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--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades" <jeades1@...> wrote:
>
> Help Folks,
> 
> I've been making printer profiles for the papers I usually use--Epson
> HW Matte, H'muhle Matte Photo Paper, and now Ilford Galerie Smooth
> glossy. All the others have given me very good results, buth this one
> is a humdinger--nothing but trouble.
> 
> I completed the process using PrintFixPro and made printer profile #1;
> which gave very muddy results in the print and the proofing in
> PhotoShop also. I know RC paper should dry right away, but I reread it
> later today from yesterday's color squares. Not very much of a
> surprise that I got different LAB readings today. Maybe it dries right
> away but does need some time to CURE. I created printer profile #2 and
> it was like the first one in that the print and the proof looked
> awful. If this was the first printer profile I had created, I would
> assume it was operator error on my part, but the success I've had with
> the pinter profiles before this lead me to think my procedure is
> correct. Just for curiosity's sake, I ran a print through using the
> Epson HW Matte profile and printed it on the Ilford Galerie Smooth
> Glossy and other than some splotchy colors, it looked better color
> matched to the monitor than the profile that's been giving me trouble
> with the glossy paper. Does anyone have any similar experience and has
> solved it satisfactorily??
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny
>

I've tried the same paper and found it unsatisfactory.  The profiles from Ilford aren't any 
better.  Its just not my favorite ... some just don't perform as well :-)