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RE: [Digital BW] Color management - Photoshop cs

RE: [Digital BW] Color management - Photoshop cs

2005-01-04 by Richard Wolfson

Can you print a perfect nozzle check pattern?

Richard Wolfson
Fine Art Photographer & Digital Imaging Consultant
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: michaelwtz [mailto:michaelwtz@...] 
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:58 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Color management - Photoshop cs
> 
> I need help - when I print (using generations enhanced ink 
> with profiles on an epson 1270), my monochrome and tinted 
> prints ( RGB or Grayscale files), are previewing and printing 
> with a very strong cyan (purple!) cast - should say color, as 
> it is so strong. The monitor is calibrated - print looks good 
> - then disaster! I have checked my driver settings
> - seem to correct; color management off etc.
> Anyone had similar issues - found any solutions?

Re: [Digital BW] Color management - Photoshop cs

2005-01-04 by michaelwtz

Yes, I have cleared previuosly blocked nozzles - what I find interesting, is that I do not 
need to print the image to know that photograph will print 'purple'. The photo previews on 
the monitor with the purple cast - and then prints as per the preview.

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> Can you print a perfect nozzle check pattern?
> 
> Richard Wolfson
> Fine Art Photographer & Digital Imaging Consultant
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: michaelwtz [mailto:michaelwtz@y...] 
> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:58 PM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Color management - Photoshop cs
> > 
> > I need help - when I print (using generations enhanced ink 
> > with profiles on an epson 1270), my monochrome and tinted 
> > prints ( RGB or Grayscale files), are previewing and printing 
> > with a very strong cyan (purple!) cast - should say color, as 
> > it is so strong. The monitor is calibrated - print looks good 
> > - then disaster! I have checked my driver settings
> > - seem to correct; color management off etc.
> > Anyone had similar issues - found any solutions?

RE: [Digital BW] Color management - Photoshop cs

2005-01-04 by Richard Wolfson

> From: michaelwtz [mailto:michaelwtz@...] 
> I do not need to print the image to know 
> that photograph will print 'purple'. The photo previews on 
> the monitor with the purple cast - and then prints as per
> the preview.

Ok; it sounds like it's not a printer problem.

If you preview a fully-desaturated RGB image (i.e., r = g = b
everywhere) through an RGB profile and see a strong color cast,
something is wrong. 

If your fully desaturated image looks neutral on your calibrated monitor
in RGB view but turns purple when you select "Proof Colors" then seems
like monitor calibration is not the issue.

If preview through a different profile (from another source) looks ok,
the first profile could be corrupted. If all profiles generate purple
previews, then the profile is not the issue.

If none of those tests isolates the problem, and you are confident all
color settings are correct, you might try uninstalling and reinstalling
Photoshop. Conceivably your software installation is corrupted.

Richard Wolfson
Fine Art Photographer & Digital Imaging Consultant

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