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2008-08-10 by Alan Tochterman

This may be a really basic question, but I can not find anything on the 
web or within this group to find my answer. 

I am using an Epson 1800 printer, Windows XP, Epson ink and Photoshop 
CS3.  My results with Epson Matte paper have been less than 
spectacular.  Here is my question. 

After editing my image and saving it as a Tiff, am I supposed to change 
my working space (color profile) to Gray Gamma 2.2 before I print.  
Since I do not have an Eye-One spectrometer, I was not sure what to do 
with the image before printing.

QTR included two pre-made icc profiles, one for glossy and one for 
matte papers, but I was not sure if they were for soft-proffing only or 
to be used in the final file for those of us who do not own a 
spectrometer. 

My results with both Gray Gamma 2.2 and the QTR icc were very similar.  

Any advice would be appreciated.

Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Icc Profile Question

2008-08-10 by Mike Kreman

Hi Alan,
I assume you're doing B&W prints.  I haven't been doing QTR printing that long myself - but set your Color Profile (EDIT-> Color Settings) in PS3 to Adobe 1998, Gamma 2.2 BEFORE you work on the image and save it as a .psd document because you will eventually ask PS to manage the colors in the PRINT dialog box.

I hope this helps a little!
Mike

--- On Sun, 8/10/08, Alan Tochterman <alantochterman@...> wrote:

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> From: Alan Tochterman <alantochterman@...>
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Icc Profile Question
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 11:08 AM
> This may be a really basic question, but I can not find
> anything on the 
> web or within this group to find my answer. 
> 
> I am using an Epson 1800 printer, Windows XP, Epson ink and
> Photoshop 
> CS3.  My results with Epson Matte paper have been less than
> 
> spectacular.  Here is my question. 
> 
> After editing my image and saving it as a Tiff, am I
> supposed to change 
> my working space (color profile) to Gray Gamma 2.2 before I
> print.  
> Since I do not have an Eye-One spectrometer, I was not sure
> what to do 
> with the image before printing.
> 
> QTR included two pre-made icc profiles, one for glossy and
> one for 
> matte papers, but I was not sure if they were for
> soft-proffing only or 
> to be used in the final file for those of us who do not own
> a 
> spectrometer. 
> 
> My results with both Gray Gamma 2.2 and the QTR icc were
> very similar.  
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.

Re: Icc Profile Question

2008-08-11 by Alan Tochterman

Dear Mike:

Thanks for the advice.  I am going to assume that you are a Mac user, 
as Windows users can not print from Photoshop or any ohter 
application for that matter.  We must convert the document to a TIFF 
first, then print directly through QTR.  

ADT

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Mike Kreman <mkreman@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Alan,
> I assume you're doing B&W prints.  I haven't been doing QTR 
printing that long myself - but set your Color Profile (EDIT-> Color 
Settings) in PS3 to Adobe 1998, Gamma 2.2 BEFORE you work on the 
image and save it as a .psd document because you will eventually ask 
PS to manage the colors in the PRINT dialog box.

Show quoted textHide quoted text

> 
> I hope this helps a little!
> Mike
> 
> --- On Sun, 8/10/08, Alan Tochterman <alantochterman@...> wrote:
> 
> > From: Alan Tochterman <alantochterman@...>
> > Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Icc Profile Question
> > To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 11:08 AM
> > This may be a really basic question, but I can not find
> > anything on the 
> > web or within this group to find my answer. 
> > 
> > I am using an Epson 1800 printer, Windows XP, Epson ink and
> > Photoshop 
> > CS3.  My results with Epson Matte paper have been less than
> > 
> > spectacular.  Here is my question. 
> > 
> > After editing my image and saving it as a Tiff, am I
> > supposed to change 
> > my working space (color profile) to Gray Gamma 2.2 before I
> > print.  
> > Since I do not have an Eye-One spectrometer, I was not sure
> > what to do 
> > with the image before printing.
> > 
> > QTR included two pre-made icc profiles, one for glossy and
> > one for 
> > matte papers, but I was not sure if they were for
> > soft-proffing only or 
> > to be used in the final file for those of us who do not own
> > a 
> > spectrometer. 
> > 
> > My results with both Gray Gamma 2.2 and the QTR icc were
> > very similar.  
> > 
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
>

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