Need Help Epson S80610 MEtallic silver help

We have same machine but in regular color configuration. My only guess is to try full illustrator workflow to test - create new vector file in illustrator, create and properly name a spot color, save as a PDF and try that if it changes anything

 

follow the epson guide to the letter, and it should work fine. At least, it did for me. Granted, I'm using onyx postershop, so I don't know what differences there are between the two packages.

http://download.epson-europe.com/pub/download/6029/epson602962eu.pdf

 

You HAVE TO name the name the spot color correctly as "Spot1" in your vector file for the RIP/printer to know to use the spot ink.
In your rip you have to use a media profile that includes the spot color.
I think the silver ink sucks, we had it in our last 2 printers but on our most recent one we just went with dual CMYK.

 

not necessarily, you can name it whatever you want as long as you also change the setting in the RIP. I've got my white set as epsonWHITE in illustrator, and I just told onyx that Spot1 corresponded to epsonWHITE.

 

I use Postershop.

 

Since you can't run both white and silver at the same time, I would assume that Spot1 should suffice for either.
It should just pull ink from the 10th channel whether it be white or silver (whatever is installed at the time).

 

How about your profile? You need to have the right media It should have "MS" in the name, for metallic silver.