I used to use Colorsynch workflow, and my results were quite good. But Godders talked me into letting PhotoShop control the color and using printer profiles for each paper with Color Management turned off. That yields slightly better results. I'm not familiar with the RX500 printer. Does Epson provide profiles for it? Paul On Sep 24, 2007, at 6:32 AM, Cotty wrote:
> On 23/09/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I'm using Lightroom and PSE4 on a Mac running OS 10.4, >> and an Epson RX500 printer with Premium Glossy Photo >> Paper. I've run a zillion tests with all sorts of >> combinations of settings, and things consistently suck >> (though in a variety of different ways!). > > Rick, you don't mention what test and what settings - I presume > that you > know there is a Colorsync Utility in Go>Utilities>Colorsync Utility ? > There, you can access and sort ICC profiles, devices, etc. Also, to > calibrate your monitor, look in Apple Menu>System Preferences>Displays > and click on 'Color'. > > In the printing application, make sure that it knows that Colorsync is > controlling the color and nothing else. Watch out for printer > drivers - > they often have a preference to allow third aprty color control - you > want Colorsync and nothing else (if indeed you want Colorsync to > control > the workflow). > > When I do tests, I make a block colour chart and I'm only satisfied > when > the colours on the monitor match the colours on the page :-) > > HTH > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
