Of course the Stylus ICM profile isn't paper specific, so results will vary from paper to paper. I find the Epson ICC profiles to be spot on with my monitor and Epson R2400 printer. Of course even calibrated monitors will vary a bit in regard to tonality, so what works for one may not work for another. The critical things are to make sure that PhotoShop's working space matches that of your photos, that the ICC profiles is named in the print box, and, most importantly, that PhotoShop is controlling color and color settings are turned off in the Epson print box. I find that a rendering intent of "Relative Colorimetric" gives me slightly better results than "Perceptual." It preserves more of what is seen on the monitor, particularly when working in a wide gamut color space like Pro Photo or even Adobe 98. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Christine Aguila" <[email protected]> > > Hi Everyone: > > No doubt most of you probably already have a test image you use to test new > papers and such, but I thought I'd pass this along anyway for those like me > who are new to digital print-making. It's a big file, so it will be a bit > slow to download. > > > http://www.calumetphoto.com/files/iccprofiles/icc-test-image.jpg > > I managed to get the Epson ICC paper profile (Ultra/Prem/Matte) to work, so > I'll continue testing the other Epson ICC paper profiles--using the image I > just linked above. I mentioned before I couldn't get a decent print using > the paper-specific profiles from Epson and have been using the following > profile: StylusPhotoR2880 EE427_3.1icm with perceptual and Adobe RGB in the > Printer Driver for Epson papers & other kinds as well. As I said, I thought > the prints a virtual match to the monitor, so I've been pleased with the > results. I did a comparison between the paper specific ICC profile & the > Stylus . . . ICM profile on the Ultra/Prem/Matte, and I found the Stylus . > . . ICM profile to be just a tiny, tiny, tiny tad warmer and the piece of > purple felt in the lower left hand corner (of the above test image) came out > a tiny, tiny, tiny tad bluer--to my eye anyway. > > I'm thinking of creating an Exel worksheet with paper attributes/settings/et > al that might be eventually posted on a web site for public reference use. > If you'd like to respond back with information you'd like to see on such a > worksheet, let me know. I am very new to digital print making, but I like > printing & working with papers etc, and this exercise will be a great way > for me to become more skilled at digital print-making--you know, > contextualized learning and all ;-). Moreover, a reference tool like this > might help save on ink & paper during the testing & print-making phase. > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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