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On Feb 28, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Sat Tara Khalsa wrote:

> David,
>
> Given that this problem seems ubiquitous, wouldn't it make sense to  
> build a utility into S3P to check status of all print parameters and  
> any other color management settings and set to "off" before printing  
> targets?
> stsk
>
>

Wish that we could, but there's no way of doing this. We have
no way of "pushing the buttons" in any of the print dialogs to
turn color management off; and these controls vary widely,
from printer to printer, driver to driver, and OS to OS.

It's not possible to check print parameters, because these
are all handled completely in the manufacturer's printer
drivers themselves; we have no access to that information.

We document it as best we can, and tell people to turn off
all color management in their printer drivers. We also have
some demo videos up on our web site that stress this, and
show how it's done for several different printers for both
Mac and Windows, here:

http://spyder.datacolor.com/learn_videos.php


David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Datacolor