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Re: [datacolor_group] Re: Epson 4880 target printing

2009-06-03 by Cdtobie

UB version coming right up...

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:45 PM, "shreymel" <smni.chandaria@...> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Spider3Print does the same with an HP B9180 using a Mac.
>
> A workaround, like you found is to use Photoshop (or similar) to  
> print the targets.
>
> I have already posted this on the forum, but no one has yet offered  
> a Spider3Print solution.
>
> Having said that, a Universal Binary version of the app would be  
> nice as well!
>
> Shrey
>
> --- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, Myron Gochnauer <goch@...>  
> wrote:
>>
>> A few days ago I bought a new (for me) paper, and set about profiling
>> it. I don't recall having any problems with the process once I got
>> over the initial confusions and errors.
>>
>> I am using a Macbook Pro, running the Mac version of Spyder3Print.
>>
>> This time, though, the result was way off.   So I started all over
>> again, thinking I'd just made some silly error.  I then noticed that
>> when I tried to print the high quality target from within
>> Spyder3Print, the Epson print dialogue that came up included the item
>> "Color Matching", and this item gave me the choice of
>> "ColorSync" [which uses existing color profiles] or "Epson Color
>> Controls".  There was no choice for "No color management".
>>
>> I then called up the high quality target in Photoshop and printed it
>> that way, setting Color Management to "no color management".  When  
>> the
>> Epson print dialogue came up, ColorSync gave me no options (since
>> color management was turned off).  This time the resulting profile  
>> was
>> pretty much as I expected.
>>
>> Has anyone else had a problem with printing targets from Spyder3Print
>> on the 4880 with a Mac?
>>
>> I have no idea when this behaviour started.  It is as though
>> Spyder3Print cannot, or does not, turn off or disable color  
>> management
>> in the printer driver.
>>
>> OS X 10.5.7
>> Printer driver  Epson SP 4880 version 6.12
>> Spyder3Print 3.5b9
>>
>> Myron
>>
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