Artisan - Epson Problem
Artisan - Epson Problem
- Subject: Artisan - Epson Problem
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:12:16 -0500
Please Help,
I cannot seem to get my Epson 1270 to calibrate with my Sony Artisan. I am using a Mac G5 with OSX (10.3.8). I use the Artisan software and “puck” to calibrate the monitor and Gretag Macbeth EyeOne to calibrate the printer. I am using Working Space Adobe RGB(1998), Preserve Embedded Profile, Black Point Compensation, Adobe (ACE), and Relative Colorimetric.
The monitor is calibrated to Photo D50, Gamma 2.2, 400:1. I have been confused in the past in regard to a 2.2 Gamma for Mac (I thought Macs native Gamma was 1.8) but was educated on this list that a 2.2 Gamma was appropriate when calibrating the Sony Artisan.
Another factor that might play a role is the printer driver. I am having to print an 11”X14” image and the Epson driver would not allow me to create a custom paper size. I took the advice from MacFixIt Forum and downloaded: EPSON Stylus Photo 1270, CUPS+Gimp-Print v4.2.5
This driver works very well with all my format needs and has many resolution choices BUT there is no way to TURN COLORSYNC OFF. ColorSync Conversion is set to STANDARD and the Quartz Filter is set to NONE. I printed the EyeOne Target with these same setting and hoped that as long as I printed with EXACTLY the same settings I would be OK – but not so. With this GIMP Driver I can’t seem to turn ALL printer color manipulation off so what do I do?
I don’t know if it is the GIMP Driver or an inaccurate setting in calibrating the Sony Artisan or what but I have double checked everything and I am using the right profile, etc. Would it make a difference if I printed the EyeOne Target through Photoshop CS instead of through the EyeOne Software? I don’t even know if this is possible….
Finally, just for information sake, the final print ends up much darker and richer than the screen version. I have used Proof Setup view in Photoshop and it doesn’t make much of a difference. If anything it makes the screen version lighter and even less like the print version when I turn Black Point Compensation off.
Please Help…and THANK YOU,
Cody Thomas
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