset of "standard" size papers. It still works correctly in most other applications, like Photoshop, Photos, Office, Epson Print Layout, etc. Any printer.

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

It seems each time they do a macOS update. There’s a fallout with the Print driver, currently running on the latest version of OS 15 everything is fine. I expect when they bring our OS 16 the same will happen though! It sometimes pays to hold back for a couple of updates on a new OS.

[@mrz1342]

hi, i did all of these steps and then print them wirelessly with my Epson SC P800 on different high-quality papers. I exported high res. photos to my ipad and then i sent to my printer. BUT the result is bad! very dull colours and not calibrate colours to my eyes. What did i miss here? (1) Not downloading paper profile to my Lightroom? (2) Sending to print from my iPad Pro? (because first, i should export an image from lightroom mobile to ipad and then send to print from ipad through IOS). (3) not calibrating my display for print? (4) trusting Apple display (and i need to buy Benq special monitor)? or els? please advise.

[@RichardYoungPhotography]

Hi, It could quite easily be all 4 of the above! This video covers how to print in Lightroom but not anywhere near a colour manage workflow which is what you will need to fully understand to get all the colours right on your prints. I cover this full and in-depth in my online fine art print course at www.photoschool.nz/online-course-fine-art-printing/ which comes with over 5hr of videos and a book colour management - which is the most important part of printing to understand. Cheers, Richard