On Aug 29, 2012, at 7:03 AM, Matthew Ward <matthew@matthewwardphotography.com> wrote:
Dear all I made a printer profile using some cheap Inks target printed through Eye one software OSX 10.6.8 Epson R2400 Eye One Pro Eye One Match 3.6.3 i1 RGB 1.5 target Ink: INK Paper Epson Archival Matte
The printer results are deeply weird (neutrals are massively cyan, blues are magenta) and looking at the profile in ColorSync Utility it is skewed and from approx 60 through to 100 L it does not even cover the neutral L* axis. I have uploaded a screen grab here http://tinyurl.com/c3f26pq
I tested the i1 Pro for repeatability of measurement and against published values of a Colorchecker Target: it had an average error of about 1.5de 1976 - max 3de. I printed out nozzle checks of the INK inks and visually compared them against K3 inks - they are slightly different - magenta and cyan but not massively so.
Has anyone got any ideas what to try next?
How's a gray ramp print on the printer? The image you supplied implies that mid tone / highlight grays are very magenta. If that's true, then it's your printer. Otherwise, I'd look for measurement issues. The repeatability test is OK but still won't tell you if the machine always measures poorly. Make sure you are using the right reference file and measuring all the right patches. A mismatch between reference file and measurement file (or measuring the wrong row of color) can really mess things up Regards, Steve