Hello Martin & all, This sounds familiar. I remember having this issue using PM5-generated RGB profiles (ICC v2, not v4), printing from a Snow Leopard Mac. The issue did not show up with profiles made with Monaco PulseColor Elite. As I recall, the issue ceased after running the Epson Common Updater, and avoiding Apple's Epson driver updates (I still uncheck the printer driver part of Software Update every time!). Since I upgraded my ColorBurst RIP to drive my 7880, I have never looked back. It handles proofing & presentation/fine art printing like a champ; even soft proofing CMYK paper profiles seems more accurate than RGB, to my eye. Good luck fixing this. John On Nov 18, 2011, at 12:03 PM, colorsync-users-request@lists.apple.com wrote:
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On 18 Nov 2011, at 19:21, Doyle Yoder wrote:
Yes I saw this with some v2 profiles, although they had a lot lighter cyan dot than from v4 profiles. What profile software are you using or that created these profiles that show this problem?
ProfileMaker 5, and yes the dot would be quite hard to see on papers that are bluish.
The dot is easier to spot on yellow fine art papers -- but the real giveaway is that the printers no longer quickly advance over the print areas that shouldn't be imaged.
I'll test a couple of other profiles that have been built using other software and let you know if they exhibit the same problem.
-- Martin Orpen Idea Digital Imaging Ltd