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Thanks again. I always print my targets through Spyder3Print. I was 
referring to making prints once the profile has been produced. The 
Colorsync setting is what spoils the prints.

Tim Mimpriss
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David Miller wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2010, at 6:54 AM, Tim Mimpriss wrote:
> 
>>  With the newer
>> dialogues, to achieve the same result, I select "Epson Color Controls"
>> in the Color Matching tab, and "Off (No Color Adjustment)" in the  
>> Print
>> Settings tab (just as you describe for printing the target sheets).  
>> This
>> gave me the desired results with OS-X 10.5.x; but with 10.6.x, the OS
>> seems to override my choice in the Color Matching tab, in a somewhat
>> erratic fashion. When I CAN select "Epson Color Controls" in the Color
>> Matching tab (and, of course, "Off (No Color Adjustment)" under Print
>> settings, the prints come out fine.
>>
>>
> 
> That won't happen if you're printing that target sheets directly from
> within Spyder3Print. Both of those radio buttons are enabled and you
> can choose between them; nothing overrides and forces your choice to
> ColorSync.
> 
> If you're printing from Adobe applications (Photoshop and Lightroom):
> yes, what you say is true, but you shouldn't be printing target sheets
> from Lightroom (if you are: that's going to be the problem); and
> the normal method for printing targets isn't from Photoshop, either;
> I wouldn't recommend it at this point under Snow Leopard.
>> I have always understood that the Colorsync setting allows the  
>> driver to
>> select the profile linked to the media choice when you allow the  
>> printer
>> to control color management; but I am open to correction.
>>
>>
> 
> If you're seeing what you're describing when printing targets, then
> you're not printing them directly from Spyder3Print; if so, that's
> the solution: print them as described, directly from Spyder3Print.
> 
> 
> David Miller
> Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
> Datacolor
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