mac-epson profiling
mac-epson profiling
- Subject: mac-epson profiling
- From: Gene Norris <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 16:22:13 -0400
I've had problems similar to those of Craig (below) with low-key
colors on Epson R1800, several Macs, and several OS's, 10.4.X and
10.5.X I recently calibrated the monitor on my iMac 2.4 GHz,
OSX10.5.2 using an Eye-0ne uvcut (that's what the label says) and got
much better results. I'm less happy with the printer calibrations I
tried. Per Steve's advice, I tried the ColorSync idea and found no
generic RGB file, only Epson 'icc' files. I tried selecting one of the
Eye-one calibration files, which, oddly to me, are in an Applications/
Eye-One sub-folder but Colorsync showed these as greyed out. These
printer calibration files have a txt extension. They can be selected
in Photoshops CS3 printer dialog.
One question is, if I set a given profile in the PS dialog, what would
be the purpose and the effect of previously setting a different
printer profile, Generic RBG eg, via ColorSYnc?
--Gene Norris
From: Steve Upton <email@hidden>
Date: May 1, 2008 2:38:04 AM EDT
At 2:50 PM -0700 4/30/08, J. Craig Sweat wrote:
I am new to this list but not to color management. My apologies if
I breach some protocol. I have been very successful with making
paper profiles with an i1 spectrophotometer for my Epson 7600. It
has done as advertised- reduced my tests/wastage and calibrated
several studio monitors regularly. All of my current profiles were
built from and for a system 10.4(+) Mac. I bought a new 8-
processor (system 10.5 + current updates) Intel Mac and imported
the paper profiles from the 10.4 machine and they produce prints
with darker shadow areas (blocked-up, really) when I print with the
same profiles but from the new machine. Mid-tones and highlights
are close but the shadows and blacks seem stretched down too dark
and the print is correspondingly more contrasty. In concept the
promise of a calibrated, closed-loop workflow like i am describing
should have consistent results from the same profile. Unless the
printer driver (or the OS?) has changed the way it uses the
profile. The prospect of creating multiple profiles for each paper/
printer combo to suit each workstation becomes an impractical time-
eater. Does anyone have any insight or similar experience?
we've seen this occurring with some of our ColorValet customers.
Open the ColorSync Utility and find your printer under 'Devices'.
Set 'Generic RGB' for the profile for your printer. Make sure you
set it for the particular paper type you are profiling (and
selecting in the print driver when you print).
Also, set the printer as the default printer in Leopard's printer
setup tool.
Eugene Norris 727 865 8518
876 Ponce de Leon Drive
Tierra Verde, FL 33715-2026
http://mysite.verizon.net/e_norris/index.htm
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Colorsync-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden