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Re: [colorvision_group] Spider 3 print printing templates

2008-09-30 by cdtobie


On Sep 30, 2008, at 6:47:17 AM, Lew wrote:
I am having trouble with my profile for an epson R290,
I have printed & read the template but the profile is off sky blues
have a mauve hue. What driver settings should i set on the printer
prior to printing the template. I believe this may be where my problem
is. I want to use the profile with Lightroom 2 & cs3.
you can see an example of the print at :-
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1003&thread=2949548
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I can't imagine why people post to the DPReview forums with questions; I find it to be the least accurate and most edgy place to get information!

Well, the whole workflow is in question. You need to be printing the target with No Color Management (or your driver's equivalent) selected, for a start. And you need to then print the test images from SpyderProof to assure that your profile is correct. There is no way to tell from a distance that your own test image was handled properly at all points, and that the sky colors are appropriate and in gamut. However if you print a sky image direct from SpyderProof, that is a known entity, from a known printing route, and the only thing you have to be sure to do is to, again, turn off color management in your driver, and use the same settings as when you printed the target. So let us know if the blue sky image from SpyderProof looks Magenta. If not, its not your profile, its your workflow or your image. If so, then we can actually consider your profile process and settings.

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C. David Tobie

WW Product Technology Manager

Digital Imaging & Home Theater

Datacolor

CDTobie@datacolor.com

www.datacolor.com/Spyder3

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