Epson SureColor P6000/P8000 Help Page

February 18, 2021

This document covers the following printers:

Epson SureColor P6000
Epson SureColor P8000

Print Mode:

Pressing the Properties button next to the Printer Model window on the Imaging Configurations screen will launch a control panel for this printer.

This page of the properties sheet allows you to select a print mode, the dot size, the print direction, passes, and time between passes.

Print Mode: Select printing resolution.
Color Mode: Select the ink mode desired for printing.
Inkset: When Custom Inkset is selected in Color Mode, the following controls are available:

Create Inkset: Create a new custom inkset.
Edit Inkset: Edit an existing custom inkset.
Delete Inkset: Delete an existing custom inkset.

Dot Type: Select from Fixed or Variable dot types.
Dot Size: Select from the available dot sizes.
Weaving Mode: Select the weaving mode used during printing.
Print Direction: Print in one direction for the best quality (Unidirectional) or in both directions for higher speed (Bidirectional).
Auto Cut: Select whether to cut the image or print a line in order to cut by hand later on.
Drying Time:
- For each pass: Time Between Passes allows you to set a drying time between each pass. This is especially useful when printing on film.
- After print: Set a drying time after the print has completed. Cutting will commence after the set drying time.
Print Confidence Strip - Left: Select if you would like to print a confidence strip on the left side of the print.
Print Confidence Strip - Right: Select if you would like to print a confidence strip on the right side of the print.

Media:

When you click on Media, the following properties page will be displayed:

The Media page controls media type, media size, the feed source and allows you to select options to fine tune the type of media installed.

Media Type: Choose from a list of approved Epson media. If your media is not in the list, choose the closest match.
Media Size: Choose from a list of media sizes. If nothing matches, choose "User Defined Size" and set the size in the "User Defined Paper Size" box.
Black Ink Type:
- Photo Black Supports the most general use and is best for glossy papers or film.
- Matte Black Not recommended for glossy/semi-glossy media.
Paper Source: Select the feed source for the media.
Use Default Media Settings: Uncheck to have full control over media settings.
- Platen Gap: Set distance between print head and platen.
- Paper Thickness: Select thickness of media.
- Paper Feed Calibration: Set from -1.0 to 1.53%.
- Roll Paper Tension: Sets the tension for roll feed media.
- Vacuum Intensity: Sets the suction intensity of the vacuum from 0 to 1.5.

Advanced:

When you click on Advanced, the following Properties page will be displayed:

The Advanced page controls color separation options and borderless printing.

Color Separations: The Color Separations controls become active when a Monochrome Mode is selected.

The Make Separations on RIP option will create CMYK separations when the file is ripped.
If the Make Negative option is selected then all color separations will be printed inversed, making a film negative instead of a film positive.
K, C, M, Y, Lc, Lm, Lk, Llk: This allows you to print monochrome images to any of the heads in the printer. This is especially useful to eliminate overuse of a single printhead when printing only monochrome.

Borderless Printing: This option allows you to output prints without any margins or borders. This is done by overprinting and then cutting into the print for the top and bottom, and overprinting into pads inside the printer for the left and right sides.

Marginless printing is only valid for the following media widths:

10", 11.875", 13", 16", 17", 20.375", 23.5", 24", 28.75", 36", 44"
254mm, 300mm ,329mm, 406.4mm, 431.8mm, 515mm, 594mm, 610mm, 728mm, 914mm, 1118mm

Note: User should make the horizontal width of the image 3mm wider on both the right and left edges (6mm total) of the image to avoid white area caused by media skew. These areas are printed off the edge of the paper on the absorbing pad on the platen. No automatic scaling or magnification is done by either SoftRIP or the printer. You should have the paper width set to 6mm (.235") greater than the width of the paper. This may require first selecting the borderless printing option in the properties and secondly setting the paper width (or selecting Set Maximum Width) in the setup screen.

Top and Bottom cut off setting: Select the type of cut desired.

1-Cut: Performs a quick cut with minimum waste between pages, but it may be slightly off of horizontal.
2-Cut: Cuts the image perfectly, but wastes space between pages.

Auto-Generation:

Auto-Generation: Available with an inkset that includes a White or an unmanaged ink channel.
- No Auto-Generation: The White, or the unmanaged channel, is not printed unless specified through a spot color replacement.
- Auto-Generate ink from traced areas: The White, or the unmanaged channel, will be applied only to the traced areas that were created using the Trace tab in the main SoftRIP interface.
- Auto-Generate the negative traced areas: The White, or unmanaged channel will be applied only to the negative of the traced areas that have been set using the Trace tab in the main SoftRIP interface.
- Auto-Generate the entire page: Prints the White, or the unmanaged channel, on the entire image.
- Auto-Generate where other inks are used: Prints the White, or the unmanaged channel, on all non-zero pixels(marked areas). In addition, a "choke" or "spread" may be applied to the area.
- Auto-Generate from transparency channel: Prints the White, or the unmanaged channel, as an inverse of the alpha transparency channel.
- Auto-Generate proportionate to other ink: Generates the unmanaged ink based on a negative of the total amount of all managed inks. For example, if CMYK channels are each equal 100% ink (for a total of 400% ink), the unmanaged channel with be 0%. If CM are 100% and YK are 0% (for a total of 200% ink) the unmanaged channel will be 50%, and if CMYK inks equal 0%, the unmanaged channel will equal 100%. You can adjust the transforms for the unmanaged ink by using the Calibration and Press curves in the Color Transforms window.
  
  Note: A choke shrinks the White, or unmanaged channel, in relation to the printed area.
  Note: A spread expands the White, or unmanaged channel, in relation to the printed area.
- Ink Density: Set percentage of ink to be used for the White, or the unmanaged channel, and can be set from 10% to 100%.