Re: Which Profile Editor?
Re: Which Profile Editor?
- Subject: Re: Which Profile Editor?
- From: Uli Zappe <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:02:43 +0200
Am 20.06.2007 um 22:12 schrieb Scott Martin:
While it is true that I can specify an RGB profile for the
LaserJet in ColorSync Utility the Color LaserJet actually always
uses the CMYK profile, no matter whether I print RGB or CMYK docs,
and there is no way to tell it to do otherwise.
Are you performing color management at the application level or the
system level (yuk)?
The system level, of course. This is one of the great features of Mac
OS X that finally gets this right (at least in theory ;-) ). I mean,
performing color management on the "application level" (usually a
bashful description for using Adobe apps) makes as much sense
architecturally as using dedicated printer drivers for each
application you want to print from.
This was in the 1980ies; now we have 2007 ...
I just select the Laserjet profile in the print dialog of the
(Adobe) application that I am printing from.
Ah, I knew the word "Adobe" would be mentioned. :-)
Somehow, Adobe has managed to get a monopoly in people's heads. Read
something about color management and you read about how to do this in
an Adobe app.
Adobe is even worse than Microsoft when it comes to ignoring Mac OS X
technology and standards. I use Mac OS X for a reason, so I generally
refuse to use apps like Adobe's that really destroy the old Unix
ideal of a computer system that consists of many small, well-
integrated components.
So a big focus of the review I'm preparing will be how to use color
management in Mac OS X generally, beyond anything Adobe.
InDesign requires that one select "Composite RGB" from the Output
tab for this. How are you doing it?
I specify the printer profile in ColorSync Utility. CMYK is listed as
the default driver for the HP Color LaserJet which suggests you could
also select RGB, but actually you can't. I thought that was an issue
with HP's PPD, but if it isn't, I will check with Apple where the
problem is.
What application(s) are you printing from?
TIFFany, Pages, Preview, SketchUp, Intaglio, OmniGraffle, MLayout,
iCalamus, Mathematica, TextEdit, whatever ... it really shouldn't
matter.
Bye
Uli
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