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Re: QTR UT2 calibration

2004-05-21 by px3n120x

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" <roy@h...> 
wrote:
> > I have an Epson 1280 and just tested with a profile downloaded from your site and 
> it 
> > works fine. Never had this before I changed inks and am sure it has nothing to do 
> with the 
> > inks. Your instructions (and my memory) say to just edit calibration=yes and set 
> the 
> > default_ink_limit to 100. Choose QuadTone Calibration in the menu and select the 
> profile I 
> > just created.
> > 
> > Andu
> > > 
> > > Roy
> 
> 
> I'm not sure I understand that last paragraph  "it works fine".  What
> works and what doesn't??

Printing with one of your profiles works as expected.

> 
> But anyway, the other thing idea is: are you applying a profile in PS?   When
> you Print with Preview -- the bottom under Color Management should NOT
> have Proof set, and Profile should say Same As Source.

I did that.

> 
> Also for the profile edits I assume you are using upper case and you are
> re-running Run-Quad-Profile.  The profile should end up with a 
> name ending in "calib".

I did that too.
I'm testing now with a profile based on the ones I made for UT-regular (basically reversing 
C with M) and aside from some fine tunning that is needed everything behaves as 
expected, I'm giving up on calibration for now since I have no clue as to what goes wrong.

Andu

> 
> Roy

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