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05/23/2005 02:17:50 PM · #1 |
Hey there gang, I need to take a dip into the DPC brain pool on this one.
I have just recently upgraded my Mac from a steam-powered antique running OS 9 to a fancy-schmancy dual 2.0ghz G5 running OSX. In the upgrade I also made the transition from Photoshop 7 to Pshop CS.
I have an Epson Stylus Photo 900 inkjet printer, and since the upgrade, the photo prints are so horrendously over-saturated that they are posterized.
The strange thing is that office-type prints (ms word, excel, web docs) print perfectly.
My monitor is calibrated using the built-in Apple system calibrator, and in Pshop, the Color Management System is set to US-Swop settings, which is always what I used before. I've downloaded the latest driver from Epson, and it made no change. I have attempted to use a variety of different CMS settings both in Pshop and the Epson driver, and it's not helping much -- there are differences, but it's still not right. Printing RGB images vs. CMYK images doesn't help either. Epson's web site was more or less useless on the subject.
Does anyone have any similar experience or advice on how to get my formerly-nice printer working properly again? I'm getting REALLY frustrated with this!
Thanks!!!
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05/23/2005 02:35:44 PM · #2 |
Your problem I believe resides in the fact that you are using the Apple calibration tool...which as nothing to do with print profiles.
assuming you have updated your printer drivers your issue is most likely the fact that your monitor is calibrated to your "eye" and not to any type of printable gamut. you could consider the purchase of a very affordable tool like the Colorvision software/hardware... or just test... |
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05/23/2005 02:41:10 PM · #3 |
It is quite possible that you are double profiling --
print with preview in PScs & turning off the EPSON color manager in the epson software (since you already managed the image with PS ..)
this bypasses any extra mgmt that the driver wants to 'inflict'
this is what i have to do with my Epson 960
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05/23/2005 05:38:08 PM · #4 |
Gil P: I have always run the Apple calibration tools, and they've always been quite decent. However, that was also my first thought, and I selected the "generic RGB" setting and certainly didn't see a major change in the display.
I don't believe that it's a monitor calibration problem at all because even un-edited photos print oversaturated. A monitor calibration problem is most damaging when editing images based on their on-screen appearance.
Ralphnev: I've tried turning off Epsons CMS, but didn't have success -- maybe more tinkering with Photoshop CMS profiles is warranted.
Still a mystery!
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05/24/2005 01:27:49 AM · #5 |
Running OSX for awhile now. lets step by step. You already have the printer driver installed etc.
1. go to the System Preferences and DIsplay. Choose your display size, then to Color. Choose the Apple Cinema Display (if that is what you have) or AdobeRGB (this works very well-large gamut), then Calibrate it, as you have before (I use iOne for this)
2. Go to your Utilities Folder and open up the Colorsync Utility. Preferences should be open. I would use AdobeRGB, Generic CMYK, and Generic Grey. Go to Profile First and and hit Repair to make sure. Under Profiles you can check out the difference between the SWOP you were using and the AdobeRGB (much bigger gamut) under the RGB Profiles. Go to Devices and see if your Epson printer and Display are in there. You can addd them or change them back to factory settings (I have it on this for my Canon i9100's profile). Close that.
3. On to PSCS. Under Photoshop and Color Settings, I have read alot on it and these are the recc I have.
AdobeRGB, Colorsync CMYK, Gray gamma 2.2, and Dot Gain 20%. Next box-Preserve all embedded profiles and ask first to those are on. Apple Colorsync Engine and set to Relative Colorimetric, using black point compensation and 8bit dither to on. Desat off and Blend RGB Gamma to 1.0.
4. Download this and open it in PSCS.
5. Go to View and Proof Setup. Find your printers profile in it and select it. turn on the Gamut warning under View also. See what happens. (I set the Gamut warning under the "regular" prefs in PSCS to a very bright green to tell). This should give you a good idea of what your printer is seeing.
6. Now go to Print Preview, turn on Show more options. Dropdown to COlor Management. make sure the Document is in the Colorspace selected -NOT the Proof setup (unless you want to try that too, but...) The print space should be in YOUR printers driver/profile (saw that in the COlorsync Utility). Intent to Relative Colorimetric and Black point on. Go to Page Setup and select your printer under the Format and the paper setup etc. OK. Just Click the scale to fit media at this time, so it all fits. Go to Print. Again select your printer. The type of paper (I have my faves fixe din here). Dropdown to Colorsync and keep at Standard and no Quartz filter(if ya have it). Go through the dropdown and set them for what you want. Under the Color Options again, make sure it is your printer and not Colorsync (unless you want to experiment with that too-does work well). I have adjusted the sliders for many different papers and they are saved...you can get into that later. Special Effects ( if any...alll OFF). Try a print.
Lots of stuff in there, but it has my prints coming out almost spot on for the papers I am using. Good Luck!!
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