RE: Atkinson Profiles / problem with a 9600...
RE: Atkinson Profiles / problem with a 9600...
- Subject: RE: Atkinson Profiles / problem with a 9600...
- From: Tim Vitale <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:50:57 -0700
- Importance: Normal
All true. We may have been at the same trade event. Bill did fabulous work
that is as good today as it was 9 years ago.
After communication with several very helpful colorsync-users list
contributors...
Here is the story:
I tried everything to get the system I was using to print correctly. I made
several new profiles and helper profiles; asked colleagues to make profiles,
thinking I had lost my skills; when to the colorsync-users and even went
back to Bill Atkinson for advice. In the end I couldn't solve the issue to
my satisfaction.
But, just as Arthur Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes say: "Once you eliminate
the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the
truth." Many list contributors told me it must be the software or drivers.
I had uninstalled and reinstalled the relevant "stuff" so I was skeptical.
It was the version of Photoshop I was using; how improbable is that? The
printing and/or color management modules must have been corrupted.
I loaded in an antique copy of Photoshop I had from about 12 years ago, and
it printed perfectly -- again. I then downloaded the newest version of PS
and "print quality" is back. Problem solved.
Thanks to all that helped and/or felt my pain!!
Tim Vitale
Paper and Photograph Conservator
Oakland CA
510-594-8277
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Zaucha
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:25 PM
Subject: Atkinson Profiles
All I can say is that I had a few treasured visits at Bill's place right
after he made those profiles for the 9600 Epson.
The ABC's of color management tell you that if you use the same
printer/paper/ink combo that the profile will still be valid.
Bill, as the stellar engineer he is, wanted to make the absolutely best
profiles that could be made for the printer he had at the time. The process
involved thousands of samples which involved his getting up in the middle of
the night to put another chart on his Spectrolino. He told me he was dealing
with the "warbles" in the gray balance of the device.
Personally, I have physically read individual patches of color charts in the
early days, but Bill went waaay beyond this. I actually saw him explode an
Epson engineer's head explaining his technique at a trade event.
I recommended a photographer friend to buy an Epson 9600 just because of the
superb quality of Bill's profiles. He told me years later that it was a
terrific printer and that other photographers used to bring their files to
him to print because of the quality. I tested the gray balance on it and it
was GRAY.
My guess is that your 9600 is not in tolerance to manufacturer's spec or
there is an operating system/application version issue.
Randy Zaucha
Managed Color
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