Datacolor User to User Support Group.

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>With much anticipation, I then loaded my regular prints and
>softproofed it in PS. I was quite dismayed at the softproof on dark
>blue t-shirts. Where there are folds in the t-shirt and in shadows,
>the softproof showed pitch shining black, totally devoid of details.

No, that shouldn't happen.

>I proceeded to print (with all printer controls set to zero) with the
>new profile and while general colors were in the vicinity, it was too
>cyanish or bluish. Looks like I'm not going to get a spot-on match
>the first time. No choice now but to go into repetitive rebuilding
>of the profile with color adjustments to match what I see on the
>softproof. I plan to do this on the weekend where I can get some
>daylight next to the print.

Also recommended:

- Check your measurements. Go back to the Read Patches screen, switch
to the bottom half, select your measurement file, View/Measure to open
it up in the Target window again, and switch the popup in the bottom right
corner to show the measured colors. Eyeball this, alongside your target
print, and make sure that your measurements look right (if not, any "off"
measurements should stand out like a sore thumb on the 729 patch target).
Assuming you did the 3 letter-size page version, switch to all the pages
and check them all. (If any are off, you can use the cursor keys to go
back to any patches you like, and remeasure them).

- If you'd like, email me a copy of your measurement .xml file and I can
have a quick look at it, too. (Stuff, or zip, the file, and email it to
me at davem@...).


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David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
ColorVision