Re: Deception WiziWyg and Epson
Re: Deception WiziWyg and Epson
- Subject: Re: Deception WiziWyg and Epson
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 15:45:07 EST
In a message dated 11/17/00 10:20:53 AM, email@hidden writes:
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We use that printer for proofs to our clients and for our graphic design
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department. I only use PS. I don't need to RIP anything. I work in RGB
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16
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bits all the time but I down size to CMYK 8 bits at the end. Then I print
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my
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proof either in RGB or CMYK mode (need to do more testing on that). In
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the
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Epson driver, I always give Epson control over PS (Check Printer Color...)
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I just made the profile of my printer using WiziWyg software. It's a nice
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under 100$ CAN product. But it doesn't do quite the job.
Yes, that's pretty much the consenus, it's cheap, it works, but it doesn't
work well enough for many uses...
I tried every
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way
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to make a profile that comes close to my ColorMatch print (did it using
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ICC
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profile) and it failed. Problems: I have a good 10% color shift
A green cast is the most common compalint...
and it
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doesn't respect C100 M100 Y100 (it give me K100).
Thats true of all Epson prints through the RGB driver: it converts all K
grays to CMY and all CMY blacks to K... Thats one of the reasons for that RIP
that you claim you don't need... though you'll need something better than
WiziWYG to profile it.
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I have tried every imaginable ways of coming close to my ColorMatch and
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the
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best result that I have right now is to adjust manually the color in my
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Epson driver.
Kind of defeats the purpose of profiling doesn't it...
It respect C100 M100 Y100
Nope, you must have reduced black to a level where CMY takes over...
and I have a minor color shift.
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It
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took me 20 prints to do it but it does the job for now. But still I want
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to
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use ICC profile (going crazy???) because I believe in it. Please help...
Spend the money for ProfilerRGB, and you will get better profiles, plus the
ability to apply adjustments as part fo the profile, instead of in the driver
settings. Or get a RIP for black controls, and use ProfilerCMYK with its
black generation and ink limit settings. You can check them both out at
www.colorcal.com
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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