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My adventures in color profiles
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I'm using MIS PRO pigment based inks with an Epson
1280. Being a relative newbie, I had lots of difficulty getting
good print results, my prints were all grayed out with no fine detail,
very low contrast. They looked horrible, and I had a heck of a
time learning about color profiles.
But I'm delighted to say that after many hours of reading, and lots of
trial and error printing, I've finally gotten GREAT results.
Better looking than with the dye based inks made for this printer, which
look fantastic but are prone to fading over time.
These pigment prints have all the color punch a person could hope for,
and they are truly archival. Great saturation, intensity and
detail. They are fabulous! It was worth all the hours of
research.
So I'm sharing what I've learned, in case there are fellow artists out
there struggling with the same combination of printer, software and ink.
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In Photoshop 7, go to Edit>Color Settings and make it
look like this:
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When opening an image file, don't color manage
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Go to Print with Preview. In the Source Space,
the profile shown is the profile for the display monitor.
I switched to Absolute Colormetric and got great results.
I'm not sure if that's what made the difference or not.
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After clicking Print, in the 1280s Properties dialog
box, push the saturation, cyan, magenta and yellow all the way to 25.
Bring the brightness down. A minus 8 worked for this image. |
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That's it for now! |
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