Wow, Neil Snape....long time I have not seen your name come up. Top notch shooter you are!! You have actually helped me out in the beginning with my 130. You created a profile and you sent me a copy. It worked good but not getting the green out completely..Well, the EFI DE XL does a pretty darn good job with SemiGloss contract proofing paper, as that is what I have to send the magazines when I send a image file for an ad I make, a SWOP cert contract proof with color bars. I am not sure what I did, but I was able to get the RIP read the target it made for this paper, and thats where it is stuck tonight. But for the PremPlus Satin...I don't even see a 1200dpi ref profile to start with, so I know the 600 can be used for it. Tonight I wanted to follow the directions as closely as possible, but just as I get to the point (in the manual its 8.3 step 5), it has me refer to some other section that doesn't cover the steps I need to take (Calibration page 3-15). Well...here it is.... 8.3 Creating media profiles
To create your own media profile, proceed as follows: 1. Start EFI Designer Edition and click "Preferences" in the toolbar to open the "Preferences" dialog. 2. Click "Color" in the toolbar to open the "Color" pane. 3. Select "No color management (native)" from the pop-up menu. 4. Make your required settings for paper name and print quality. 5. Calibrate your printer using the automatic closed-loop color calibration feature. Refer to “Calibration” on page 3-15 for further details. >>>IM ADDING THIS HERE FROM PAGE 3-15<<<<<< The calibration system ensures consistent color reproduction — from one print to another as well as between two printers of the same model — irrespective of system variables such as ink level, environment conditions and life of the print head. Closed-loop color calibration is based on the media type, ink type, resolution, print mode and halftoning method used. Closed-loop color calibration does not, however, ensure accurate color, which can only be obtained via printer profiling and color management, nor does it ensure color matching from one configuration to another. As such, it is comparable to traditional densitometry-based methods of process control used for commercial printing presses. To calibrate your printer and return it to its original state, proceed as follows: Click "New" to print out a calibration chart. A job with the name "HP_CLC_xxx_target.eps" appears in the job list and is automatically processed. After processing, a calibration chart is output. As soon as it has been printed, the paper is automatically fed back into the printer and the color values of the color patches are measured. Based on the results, EFI Designer Edition will calibrate your printer and display details in the "Calibration" pane. As each calibration process is valid only for the currently selected settings for paper type and resolution, you will need to perform separate calibrations for each different combination of settings you use. The results of the calibration are automatically assigned to the appropriate media profile. The "Use calibration" checkbox lets you determine whether the printer calibration should be applied or ignored during printing. If you wish to calibrate your printer at regular intervals, you can set EFI Designer Edition to send you a reminder. To do this, select the checkbox "Remind me" and enter the desired time period in days, weeks or months. EFI Designer Edition will automatically remind you the first time you select that particular combination of settings after the defined time period has elapsed. EFI Designer Edition also provides you with a tool with which you can further finetune the color reproduction of your printer. You will find detailed information on how to perform a visual printer linearization in the chapter “EFI Ink Assistant” on page 7-1. 6. Load the chart provided with your profiling software in EFI Designer Edition and print it out. The chart you are required to print depends on the measuring device you are using. Refer to your profiling software manual for further details. When you have printed out the chart, it is important that you do not modify any of the settings in EFI Designer Edition. This is because the current settings are extracted from EFI Designer Edition and forwarded to EFI Profile Connector. 7. Follow the instructions in your profiling software manual to create a media profile. so these instructions don't match up as it leaves you doing one thing then something else. I already reinstalled this the other day, and I wasted lots of paper and ink, as it printed the charts, just doesnt record the readings.....I am ready to do another clean reinstall...perhaps I had some orphan files left behind last time...and maybe how I ended up with Photo Paper Satin along with Photo Satin. The other odd thing that happened again is it tried to go to IP connection, while the printer from day 1 has been USB. Anyways, regardless of how screwy complex the interface is on applying settings to prints, or making profiles, this was printing very good with the old firmware of the printer. After I upgraded the firmware as it was supposed to help the paper rear feed handling(boy was that a real pain...much better now) these things happened ...then the 5.14 patch came, and it got past something, and then it wouldn't print...it would RIP and get a print error, Cannot create print file. so the 5.1.4 fixed that, but now no error...just continues to be in the loop of creating profile, but doesn't. Well Neil...They really should put some money up and Hire you, as you are the color guru, and I see your work in prints often....usually cant tell for sure what campaigns you are working on these days, but it crosses my mind. I might just keep this for RGB fun and posters and have to get a Epson 3800 with Best Color for the proofs, as the largest I run is a spread and well under 17" wide. Oris...now that was a easy RIP on the Epson...pricey as can be, but it worked. Phil No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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