Printing from lightroom 5

[dinorock]

i have purchased some paper from photospeed pf gloss a3+ and on there website it says they now have Generic icc profiles for this paper and my printer (epson w1500)

couple of questions 1/is a generic profile any good. 2/ does an icc profile set the print resolution/ppi or do i need to set it myself the blurb says that an icc profile will save me ink? so i assume it uses a set ppi? i was going to ring them today but been very busy at work.
any help would be great. they do a free icc profiling for you on all paper purchases which i used previously on my canon printer. just wondering if this would be the better option?

 

[Chappers]

The ICC profile will not set the printer dpi you will need to do this. Ideally you should use the printers generic dpi. Not sure what the 1500 is, but it will probably be a multiple of 360. I set my 2880 to 1400

A generic profile is one that is produced on a nominal machine. i.e. One they have bought off the shelf. In many cases these profiles are usually very good. But ideally a custom one will take into account any variations within the printer /ink/ paper chain.

An important point to remember is that the ICC profile needs to be used on a system that has had the monitor calibrated and profiled. Plus it also needs to be used in conjunction with soft proofing to get the optimal benefits.

Here's a link to soft proofing in Lightroom 4 where the option was first introduced. There is a slight improvement with LR5 which allows a before and after display

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/whats-new-in-lightroom-4/soft-proofing-images/

 

[dinorock]

Cheers chappers i'll have a look at the softproffing option not had a go at that yet would you have a go with the generic 1st or just jump straight to a proper profile and save any wasted paper i suppose I could cut some down and try with some smaller pieces first?