Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hi all!

Made a profiles(PrintFix Pro 1.1.1) for 2 different papers
(HawkMountian SharpWing Luster and Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl)and made 
prints. The colors match what's on screen(profiled monitor w/wht pt. @ 
65K)but they are printing 1-1 1/4 stop dark like they are over 
saturated. I turn off CM in the epson driver, use perceptual intent, 
check media settings, etc. Have I done something wrong in the proflies 
I made? As I stated, the colors in the prints are great, only dark, 
like the're over saturated. Do I modify the profiles and rebuild them 
and reprint? What would need to do? From what I could see, I would 
call up the profile to modify, use the sliders(in this instance the 
brightness),click next to rebuild the profile, rename it and then use 
that new profile to print. Any info would be appreciated!

Hi all!

Made a profiles(PrintFix Pro 1.1.1) for 2 different papers
(HawkMountian SharpWing Luster and Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl)and made 
prints. The colors match what's on screen(profiled monitor w/wht pt. @ 
65K)but they are printing 1-1 1/4 stop dark like they are over 
saturated. I turn off CM in the epson driver, use perceptual intent, 
check media settings, etc. Have I done something wrong in the proflies 
I made? As I stated, the colors in the prints are great, only dark, 
like the're over saturated. Do I modify the profiles and rebuild them 
and reprint? What would need to do? From what I could see, I would 
call up the profile to modify, use the sliders(in this instance the 
brightness),click next to rebuild the profile, rename it and then use 
that new profile to print. Any info would be appreciated!

I would use the brightness sliders. Count yourself lucky if that's 
the only diff from the screen - color casts are much more difficult 
to correct. I'm always amazed by people's feedback on being spot-on 
perfect match with their monitors - its kind of like striking a 
lottery.

The screen is a completely independent system to the printer while 
using monitor profiles and printer profiles do bring them closer, 
they are enough variance and fluctuations in the monitor to make it 
a very challenging task to print match. 

I trust you are proofing them in Photoshop? THat's the ultimate 
match test. These are my thoughts anyway - i'm just a passionate 
hobbyist to photography.


--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Keith R." <kjrslr@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi all!
> 
> Made a profiles(PrintFix Pro 1.1.1) for 2 different papers
> (HawkMountian SharpWing Luster and Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl)and 
made 
> prints. The colors match what's on screen(profiled monitor w/wht 
pt. @ 
> 65K)but they are printing 1-1 1/4 stop dark like they are over 
> saturated. I turn off CM in the epson driver, use perceptual 
intent, 
> check media settings, etc. Have I done something wrong in the 
proflies 
> I made? As I stated, the colors in the prints are great, only 
dark, 
> like the're over saturated. Do I modify the profiles and rebuild 
them 
> and reprint? What would need to do? From what I could see, I would 
> call up the profile to modify, use the sliders(in this instance 
the 
> brightness),click next to rebuild the profile, rename it and then 
use 
> that new profile to print. Any info would be appreciated!
>