[argyllcms] Re: FW: Profiling Epson ABW Print Driver

  • From: Tomasz Danus <t.danus@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:02:23 +0100

Alan,


 I will have weekend off to play with it, with slight variation of A4 paper
and CM.
and will let you know how it worked for me.

Regards
Tom

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On 7 July 2011 00:40, Alan Goldhammer <agoldhammer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have not read the target yet and will do so tomorrow.  However, here is
> what I used for the i1 pro.****
>
> ** **
>
> targen -v -d0 -G -e1 -f51 51_ABW  (I set the number of white patches to 1
> with the '-e' command knowing that for an i1 with letter size paper, three
> rows of 21 will be created and you will get extra white patches anyway)***
> *
>
> ** **
>
> printtarg -v -ii1 -t100 -pLetter 51_ABW (I don't see any reason to print
> using higher than 100dpi for profile targets.  This gives me a nice target
> of three rows to read and you have plenty of space to print out a second
> randomized chart if you want by just feeding the paper in a second time,
> remembering to reverse it).****
>
> ** **
>
> I'll use the chartread command that I already listed below to read the
> chart and get the values.  This can then be used by the QTR-Create-ICC.exe
>  to create the profile.  It looks like this should be pretty
> straightforward as compared to color profiling.****
>
> ** **
>
> Alan**
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tomasz Danus
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 06, 2011 6:14 PM
>
> *To:* argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [argyllcms] Re: FW: Profiling Epson ABW Print Driver****
>
> ** **
>
> Alan,
>
> Would you mind shering how exactly did you prepare the
> 51 step wedge using targen??
>
> or maybe if the whole process will work out  U could  prepare a simple
> tutorial for those of us (
> like me) that just recenty started digging deep (using argyll) into colour
> profiling;]
> --
> t.danus@xxxxxxxxx
> Skype: Ithilstone
>
> ****
>
> On 6 July 2011 21:08, Alan Goldhammer <agoldhammer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:****
>
> Uli,
>
> Thanks.  Just as you were posting I was looking at the options for
> 'chartread' and I figured this out as well.  It's easy enough to prepare
> the
> 51 step wedge using targen and then move through the Argyll tools to read
> it.  I'm going to give this method a try.  I just use the following command
> to read the file:  chartread -v -l 51_step_ti2  This then gives me a ti3
> file that I can open in Excel and sort for use in QTR.****
>
>
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]****
>
> On Behalf Of Uli Oertel
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:59 PM****
>
> To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [argyllcms] Re: FW: Profiling Epson ABW Print Driver****
>
> Hi,
>
> it's relatively simple to read the 51-step wedge with chartread (you
> must have a *.ti2) and i1Pro: you have to measure Lab data, the results
> you have to sort (for L) and then you may save only the Lab data as
> *.txt file. A sample file may only have text like this:****
>
> >>>> Rest snipped out <<<<<<<<<
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>

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