Tony Riley wrote: > My mistake may have been looking for both > highlight and shadow separation as well most neutral colour on the one > grayscale - Neil B says really just to look for the best shadow separation.
I concur. > >> On most Epson papers the bets approach seems to be using Photo Realsitic > and >> Gamma 2.2 or 1.8. > Again you're right. These were included in my tests, and are the best > looking settings I got. Probably with Phot Qual Inkjet. Highlights OK, then > second half of the strip very dark with a jump one step from the end. These > characteristics on all strips. That's one of the things you have to live with without employing a RIP. However the profile should rectify this, at least to a degree. It shouldn't have any bearing on the general darkness however. > > The only real change from previous successful printer test and profiling has > been add Lt M and Lt Y to my inks to set up a new CIS system and to try > PShop CS after PShop 7. So Lyson inks - well Neil is the definite authority on those. > I'm on Win 2000 Pro, using Lyson Fotonic with > HPR188. What's a HPR188? > But thanks for your suggestions. Maybe I should reinstall PShop 7 > and try again. It shouldn't matter, however it would remove one factor from the equation so why not... > > Thanks Thomas cheers Snip > Thanks John, I actually did read most of this about a year ago. Certainly > excellent. My problem is I seem to be doing everything right, and can't > identify what's going wrong. I'll have another plod through. Any chance of using another computer for the printing? (Just a thought). Best Regards Thomas Holm / Pixl ApS - Photographer & Colour Management Consultant - Adobe Certified Training Provider in Photoshop� - Apple Solutions Expert - Colour Management - Imacon Authorized Scanner Training Facility - Remote Profiling Service (Output ICC profiles) - Seminars speaker and tutor on CM and Digital Imaging etc. - Home Page: www.pixl.dk � Email: th[AT]pixl.dk -- =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
