I've found my Epson factory ICC's to be a tad warm. They weren't "bad" per se, just not nearly as good to my eye as the custom built ones.
-Brendan --- PN Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > I find that Epson's ICC profiles are superb. My > prints are an exact > match of my monitor. > Paul > On Dec 21, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > Have you tried printing from "Print with Preview" > in > > Photoshop? I find that it works better with > profiles > > than other programs. Also, make sure to turn color > > controls OFF (under "Color Handling:" slect "No > color > > management"), do that AGAIN under the print dialog > > boxes when selecting paper size, oreintation, etc. > > > > The only other suggestion I have is not to use > generic > > paper profiles, even one supplied by paper > > manufacturers. In my experience, they're never as > good > > a creating your own. > > > > ColorVision makes a spectrocolorimeter to read > color > > swatches printed on the paper you're creating the > > profile for. It works works much better than any > > manufacturer files I've tried. However, there are > > tricks to doing this correctly, as well. It took > many, > > many emails back and forth to colorVision to > finally > > establish a working, consistant procedure (at > least > > for some of the Epson papers I use). > > > > -B > > --- Christine Aguila <cagu...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Everyone: > >> > >> Well, I'm stumped: > >> > >> I have correctly downloaded and installed some > ICC > >> paper profiles from > >> Brilliant Museum (matte satin white) & MOAB > (white > >> satin). I finally > >> learned where to save to & how to install for PC. > >> These two profiles show > >> up in Lightroom. I also have chosen "turn off > color > >> adjustment" in the > >> printer dialog box as all the directions say to > do, > >> so there is no clash > >> between printer & ICC profile. I've done some > test > >> prints, and the color is > >> hideous--reddish & black--and dark > >> > >> So I tried my usual settings with these two > papers > >> that I've never printed > >> with before--B. Museum & MOAB: I chose Stylus > Epson > >> 2880, Perceptual, Adobe > >> RGB in the printer dialogue box and the proper > media > >> type (as I use when > >> printing on Epson papers), and the prints come > out > >> normal and a virtual > >> likeness to the monitor. > >> > >> I must be doing something wrong--I know the > general > >> view is that ICC > >> profiles are supposed to give better print > >> quality--but I just can't figure > >> out what I'm doing wrong. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> Cheers, Christine > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
