Hi Cotty,
if you want to make the work yourself, there are very good
_freeware_ (so you don't have to have PS6)
tools for generating ICC/ICM (?) profiles from scans of a known
target. Generally, it works by scanning a known target like IT-8,
(e.g. Kodak's Q60 or the equivalent reflective ektacolor print), which all
contain colour patches and gray patches of known numerical RGB
value. The scan must be raw of course. Then, the software compares
the known numerical values (provided or downloaded from the IT-8's
vendor site) to the values from the scan, and produces simply put a
difference file. From this it computes the profile for the device.
It's good to cycle if few times to get it spot-on. I haven't done
it simply because for me and my flatbed, a cost of any IT-8 is just too much. But
for
US people it might not be so bad (the difference in buying power
etc). Some scanning software (e.g. SilverFast) can be updated (at a
fee) to allow custom profiles making, in the fee is included a IT-8
profile both reflective and transparent.
I have also a link to a site of guy who did all of this for many
scanners, you might find your own there. I use a profile from him
for my scanner, and although a custom profile made at my scanner
would be better, it still _way_ better than unprofiled scanner. I
will look up the links and archive for it.
There is also a way to generate custom profile for your printer,
if you have a calibrated scanner (see above), you just print the
IT-8 numerical file, then you scan it on your calibrated scanner.
The software computes the difference, adjusts a temporary printer
profile, and prints another IT-8 on it. This gets repeated few
times until the printed IT-8 matches best the numerical one.
Most of the software can be get freeware, which is really good.
Good quality also, as it comes from university type guuys who wrote
it for their own work.
Good light,
Frantisek
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