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I guess I spoke too soon. Printer is an Epson R1800. I printed out the 225 patch target after making double sure that in the Advanced settings of the printer driver ICM was chosen and then turned OFF. Let the new target print dry down for about 4 hours and then made a new printer profile. Printed a test pic, and again it was way too dark. In fact, this one is further off (darker, oversaturated) than the profile from the 729 patch target I made a couple of days ago.

Both of these printer targets, the 729 patch one and the 225 patch one, are unusually dark. Many colors appear to be black, though I know they must actually be patches of color.

Any further suggestions?

Bill

The targets, both the 

--- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, David Miller <dm2363@...> wrote:
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> A too dark print means that you've printed the target incorrectly;
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> You must have forgotten to turn off color management when you printed  
> it.
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> The result is a too-light target print that will produce a too-dark  
> print when you use the profile in Photoshop.
> 
> David Miller
> Datacolor
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