Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On Feb 27, 2010, at 9:41 AM, bill_hansen20012001 wrote:

> The OS is Win 7.
>
> I've used ColorVision-DataColor profiling products since about 2002  
> and (in general) I've been very happy with them, especially the  
> recent Spyder products.
>
> Now, however, there is no question that I'm doing something  
> radically wrong, and I can't see what it is. The fault is in me and  
> my workflow, not in the SpyderPrint profile, which prints normally  
> when using the SpyderView proofing function within the SpyderPrint  
> program.
>
> I've followed David Miller's advice (see his note above in this  
> thread) compulsively, three times now, after printing out his email  
> and following it step by step to be sure I'm doing everything the  
> way he recommends - which is also the way I've been doing things all  
> along except that I normally print from Qimage, not from PhotoShop  
> [but I followed Mr Miller's recommendations and printed from PS this  
> time]. The result has always been the same - extremely dark prints  
> which might or might not come to resemble the monitor appearance if  
> I adjusted brightness to about a + 15 to 20 level when editing my  
> profile.
>
> I've tried the canned Epson profile for Epson Premium Luster paper,  
> and the result is again the same - prints way too dark to be of any  
> use.
>
> Somewhere in my work flow, I think I must be double profiling - but  
> where, and how?
>
> If anyone has any further suggestions for me, I'll be very grateful.  
> Otherwise, it seems that my choices are to try the most severe sort  
> of "adjusting" [editing] of the SpyderPrint profiles. Right now I  
> can't think of anything else to do.
>
> Bill
>
>
>

Bill:

I think we've been down this road once before, but let's
do it again. Can you email me a copy of your measurement file?
(not the profile that you've built). Use the File:Open Data
command in Spyder3Print to open the folder that contains your
measurement files; they're all small text files with .xml
extensions.


David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Datacolor