Printing with No Color Management (again)
Printing with No Color Management (again)
- Subject: Printing with No Color Management (again)
- From: Scott Geffert <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:19:06 -0400
Hi Ken,
The problem you are experiencing is the tip of the iceberg. While the various workarounds will help somewhat, the very scary part is that you will have different behaviors with different OS versions, printer models, and versions of Photoshop. Generally the newer the OS and software the worse off you are. It's a sad situation because right as people are finally able to purchase new hardware after tough economic times they are greeted with the realization that Apple has all but abandoned color management.
If you do some more tests with the various approaches (like measuring the differences in charts printed with "no color management") you will see that the results will be all over the map. Trying to match multiple devices is incredibly difficult given the mind-numbing variables.
I blame Apple for it's "skunkworks" approach to software development, but I also blame Adobe for abandoning end user color management and shipping tools with inconsistent user interfaces for color and numeric readouts. Epson and others are simply trying to stay ahead of this ever-changing mess. LIke others have said, we were much better off eight years ago. I think it is clear that the days of Apple being the platform of choice for color are numbered. Between the color issues of the iPad and the mess created over ICC support under MacOS 10.6.x, It will take a lot of damage control to sort this out.
You are an experienced power user, but imagine yourself as an individual freelance photographer that just purchased a brand new Mac printer, display and fancy new profiling software just to find that nothing works properly. One workaround is to go on eBay and purchase an older mac with 10.5.X and Adobe CS3. It costs less than a fancy color consultant and everything works just fine! Who needs updates that only waste time and energy?
Scott
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