Hi Mark, Yeah I know what you mean. It is a frusterating process. I take from what your saying that I should make sure that I am leaving things virgin and look under every rock when having color accuracy problems. It seems that because of the temperature making profiles is a living changing process and not such a controlled process.
Assume Nothing. Thank you Sir. Justin --- In [email protected], "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Justin, > > Hey Justin. > There are some very sophisticated members here, from whom you will get some advanced > answers. I'll take a simple bent and share an experience I had recently which shows how > easy it was for me to miss a basic step and end up with output that was off the mark, > despite the best intentions and attention to detail. > > Like yourself I was getting prints that were not bad, just not right. I was using a Z3100, > was calibrating / profiling and getting lovely strips of color patches along the way. Sure I > was doing everything right, and considering all the usual steps (application managed > colors, right paper profile, etc.) I finally contacted HP for their assistance. I know from > experience that sometimes an observer can objectively see something you just don't > notice or think of, no matter how experienced you consider yourself. > > At any rate after he and I established that I was executing the correct workflow choices in > the dialog boxes, but still not getting the desired output, he asked the fateful question, > "Are you sure you're picking the custom profile you created? You are given the option to > rename the profile during the process before saving it..." Suddenly a bulb went on. I had > renamed the profile, leaving off only the "HP" at the beginning to see that it was not the > OEM profile for the paper. BUT, the effect of the name change was the culprit. The > custom profile name began "Z3100...". SInce profile names are listed in the profile list > alphabetically, and the list can be very long, I hadn't thought through that the "Z" in the > name was going to force my profile all the way to the end of the list, instead of grouping it > with the other HP media choices. When I scrolled down past dozens of unrelated > manufacturer profiles (way past the HP listings), there at the very end of the list was the > actual profile I had created. Needless to say, choosing the "real" custom profile made the > difference and output cleaned up considerably. > > I've also seen a significant difference in output over the course of just a few weeks as the > seasonal temperature changed in my area. The environmental influence (temp, humidity, > etc) made a visible color shift that cleaned up with a new calibration / profile. > > In summary, solving the paper profile issue may be more important than splitting hairs > with monitor calibration. > > But the naming convention oversight was an eye opener. > Heaven help me as I navigate the cortical deterioration of the next quarter century! > > Good luck, > Mark > > IMAGEMA > Mark Alberhasky Photography > Bowling Green, KY > www.imagema.com > Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
