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Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by crossroadssixtythree

Hi,

I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson R1800, and
Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23" Apple Cinema
displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I use the
Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.

I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in SpyderPrint4
(the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings for
the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:

1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
2. Select Lab color radio button
3. Select QTR Override
4. Select ICC profile radio button
5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)

My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color radio
button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same time. I
left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it created
the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the QTR ICC
Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.

Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by Paul Roark

FWIW, this is how I use the previous model:
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Spectro.pdf

I open the text file in Excel to look at the data before dropping it into
QTR or Create ICC-RGB.  I simply copy the data from the Excel sheet and
paste it into a Notepad file saved to the Desktop with the name I want to
use.  These drop straight into Create ICC-RGB without problems.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:24 AM, crossroadssixtythree <
crossroadssixtythree@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson
> R1800, and
> Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23"
> Apple Cinema
> displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I
> use the
> Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.
>
> I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in
> SpyderPrint4
> (the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings
> for
> the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:
>
> 1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
> 2. Select Lab color radio button
> 3. Select QTR Override
> 4. Select ICC profile radio button
> 5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)
>
> My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color
> radio
> button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same
> time. I
> left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it
> created
> the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
> bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the
> QTR ICC
> Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.
>
> Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
> something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>  
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by rossfmj

I use the QTR over-ride to produce linearise files for QTR.  It produces a script with "Linearize" followed by the values of each step, separated by a gap.  I think this is for standard linearising using QTR ink descriptor files and not for creating ICC files. 

Try doing it again without selecting the QTR override to see if this will work.

Ross
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson
> > R1800, and
> > Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23"
> > Apple Cinema
> > displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I
> > use the
> > Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.
> >
> > I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in
> > SpyderPrint4
> > (the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings
> > for
> > the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:
> >
> > 1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
> > 2. Select Lab color radio button
> > 3. Select QTR Override
> > 4. Select ICC profile radio button
> > 5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)
> >
> > My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color
> > radio
> > button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same
> > time. I
> > left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it
> > created
> > the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
> > bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the
> > QTR ICC
> > Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
> > something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by rossfmj

I use the QTR over-ride to produce linearise files for QTR.  It produces a script with "Linearize" followed by the values of each step, separated by a gap.  I think this is for standard linearising using QTR ink descriptor files and not for creating ICC files. 

Try doing it again without selecting the QTR override to see if this will work.

Ross
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson
> > R1800, and
> > Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23"
> > Apple Cinema
> > displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I
> > use the
> > Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.
> >
> > I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in
> > SpyderPrint4
> > (the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings
> > for
> > the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:
> >
> > 1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
> > 2. Select Lab color radio button
> > 3. Select QTR Override
> > 4. Select ICC profile radio button
> > 5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)
> >
> > My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color
> > radio
> > button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same
> > time. I
> > left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it
> > created
> > the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
> > bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the
> > QTR ICC
> > Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
> > something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by rossfmj

I use the QTR over-ride to produce linearise files for QTR.  It produces a script with "Linearize" followed by the values of each step, separated by a gap.  I think this is for standard linearising using QTR ink descriptor files and not for creating ICC files. 

Try doing it again without selecting the QTR override to see if this will work.

Ross
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson
> > R1800, and
> > Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23"
> > Apple Cinema
> > displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I
> > use the
> > Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.
> >
> > I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in
> > SpyderPrint4
> > (the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings
> > for
> > the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:
> >
> > 1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
> > 2. Select Lab color radio button
> > 3. Select QTR Override
> > 4. Select ICC profile radio button
> > 5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)
> >
> > My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color
> > radio
> > button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same
> > time. I
> > left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it
> > created
> > the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
> > bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the
> > QTR ICC
> > Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
> > something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by rossfmj

I use the QTR over-ride to produce linearise files for QTR.  It produces a script with "Linearize" followed by the values of each step, separated by a gap.  I think this is for standard linearising using QTR ink descriptor files and not for creating ICC files. 

