Datacolor User to User Support Group.

In a message dated 3/20/06 5:21:57 AM, zen1@... writes:


> Don't get me wrong here. I guess I have no business trying to print
> colours that cannot be printed on matte paper but I'd just like to
> understand the difference in the way that the epson and the PFP
> profiles deal with OOG colours. Providing I stay within 'natural
> colours' the PFP profile is much better than the epson one.
> 
> 
Thats certainly how we intended the process to work: use the softproof to 
determine if there are significantly out of gamut colors, and bring those areas 
in, or nearly in, gamut before printing, so that the "intent" is your artistic 
intent, not a profile intent. I'd hate to sacrifice the quality of our in 
gamut and nearly in gamut colors in an attempt to deal with wildly out of gamut 
colors, when the best solution is to deal with those extreme colors yourself...

I've never been fond of the "throw anything at the profile and expect what 
you personally prefer to come out the printer" school of thought, as colors too 
far out of gamut require some thought: Should   I use a wider gamut paper for 
this print, should I desaturate larger areas to retain overall saturation 
balance, or should I target just the out of gamut colors, and work with assorted 
tools to bring them in? That type of thing...

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com