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I found something might help to understand why the softproof is washed out: the measured L value of the black patch is too high. 

I use spectro to measure the black surface of the spydercube which looks pretty dark black to me. The measured L value is 10, which is a gray shown on my screen. The L value of the middle gray is about 44.90.

It seems my spectro cannot correctly measure black patch.


--- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, "kk325ic" <kk325ic@...> wrote:
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> 
> I have been profiling Canon Pro9000 MK II printing on Kodak Matte Photo
> Paper, but not able to generate a correct profile.  The results
> (softproof and printout) are always washout.
> 
> The washout effect is shown in the following links: softproof
> <http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7641568514_9a180e54d4_z.jpg>   and
> no-softproof
> <http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7641569098_c570b63fe0_z.jpg>  . I
> have double-checked media selection, disable color management at the
> printer level, and  correctly take measurement data. All seem correct.
> Furthermore, even I use the  measurement file "HP B9180 Matte-Art"
> provided by DataColor, the results are still washout.
> 
> Anybody has a clue?
>