Marco,
Thank you again for the further tips!
I was away for a few days, but here comes the follow up.
I think I have now found where I missed the mark.
>Paul, is that the ColorVision software? Isn't it very old by now? Is it still being sold? Does it even run on Mac OSX?
Well, although not so old to my point de vue (still remember when I spent a family holiday budget on this bundle and a Spectrocam...), it stands now on the legacy page on the DataColor website. The program (V. 3.1 from 2004) seems to work though on Tiger and in CS2.
>The way to print the RGB test target in PS 7 is to open it and print it with
>its source profile (Adobe RGB) and set the second box to "Same as source".
>"Same As Source", or "No Color Management", means that the color numbers in the file are sent to the device without being converted and assigned any specific appearance (this is analogous to the "Preserve Color Numbers" function). So, as long as one uses "Same As Source"/"No Color Management", it doesn't matter what profile is assigned to the file, because the numbers don't change by *assigning* a profile. (They change only if the file is *converted*).
That's the first place I was confused. I thought that "Same as source" meant that if there was for instance an AdobeRGB embedded profile, the straight Adobe RGB values would be sent to the printer, and not the actual numbers. In that case I don't see why the targets should have an Adobe RGB profile, the profile could be discarded as well. Or maybe the conversion to CMYK is where it finds its meaning.
>To calibrate a laser printer, the manual tells to load the provided
>ColorVision ink settings in the CMYK space, and then set GCR for coated
>or UCR for stock, and increase maximum total ink to 400%. Then when I
>open the chart, it converts and comes with this "ColorVision colormatch"
>profile. Now, what I should do next is the question!
>Sounds like a contorted procedure. Maybe it has a logic behind it, but I am not sure what that would be. What to do next? Maybe say goodbye to ProfilerPro and try some other software package?
Maybe, I can't comment on this! ...But for the 3 to 4 profiles I am making on good years, it would be a waste to renew the whole set... The package produces good RGB profiles for my Epsons though (at least from my point de vue).
>I printed it using "no color management" with CS2, but the resulting profile is no good.
>Whereas that is not the case when the testchart is printed through previous versions of Photoshop?
As I mentioned at the start, here stands what I think I've done wrong. I had a way of proceeding that I was accustomed to in OS-9 and PS-7. In CS2 and Tiger (still recent updates for me), when you choose "No color management" in the print with preview box, it doesn't mean so until you go further in the dialog boxes and set again "No color Management" in the Epson "Color" dialog box. I simply forgot to check that step! It was so even in OS9 and PS7, but perhaps more straightforward. (By the way, if Apple, Adobe and Epson could work together a single frame where we could get all the settings at one glance instead of having all the sub menus with the inherent errors and missed points, it would be just great!)
With this new point in mind, I will make some further trails as soon as possible.
Thank you again!
Regards
Paul Schilliger