Do I Need a Different Printer??
2006-09-12 by pspuser5
Hello All, I am a newbie, and I purchased the PFP in the hopes that it would correct the color problems with my printer. I have an HP Photosmart 7350. I have
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2006-09-12 by pspuser5
Hello All, I am a newbie, and I purchased the PFP in the hopes that it would correct the color problems with my printer. I have an HP Photosmart 7350. I have
2006-09-10 by bwinkjet
Hi all, My apologies to the list. I have learned I probably failed to read the white paper as the 729th patch and thus had an incomplete file which could be
2006-09-09 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Send directly to him at: DaveM@colorvision.com C. David Tobie Product Technology Manager ColorVision Business Division DataColor Inc.
2006-09-09 by bwinkjet
Yes, Pro with spectro, same set of patches on 3 pages measured three times a, b, and c. These measurement files show up in all the drop downs except when
2006-09-09 by CDTobie@aol.com
... You will also need to have two or more measurement sets using the same number of measurements in the folder, in order to run an average command. C. David
2006-09-09 by David Miller
... (ok) ... I may as well have a look at them..:-) Can you make a .zip or a .sitx from them, and email the compressed file to me at davem@colorvision.com?
2006-09-09 by bwinkjet
Hi David, See below ... popup ... selected in the ... other 729 ... patches are ... I tried renaming the data files (all of which are 729 patch readings from
2006-09-09 by David Miller
... Ok, got it! That would be a bug. (adding it to the (small) list of things that need to be addressed) Simple answer: make sure you re not on the Read
2006-09-09 by bwinkjet
Hi David, Thanks for the quick reply. I am sorry I was incomplete and confusing in my post. PSP was a typo. I am talking about measurement files created
2006-09-09 by David Miller
... I m a little puzzled. In PrintFIX PRO 1.1.1, or any previous version (we -are- talking about the same software, correct? I don t know what PSP is, do you
2006-09-09 by bwinkjet
Hi, I need help with 2 issues that are related. PSP 1.1.1 on PC XP Pro. Unless average profiles is invoked on the last page (one with the options to modify a
2006-09-08 by aargvork
Hi, Yes the 1990SXi is the replacement for the 1980SXi. As I understand it,the 1980 unit processed data to 10 bits precision internally and the 1990 processes
2006-09-07 by gemsib
Hope i can get an answer quickly, so if you know, please take a moment :) After much searching i decided the NEC 1980sxi was the best buy i could manage at
2006-09-04 by CDTobie@aol.com
... That patch is paper white, just read it as is, and you ll be fine. C. David Tobie Product Technology Manager ColorVision Business Division DataColor Inc.
2006-09-04 by David Miller
... Shmuel, The missing patch is supposed to be missing; it s paper white; which is supposed to be measured that way. Best regards, -- David Miller Senior
2006-09-04 by shmuelmandelbaum
on august 20 you gave me info on using the photoshop 225 target to use to calibrate 4 x 6 pics. can you please check the photoshop target, as mine has a
2006-09-01 by Tom
This question is not on topic but ... Do the colors shift further if a client puts one of your tee shirts through a washer and heated dryer? I m guessing the
2006-08-31 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Monitors are not calibrated to individual machines, they are calibrated to industry standards, then the individual machines are profiled as well, and in
2006-08-31 by Walt Mucha
Monitor calibration will calibrate your monitor to a specific color temperature and brightness/contrast. You could use a printer profiler like Print Fix Pro to
2006-08-31 by Dan Finnerty
Your humidity suggestion is a good one, I ll give it a try. Low humidity is the norm here in southern California, and we are heading into the uber-dry Santa
2006-08-30 by mrspeela
For 15 years we have been printing T-shirts. We started with an old Seiko, then graduated to the Epson 1160 then added an 1280. These inks were dye based, now
2006-08-29 by sinar001
I haven t use the i9900, but the prints I got from the s9000 on Ilford classic pearl were outstanding. One thing about the swellable polymers, they might be
2006-08-29 by CDTobie@aol.com
... You are measuring about a 5mm circle, so reading the target twice, and using the Average function could assist in smoothing out differences from
2006-08-29 by Dan Finnerty
You confirm what I was about to conclude, unfortunately. I m going to finish these profiles so I can use the IG papers I already have. Time to check out some
2006-08-28 by CDTobie@aol.com
... If all media settings mottle, then (according to the help in PrintFIX PRO) you have an incompatible combination. It may not be hugely incompatable, but
