RE: Loading profiles into Fiery RIP
RE: Loading profiles into Fiery RIP
- Subject: RE: Loading profiles into Fiery RIP
- From: Glenn Kowalski <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:01:22 -0500
At 4:22 PM -0800 11/21/00, David Broudy wrote:
anyway, what I found is that the RIP only supports downloaded simulation
profiles, and these show up in your print driver options as "Simulation-x"
where x is 1-9. I uploaded two press profiles but haven't had time to test
this setup too much. ColorWise also lets you pull a profile off the RIP,
edit/ruin the curves, then write it back again which I guess would save some
time if you're trying to tune the profile but I would rather use a "real"
profile editor.
That doesn't sound good. So there aren't source and destination
profiles? Then why does Epson claim the RIP is "ICC and ColorSync
compatible?" What does that mean? Maybe that carries about as much
weight as when QuarkXpress says the colors are "Pantone calibrated?"
The 5000 is supposed to deliver great output on its own, simulating a
generic Dupont Waterproof or Matchprint, but what if it's used in a
situation where the proof must be matched to an in-house Dupont or
Matchprint? And of course the profiles don't address the specific
5000--only a generic one. And since Epson/EFI doesn't technically
support the use of ICC profiles, then it's probably difficult, as
some of you have found, to figure out how to profile and download the
profiles. Funny how a device can be ICC and Colorsync compatible but
loading ICC profiles is not supported. Does that make any sense?
Bruce Fraser had previously commented on the 5000 as being a
profilable printer. Bruce, can you comment on how you implemented the
profiles?
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Glenn Kowalski
Macintosh Systems Consultant
Studio 405
301-270-8445 x26
www.studio405.com