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Re: [datacolor_group] Shadow Detail in Test Prints

2013-02-14 by C D Tobie


On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:19 AM, "Mike" <mikesellers@...> wrote:

I am using Spyder 3 Print 4.0 and print with a Canon ipf8100. I am trying to profile Epson Premium Luster and I have printed the Media Setting Check print using the Special media types 1 thru 5 -5 being maximum laydown of ink-which use photo black ink.The gentleman in the bottom strip on the right looks too dark but I can`t see a difference between setting 1 and 5. Setting 5 puts down more ink than 1.When I print an image using a profile made with setting 3 for instance- aren`t shadow details defined by me in photoshop and not the profile anyway?

The profile can only use the setting the printer provides. If it provides too much ink, you'll get over-inking problems despite the profile. And if it is ink starved, you will get weak blacks, regardless of the profile. In effect, the profile says "print 0, 0, 0 (black)", and the media setting defines what 0, 0, 0 means, be that too much ink, or too little. So its a cooperative venture to find the optimal media setting, plus the optimal profile on top of it.

C. David Tobie

Global Product Technology Manager



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