2006-08-27 by dffinnert
Hello, I just got a new Canon i9900 printer and am trying to make profiles for Ilford Classic Gloss and Pearl paper. When I try to select the suggested high
2006-08-22 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Yes. DyeSub and Thermal printers can be profiled the same way. If they are extremely non-linear (and some of them are...) then more patches can produce a
2006-08-21 by Andrew Darlow
Hi David: Thanks so much for the excellent info. I ve heard a lot of complaints from people about the quality they are getting when printing CDs/ DVDs, so this
2006-08-21 by CDTobie@aol.com
... by simply opening the 225 patch one page TIFF target in Photoshop, and cutting it into quadrants betweeen rows and columns, printing each quadrant on a 4x6
2006-08-21 by Andrew Darlow
Hi David: When I read the info you posted about profiling 4x6, I got to thinking that one could probably profile CDs/DVDs as well with Print Fix Pro. Can you
2006-08-21 by Walt Mucha
You can use the same method David outlined. I find the 225 patch target works for my needs. I would try that first. Needless to say it s imperative to read the
2006-08-21 by CDTobie@aol.com
... We ve certainly heard this request before. The problem is that most 4x6 users don t even print from a computer, but directly from the card, where we can t
2006-08-21 by shmuelmandelbaum
David thank you very much for the info. i will try this sometime this week. this may sound crazy, but i read that the best profile for a dye-sub printer would
2006-08-21 by David Miller
... Hello Shmuel, Glad you like what you ve seen so far! There s a way you can profile a 4x6 printer with the existing software, if you subdivide the 225 patch
2006-08-21 by shmuelmandelbaum
Please! ColorVision, please consider updating your software for 4x6 printers. i have a dedicated sony printer that i would like to calibrate. otherwise, i have
2006-08-19 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Given that you have very few other controls, thats definately the one to play with next, along with any other media choices that might work. C. David Tobie
2006-08-18 by Terry Ritz
I ve made two 729 patch profile for Innova Soft Texture Art and I m getting posterization with both on a black to gray background gradient in one of my prints.
2006-08-18 by David Miller
... Looks to me like a scaling issue. (and not one that s consistent, since this is the first report we ve seen of it, so I d guess that this is sporadic, at
2006-08-18 by Ronald Janowsky
Tom, ... I m using an Epson Stylus Photo 2100 with driver version 5.50. Nothing special and I don t have any problems printing normally from Photoshop or any
2006-08-18 by Tom
Which printer and printer driver version are you using? I can tell you that this hasn t happened to me yet running PFP on Windows 2000 or Windows XP for my
2006-08-17 by Ronald Janowsky
In the Windows PrintFix Pro version seems to be another small glitch. Sometimes when I print targets the color patches are not distributed evenly, but some
2006-08-16 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Its something of an open question as to what a monitor calibrator can check, by itself, that will prove its working properly; there s some circular logic
2006-08-16 by David Miller
... I would expect so. If there s something wrong with the spectro, it s not going to calibrate properly; and you d get measurements out of it that would
2006-08-16 by ed_limmy
HI David, My eyeone display 2 has a diagnostic program that i can run to check if it is ok. Currently there s nothing for that in PFP right? What if one of the
2006-08-13 by Johnny Eades
I may be stating the obvious, but the PFP profile is assigned in Photoshop so that Photoshop controls the printer and in the printer driver ICM is checked and
2006-08-12 by CDTobie@aol.com
... There are numerous issues with driver level color management, but the short story is: use application level color management instead. Since driver level
2006-08-12 by Wim van Leeuwen
Hello All, Yesterday I received my Epson Stylus Photo R800 printer. After unpacking, installation and making some testprints, I printed a target for
2006-08-11 by David Miller
... I agree. It will definitely be fixed in the next version. ... That s even better to hear! Best regards, -- David Miller Senior Software Developer, Digital
2006-08-11 by Ronald Janowsky
David, ... thanks a lot for your confirmation. I know it s only a really minor bug, but neverless it s even better to get rid of such small things. By the way,
2006-08-11 by David Miller
... Ronald, Thanks for the note! After a quick test: - Profiles created on the Mac have a proper date/time in the header, but: - Profiles created with the