Color managed printing from anything but Photoshop
Color managed printing from anything but Photoshop
- Subject: Color managed printing from anything but Photoshop
- From: Bob Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:50:05 -0600
Why is this so difficult??
I've been following this list for years and consider myself to be a
reasonably color management savvy person. I've got loads of custom
profiles for various Epson printers that work like a charm when I print
out of Photoshop where I can set choose the appropriate profile in
Photoshop's print dialog and then set the printer driver dialolg as it
was when the profile was made (usually no color adjustment). But try
to duplicate this in ANY other application running under Panther and
all bets are off. While I really like Photoshop, it sure would be nice
to be able to use another program some time.
I followed the thread a few weeks ago about printing from iPhoto and
have tried to build filters using the ColorSync utiltiy and apply them
in the print dialog. I'm getting nothing anywhere remotely close to
expected results.
Specifically I'm trying to print from iView Media Pro but I don't think
the problems I'm having are application specific. All I really want to
do is send a large batch of prints to the printer at once.... something
iView Media or iPhoto or any number of apps can do far more efficiently
than Photoshop. I'm printing to an Epson 9600 using the standard
driver running under 10.3.2. So far the only way I can get predictable
results is to batch convert every file in Photoshop to the custom
printer profile and save a copy of the file. I can then load that
batch of files with IView Media Pro and output them to the printer with
predictable results. However if I save the files in any sort of
standard working space I can't figure out how to convert to my custom
printer profile on the way to the printer. It seems like a Quartz
filter ought to do the trick but it isn't working. Any hints? Changing
the profile under the devices tab to a custom profile doesn't seem to
work either. If anyone has figured out a way to do this reliably I'd
love to hear it.
Severe frustration setting in....
Bob Smith
Accurate Image
Waco, TX
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