Digital BW, The Print

Trying to set up a custom proofing space in Windows XP.  I follow 
Tyler's "Matching Your Monitor View to Your Prints."  At step 4 PS6 
saves the renamed custom dot gain setting as an ICC file, not a PSF 
file which is the proofing file.  The only kind of file that can be 
automatically saved to the program files/adobe/color/proofing folder 
is a PSF file.  It refuses to save to this folder because it isn't a 
PSF file.  

Obviously, some of you have gotten the proofing profiles to work.  
As an aside, I discovered that you can place the ICC file in the 
colors/profiles folder and it will appear on the view/proof 
setup/custom list, but since it is not a proofing (PSF) the default 
Gray 2.2 continues to be the view even though the named ICC space is 
shown.  

I tried to find help in the manual, Haynes, Evening and Fraser books 
but couldn't solve it.

I hope the above isn't as confused as I am.  

Andy Unger

I solved the problem after making the initial post.  The ICC profile 
in the "profiles" folder can be made to work.  I had failed to 
checkmark the "preserve color numbers" block.  Once I did that the 
soft proof view adjusted to match the custom dot gain profile.  Its 
just puzzling that PS6 refused to create a PSF file.

Andy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "ungram" <ungram@y...> 
wrote:
> Trying to set up a custom proofing space in Windows XP.  I follow 
> Tyler's "Matching Your Monitor View to Your Prints."  At step 4 
PS6 
> saves the renamed custom dot gain setting as an ICC file, not a 
PSF 
> file which is the proofing file.  The only kind of file that can 
be 
> automatically saved to the program files/adobe/color/proofing 
folder 
> is a PSF file.  It refuses to save to this folder because it isn't 
a 
> PSF file.  
> 
> Obviously, some of you have gotten the proofing profiles to work.  
> As an aside, I discovered that you can place the ICC file in the 
> colors/profiles folder and it will appear on the view/proof 
> setup/custom list, but since it is not a proofing (PSF) the 
default 
> Gray 2.2 continues to be the view even though the named ICC space 
is 
> shown.  
> 
> I tried to find help in the manual, Haynes, Evening and Fraser 
books 

> but couldn't solve it.
> 
> I hope the above isn't as confused as I am.  
> 
> Andy Unger