Digital BW, The Print

>>>>>>>Sorry for the delay in replying, but AFAIK Mac profiles ARE the same as 
Windows profiles except for the .icc that Apple uses and the .icm that 
Microsoft uses. Both should work on either OS, whatever the extension.<<<<<<

Sorry, but I will disagree.  You can change the suffix and get them to work, but will they work as well as they should?

I am running three Mac print stations all with the same model printer.  The profile from one does not work at its best on the others.  I have tried it.  The difference in the work stations are the OS I am running, and the issue of Photoshop.  They all print differently.  I can not take a good printing file from one station by sneaker net, to another, and have it print the same!

The printers themselves are part of it.  The way that version of photoshop handles the files another.  The files always need tweaking, and they never print the same.  The prints always vary a bit even using the same ink, and paper.  I am not a computer geek, just a user who has noticed this with two decades of digital printing experience.

For the best quality, one needs to do a custom profile for each printer station.  Canned profiles will get you in the ball park, but will need tweaking to work its best.  I am running Mac Pros, and G5s with OS10.4, 10.5, and 10.6.  Photoshops from PS7, CS3, CS4, CS5, and CS6.

  I am not in the cloud!   I like printing from CS3 the best.  It seems to give you more control.

Just my experience,

Ben

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