Try doing it again without selecting the QTR override to see if this will work.

Ross
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson
> > R1800, and
> > Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23"
> > Apple Cinema
> > displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I
> > use the
> > Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.
> >
> > I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in
> > SpyderPrint4
> > (the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings
> > for
> > the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:
> >
> > 1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
> > 2. Select Lab color radio button
> > 3. Select QTR Override
> > 4. Select ICC profile radio button
> > 5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)
> >
> > My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color
> > radio
> > button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same
> > time. I
> > left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it
> > created
> > the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
> > bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the
> > QTR ICC
> > Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
> > something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by rossfmj

I use the QTR over-ride to produce linearise files for QTR.  It produces a script with "Linearize" followed by the values of each step, separated by a gap.  I think this is for standard linearising using QTR ink descriptor files and not for creating ICC files. 

Try doing it again without selecting the QTR override to see if this will work.

Ross
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson
> > R1800, and
> > Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23"
> > Apple Cinema
> > displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I
> > use the
> > Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.
> >
> > I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in
> > SpyderPrint4
> > (the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings
> > for
> > the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:
> >
> > 1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
> > 2. Select Lab color radio button
> > 3. Select QTR Override
> > 4. Select ICC profile radio button
> > 5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)
> >
> > My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color
> > radio
> > button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same
> > time. I
> > left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it
> > created
> > the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
> > bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the
> > QTR ICC
> > Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
> > something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by rossfmj

I use the QTR over-ride to produce linearise files for QTR.  It produces a script with "Linearize" followed by the values of each step, separated by a gap.  I think this is for standard linearising using QTR ink descriptor files and not for creating ICC files. 

Try doing it again without selecting the QTR override to see if this will work.

Ross
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson
> > R1800, and
> > Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23"
> > Apple Cinema
> > displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I
> > use the
> > Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.
> >
> > I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in
> > SpyderPrint4
> > (the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings
> > for
> > the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:
> >
> > 1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
> > 2. Select Lab color radio button
> > 3. Select QTR Override
> > 4. Select ICC profile radio button
> > 5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)
> >
> > My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color
> > radio
> > button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same
> > time. I
> > left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it
> > created
> > the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
> > bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the
> > QTR ICC
> > Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
> > something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: Has anyone had luck making profiles with the Spyder Print Studio 4 system?

2013-04-01 by rossfmj

I use the QTR over-ride to produce linearise files for QTR.  It produces a script with "Linearize" followed by the values of each step, separated by a gap.  I think this is for standard linearising using QTR ink descriptor files and not for creating ICC files. 

Try doing it again without selecting the QTR override to see if this will work.

Ross
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to create custom ICC profiles for the QTR, my Epson
> > R1800, and
> > Epson Velvet Fine Paper so I can get prints that are closer to my two 23"
> > Apple Cinema
> > displays. My color workflow and calibrations are all ready in place and I
> > use the
> > Spyder 4 Studio kit for camera, display, and printer calibration.
> >
> > I'm running into a problem when I get to the measurement window in
> > SpyderPrint4
> > (the software from Spyder for printer calibration)when I take my readings
> > for
> > the QTR custom profile. The instructions say to:
> >
> > 1. Select export to file, which I name and save.
> > 2. Select Lab color radio button
> > 3. Select QTR Override
> > 4. Select ICC profile radio button
> > 5. Then read your test strip (gray scale patches)
> >
> > My problem is after I select the ICC profile radio button the LAB color
> > radio
> > button becomes un-checked. Apparently you can't choose both at the same
> > time. I
> > left the ICC profile radio button checked, took my measurements, and it
> > created
> > the .txt file with the LAB readings. When I open that document at the very
> > bottom it says that it's in the wrong format. And when I drop it on the
> > QTR ICC
> > Profile creator it creates an "out" file but nothing else.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this problem or does anyone notice if I'm doing
> > something wrong in my steps. Any help or feedback will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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