I have a new Epson 1290 printer I also have a 'generic' Pixl ICC profile for this printer and Lyson fotonic inks.
The problem is that while the profile gives quite good colour, areas that should be white in the print (white borders in the image, or transparent areas in a photoshop document) come out with a slight blue(?) tone. Lyson's own ICC profiles all do the same, and the only ones that don't are Espons, or when the output is set to 'same as source' (i.e. no profile) in photoshop. However, Lyson inks are radically different clours from the Epsons, and so can't use one profile and the other ink. Is this a problem with other users of the same gear? It cannot be down to the printer because it is only doing what it is told... print a tone when the image says there is none. I am being 'encouraged' to shell out for a tailor made profile, but I feel that I should be able to get something as basic as a piece of blank paper with no stray ink on it without having to spend more.... what purpose do the existing ICC profiles serve other than to dupe someone into thinking that they will get a half decent job done? Hope that I won't spend another night banging my head against this problem. Giles =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
