Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On 28-Jul-06, at 9:32 PM, David Miller wrote:
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>  (I knew that remeasuring those 9 patches was going to make a 
> difference,
>  as soon as I saw the big "dent" in the bottom of the profile shape 
> from your
>  original measurement set).
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>

Dave

hi, i am new to this group. i just found out about it on the Epson Wide 
Format group and decided to check you out.

i'm a new owner of the PrintFIX Pro Suite and have been working with it 
so far with no real issues yet. i am pleased to say that it is proving 
to be an amazing experience, how after many years i have never had any 
color management until now. my soft proofing is beyond what i could 
have imagined. it's the getting use to my monitor profile that is 
taking some time. the profile is generating rather 'mushy' and 
undefined tonal gradations in any sort of flesh tones and there is a 
lack of general contrast in most images. that being said, it is proving 
to be generating accurate representations regarding my printer output.

there is one thing i am wondering about and it involves a 'dent' in my 
profile. yes, when i read your profile description i knew exactly what 
you meant! i just did a 729 patch reading of a paper and when i checked 
out the generated icc profile, in the Colorsync profile utility in OsX, 
  it looked like it had collided with a concrete wall. there is a major 
dent in the greens. the 224 patch reading created a more smoothed out 
profile (though less gamut) and the soft proof looks great compared 
with it's output. am i to assume that at some point during my reading 
on the 729 patches i did something wrong? i printed out the scanning 
patches on separate (8.5 x 11) sheets on my Epson 7600. i'm planning to 
make another attempt at the 'Expert Mode' reading again but this time 
i'll print it all on one sheet.

one thing i have to say is that it's pretty enlightening to find out 
how limited an inkset really is as far as it's ability to recreate 
color. i use MIS inks in my machine, soon i will get some new inks and 
i'm curious as to how well they have improved (MIS Pro is the new ink 
they sell).

since i create directly in Painter and Photoshop it is necessary that i 
paint within the gamut of the printers output. by working within the 
profile i know i can only use the colors that will print and by doing 
so i have less output problems and color surprises. the wonderfully 
bright RGB palette is like another universe, bearing little resemblance 
to the real world.

Ghi