Hi Cotty, On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:14:46 +0000, Cotty wrote:
> >scanning themselves rather than taking a customer's scan. [...] It > >means the entire process is calibrated in the same way. > > Indeed. Is this what is known as a 'closed loop' setup? Yes, it is. > Alas, a lowly Nikon LS-1000 film scanner does not > have an ICC profile - does anyone know different? Have you tried the Nikon web site? How about a Google search? If you want my advice, keep trying to find it. With Photoshop 6 you can build one of your own, but I've never done it so I don't know how it goes. > I Have profiles for everything else. I use 'generic RGB' for my > scanner, and the results are okay, but I wonder if a proper profile > will improve things? > > I work in Adobe RGB 1998 on 5.5 on a Mac using Colorsync. I'm pretty > happy with the inkjets - they're very close (as close as can be with an > inkjet) to what's on the screen, although the I usually increase > saturation on the final print a little. Using the correct profiles _will_ improve things. I use Photoshop 6 under Windows 98. I made a bunch of comparison prints from the same image at the same settings on different papers to compare the papers. I did all of the scanning work in the Adobe RGB 1998 color space while inside Photoshop and used the ICC profile the scanner manufacturer provided. I was using the "generic inkjet" printer ICC profile, though, without realizing it. Well, after running through one complete set of comparison prints, I started another set. My plan for this set was to use the same image and paper but vary the settings. In the middle of this set, I discovered the printer specific ICC profile for my printer hiding in the Print Setup dialog box. Switching to that profile made a tremendous difference in the final prints, especially their saturation. Now I have to redo all of my test sets. :-( Oddly enough, I've also found that I get better prints on many papers when I tell the printer driver that I'm using "High Resolution Ink Jet Paper" instead of "Glossy Photo Paper". TTYL, DougF - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
