Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hi folks. It's been a while since I last successfully profiled, in 1.05X and using CS3. Now I have 10.6.4 and CS5.

So I did new profiles today and sure enough following old instructions, the targets (2 page EZ) looked good and not "dark and broody".

So I need to double triple check - in 10.6.X I have to , for printing the targets within Spyder 3 Print - 

1. Under the print dialog option - Color Matching - pick Epson Color Controls and NOT Colorsync

2. Under the Print Settings dialog and specifically the Color Settings pulldown I select Off (No Color Adjustment) and NOT Color Controls (with its options of Epson Vivid, Epson Standard and AdobeRGB)

The first time I printed the settings were:

1. Epson Color Controls
2. Epson Standard

Result being a quite nice looking target that was a range of colors and hues.

So I am changing to :

1. Epson Color Controls
2. Off (No Color Adjustment)

Which rendered a target that was quite dark in Page 1 rows 2-3-4 and ABCD 7-12 (the largest observed differences) and Page 2 all 4 quadrants especially A-E rows 7-12.

The profile from attempt #1 rendered prints very dark, very red. I am now trying to measure and create a new profile with these two setting set as mentioned.

Am I on the right track?