Datacolor User to User Support Group.

I may be stating the obvious, but the PFP profile is assigned in
Photoshop so that Photoshop controls the printer and in the printer
driver ICM is checked and also "No color management."

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny



--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> 
> In a message dated 8/12/06 11:55:32 AM, wimvanleeuwen@... writes:
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> > Yesterday I received my Epson Stylus Photo R800 printer. After
> > unpacking, installation and making some testprints, I printed a target
> > for PrintFixPro. Today I made the profile and when I use it with PSCS2
> > I am very glad with the results, but.... when I set PSCS2 to "no color
> > management" and set the driver to "ICM" and assigning the newly made
> > profile to be used by this driver, I get a terrible brownish color all
> > over the photo.
> > 
> 
> There are numerous issues with driver level color management, but
the short 
> story is: use application level color management instead. Since
driver level 
> conversion can only happen properly when the RGB datastream to the
driver has 
> the source profile included, and only special software such as
Photoshop does 
> this, this means that the only apps capable of accurate driver CM
don't need it, 
> as they are the apps that do accurate application level CM already...
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Division
> DataColor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
>