Hi I'm struggling with linearising an Epson 1290 and subsequent profiling. I've previously profiled an 1160 quite successfully (mind you I did have Neil Barstow standing behing me). In general I'm down to varying one parameter with a resulting improvement to one or some colours, but overall it just doesn't look right, and certain colours are way off. Tried several straight and adjusted Epson driver linearising settings, but the test target always prints very dark. In desperation I've been 'reading the ***ing manual' and it says Preserve Gray Plus is the default (Eye One Pro / ProfileMakerPro 415). Tried it with a 'large' profile with little difference.
Now a new problem has appeared - something weird has happened in the Color Settings in PShop CS. 'Col Management Off' has disappeared from the list and 'Europ Prep Defaults' been replaced with 'Europ with EktachromeSpace', so I can't get back to the original list options. I'd been using Col Man Off for linearising and Europ Prep Defaults with the working space changed to Ektachrome for printing with a profile. Also Adobe Help says Col Management cannot be turned off completely - "Color Management Off - Does not turn the Photoshop color management system off (the color management system cannot be turned off entirely). Instead, this option tells the color management system to use passive color management techniques to emulate the behavior of applications that do not support color management. Although working space profiles are considered when converting colors between color spaces, Color Management Off does not tag documents with profiles. You can use this option for content that will be output on video or as on-screen presentations. Do not use this option if you work mostly with documents that are tagged with color profiles." Can anyone point me at information as to what these passive techniques are? Thanks for any comments/suggestions. Tony Riley www.photosightdesign.co.uk www.sharpedgegallery.co.uk =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
