[argyllcms] Re: Yet another cry for help with my printer profile.
- From: edmund ronald <edmundronald@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:13:47 +0100
Maybe the reason you should use the Pixl image is that it has
diagnostic help? How should someone here know what your "typical"
images look like?
The Pixl image should also show you whether your screen is roughly ok.
Maybe doing what is advised would waste less time for everyone?
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Leonard Evens
<len@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 20:36 +0100, edmund ronald wrote:
>> display and printer both need to be calibratef.
>>
>> calibrate the display,
>
> My display was calibrated/profiled before i began.
>
> I've read about calibrating the printer, but the recommendation is that
> I not do that until quite a bit later. Also, I'm not sure it is
> necessary with my printer.
>
>>
>> download the Pixl test image
>
> I've had troubling finding it. I did find
> www.ekdahl.org/kurs/SpyderColorvision/pixl_testimage.htm
> I looked at it in gimp, but it turns out it has an embedded profile
> Adobe RGB. I had gimp convert it to my gimp SRGB working profile.
>>
>> check the display
>
> It looks fine.
>
>>
>> adjust gutenprint density, then make a printer profile
>
> I already did this, not with the above Pixl, but with one of my typical
> images.
>
>>
>> print test image, report back here
>
> That is basically where I am now.
>
> What do I do next?
>
>>
>> Dr Edmund Ronald. :-)
>>
>> On 3/14/11, Leonard Evens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I've produced a profile for my Epson 3880. I edit with gimp under
>> > Fedora 14 Linux, and print with photoprint.
>> >
>> > I adjusted the density downward slightly in gutenprint's settings, and I
>> > got the middle tones right, but the gamma is a bit off because the
>> > lowest tones are slightly too light. The color seem to be right on. I
>> > can probably get something very close to what I need by fiddling more
>> > with gutenprint's settings, but I feel I should be working more with
>> > the profile instead. But I don't see how to do that. The
>> > documentation probably tells me what to do, but I haven't deciphered it
>> > well enough to figure that out.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> > --
>> > Leonard Evens len@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University
>> >
>> >
>> >
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