Hi Rob, > I would suggest giving 'photoprint' at > http://blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint > a go. Regretably this is no longer maintained but when I was printing > from Linux it was (if a little buggy) the best colour managed > printing solution available by a mile - achievable print quality was > I thought outstanding, certainly better than native Epson drivers or > Gutenprint. It's downloadable as a tarball,just how much work is > required to get it up and running with current distributions I don't > know.
I did test photoprint, and I have the very same yellow cast without profile. The image is way off from what I have on screen and what is printed by Lightroom :( > Creating your own profiles ought to be the ultimate solution, but I > struggled getting my borrowed spectrophotometer working under Linux. Do you have any procedure to share? How do you print the color chart for example? Looks like this is done by the software on Windows. > If you are using stock inks in the Epson you should be able to avoid > this by buying paper from someone like Hahnemuhle who supply freely > downloadable Epson 3880 profiles for their papers. Likewise if you > buy third party inks from Lyson they will/would produce a custom free > of charge profile for you. I seem to remember (but am willing to be > corrected here) that you can't properly use the stock Epson paper > profiles as they aren't true portable .icc profiles but instead > specific to their own print drivers. I'm using Epson paper with the premium luster paper (quite standard). Using the ICC provided by Epson I have a very strong pink/red cast. I have already printed 6 A4 page, no luck... Pascal. -- Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78) The best way to travel is by means of imagination http://v2p.fr.eu.org http://www.obry.net gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
