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Re: [Digital BW] Soft Proof Profiles

2004-04-22 by Dragonfly Imaging & Printing

Tom,

Try to keep 'your' custom profiles in 'your' user directory.
That's why you are seeing permission bounces.

Put your profiles in username (your admin 
name)/library/colorsync/profiles

Cheers,
John Toles
http://www.dragonflyprinting.com/
http://www.dragonflygallery.ca/

On Apr 21, 2004, at 2:20 PM, Tom Salyer wrote:

> I am trying to install some new paper profiles ( from Image Print ) so
> I can soft proof my images in Photo Shop CS, Mac OS 10.2, and can not
> find where they belong.
>
> My Image Print vendor Lexjet told me they go into system > color sync >
> profiles, but when I try to drop the profile in, it bounces out and a
> message says I can not modify "profiles".
>
> This folder has only six profiles, five like "generic CMYK
> profile.icc", and one sRGB.
>
> But, in photo shop, if I go to view > proof > proof set up dialog box,
> and pull down the "profile" drop down menu, I must have nearly 100
> profiles to choose from, from color spaces RGB1998, 10% dot gain,
> Euroscale Coated, every monitor profile I've made, commercial profiles
> I've purchased, all the Epson printer profiles I've ever loaded up.
>
> Where in the world do these profiles live on my computer? I need to
> drop in my new Image Print ones, and am going nuts :)
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
>
> Tom Salyer
> Miami
> www.tomsalyer.com
> 305 757 4557
> mobile 305 332 6979

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