Re: printing color targets in InDesign CS3
Re: printing color targets in InDesign CS3
- Subject: Re: printing color targets in InDesign CS3
- From: eric <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:09:19 +0000
- Thread-topic: printing color targets in InDesign CS3
Doyle, thank you!
If Marco can help me solve why the "composite leave unchanged" is grayed out
in my driver in his workflow it will be interesting to see how similar the
resulting profiles are which are built in these very different ways.
Presumably they'll be the same?
Thanks again
Eric
> From: Doyle Yoder <email@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:43:20 -0500
> To: <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: printing color targets in InDesign CS3
>
> Ok there seems to be a lot of confusion here. Yes in an RGB print
> flow IDCS3 prints different than PDCS3. And there is also a
> difference when printing from IDCS3 between running on a PPC or Intel
> chip.
>
> Ok here is the procedure for printing a proper color target for
> profiling an RGB inkjet printer.
>
> In IDCS3 under color settings set it to "Emulate Adobe InDesign 2.0
> CMS Off"
>
> Create new document for placing Profilemaker or other target into.
>
> Set Transparency Blend Space to RGB.
>
> Place Profilemaker Target (RGB target). A larger patch target will
> generally be more accurate. I used to use the TC9.18 RGB i1.pdf
> target but lately I think I am getting better profiles using Bill
> Atkinson's targets.
>
> Go to print. You will not be able to set any Color-management setting
> in the ID's print dialog which is the way it should be.
>
> Output setting should be RGB Composite.
>
> Now open Printer driver dialog. The most important thing is to turn
> color management in the printer driver.
>
> Now set your paper setting and other parameters in the print driver.
>
> Save these settings. This also very important because when you print
> with IDCS3 doing the color management you need to use the exact same
> printer driver settings as when you printed the profile target.
>
> Ok the printer driver setting, and back in the ID print dialog hit
> print.
>
>
> Later when you are printing with ID (for photos) make sure the
> assigned profile for for the ID doc matches what are the assigned
> profiles for the photos.
>
> Doyle
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