What instructions did the paper vendor supply for use with these papers?
There's always the possibility that the profiles are bad too.
Profiles usually give more accurate and more consistent results, but
that depends on how good they are and how they're used. I had horrible
results with one or another Hahnemühle paper profiles until I read
through the instructions in detail and found they were designed to be
used with the printer driver set up completely differently than I
expected it ought to be.
Some things never change. Printing remains a PITA process, overall. ;-)
Godfrey
On Dec 20, 2008, at 11:33 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Well, I'm stumped:
I have correctly downloaded and installed some ICC paper profiles
from Brilliant Museum (matte satin white) & MOAB (white satin). I
finally learned where to save to & how to install for PC. These two
profiles show up in Lightroom. I also have chosen "turn off color
adjustment" in the printer dialog box as all the directions say to
do, so there is no clash between printer & ICC profile. I've done
some test prints, and the color is hideous--reddish & black--and dark
So I tried my usual settings with these two papers that I've never
printed with before--B. Museum & MOAB: I chose Stylus Epson 2880,
Perceptual, Adobe RGB in the printer dialogue box and the proper
media type (as I use when printing on Epson papers), and the prints
come out normal and a virtual likeness to the monitor.
I must be doing something wrong--I know the general view is that ICC
profiles are supposed to give better print quality--but I just can't
figure out what I'm doing wrong.
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