Datacolor User to User Support Group.

I asked the PrintFab guys the question, and here's their response, in case it's of use to anyone-

Dear James,

With applications that send "Postscript" like Adobe PhotoShop / Indesign and Quark XPress, PrintFab actually bypasses ColorSync, so the application's RGB / CMYK colors are sent directly to the PrintFab driver.

With applications that use Apple's printing framework (e.g. iPhoto), ColorSync cannot be disabled but is configured to do a "null transform".

Best regards
Florian Zeiler

ZEDOnet GmbH

So, my question following from that is- does the Spyder3 Print SR software fall into the former category or the latter? If it's the latter, would I be better off printing the targets from Photoshop if using PrintFab?

James


On 5 Dec 2011, at 10:34, Cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:

> >>I might try PrintFab, as it looks like it might allow this kind of thing on a Mac and looks pretty full featured. Any thoughts on whether it'll do this kind of thing properly?
> 
> It appears to be a true RIP, so it will bypass the RGB print path, and avoid the issue at hand. Whether it applies profiles well, turns CM off for target printing, or can work with RGB output profiles I cannot say not having tested it. 
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Global Product Technology Manager
> Imaging Color Solutions
> Datacolor inc. 
> cdtobie@...
> www.datacolor.com
> 
> On Dec 4, 2011, at 8:39 PM, "james_whitehouse1@..." <james_whitehouse1@...> wrote:
> 
> > I might try PrintFab, as it looks like it might allow this kind of thing on a Mac and looks pretty full featured. Any thoughts on whether it'll do this kind of thing properly?
>