Problem printing from OSX 10.5 to Epson R1800
Problem printing from OSX 10.5 to Epson R1800
- Subject: Problem printing from OSX 10.5 to Epson R1800
- From: Dennis Dunbar <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:05:11 -0800
I recently worked with a photographer who is having a hard time
figuring out why his prints from Mac OS 10.5 to his Epson R1800 are
coming out horribly dark so I was hoping someone here had some insight
that could help us solve the problem.
Here's what's going on: After checking all the usual suspects,
(display 'reasonably' calibrated & profiled, Using the proper settings
in PS and in the print driver) we were getting prints that looked in
photographic terms around 3 stops too dark. I then tried to print a
profiling target, but again got the horribly dark results, any patch
that was even a medium shade was coming out nearly black.
A few phone calls later I got the target to print fine by assigning
sRGB to the target and then using sRGB as the printer profile in PS
CS4's print dialogue essentially trying for a Null Transform. (Thanks
Eric Magnusson) This worked for the target. But after making the
profile and printing a new test image we still got the very, very dark
results.
I also tested the printer by printing from my own laptop (also running
PS CS4 and OS 10.5). Same results. Since we were able to get a decent
target to print by fooling the system with a Null Transform it did not
seem like a mechanical problem with the printer. And in using my own
laptop we hoped to confirm there was no corruption with the printer
driver (we did download and use the latest from Epson.)
It seems that somehow there is a double transform taking place, so we
tried converting the image to the new profile and then again using
that same profile in the PS CS4 print dialogue (hoping to do another
Null Transform.) But there was little if any improvement.
Has anyone run into this? And if so have you found a solution?
Thanks!
Dennis Dunbar
Blog: http://www.dunbardigital.com/blog/blog.php
Website: http://www.dunbardigital.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DennisDunbar
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