Julia Claxton wrote: > Although there will be some difference between the Ultrachome and dye based > black it sounds like something is further adrift than it should be.
Or is it just the way the Ultrachrome inks work? > Did you Greyscale test your printer to find the optimum print driver setting > for use with that particular set up of printer/ink/paper before profiling > it? Yup. Did my step wedge and tried all the settings. > How were the printers profiled? Testchart TC9.18 and Gretag spectrolino / spectroscan Profilemaker 4.1 > What monitor are you using and how have you calibrated it? Lacie Blue 22", profiled with Gretag Eye One Monitor + basicColour. BasicColour produced a much warmer and lower 'high-light' profile which was very disappointing. > What light are you using to view prints by? Just Normlicht 5000K viewing booth. > I apologise if these seem basic questions, but recent posts on the list have > shown that not everyone is aware of how important these issues are. > Whilst calibrating a monitor with Adobe Gamma and using a generic or > seemingly inexpensive profile may be adequate for some, for those working to > a more critical standard its just not good enough. You need a good monitor > that is hardware calibrated, a viewing light with a colour temperature > balanced to match the screen output, and an accurately profiled printer. > Time and money spent on getting it right at the outset should be seen as a > good investment, because it saves plenty of both in the long run. Agree entirely! > > To avoid my repeating what has been posted here in the last few days, check > the Prodig archives for the recent thread 'Profiles'. Steve Upton, Neil > Barstow and Shangara Singh, amongst others, contributed to the subject of > printer profiling, and what it costs. I know... > > You might also like to take a look at Neil Barstow's website > www.colourmanagement.net to help you with good colour management practice. > You will find details there of his Greyscale Testing Kit, which can help you > identify printer settings which will give you the deepest black whilst > maintaining a good tonal range throughout BEFORE you get to printing > profiling charts. It will result in a more accurate profile, [as will having > Neil - with his wealth of knowledge and experience - making your profile]. Ho-hum > Get things correctly profiled and you should be pleasantly surprised! So any other ideas, now that you know everything is correctly profiled? I still maintain that it is impossible to achieve a true 'dye-like' black with Ultrachrome inks on Epson Matt Heavyweight! Anyone else? Michael =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
