Stalis Man wrote: Hi, > collink -v -qh -i s -g srgb.icc cmy190214_SP.icm sRGBcmy190214_s.icm > for a saturated intent. > I am profiling a printer with just C, M and Y hence I > made the cmy190214_SP.icm profile without any K at all with: > colprof -v -qh -kz -l300 -iD50 -nP -nS -S srgb.icc cmy090114. So the printer is defined to be CMY space ? If so, the -kz doesn't apply - there is no K ink. Or do you mean that you have profiled it as a CMYK printer ? If so, -kz is not guaranteed to give you zero K ink, it just gives you the minimum possible that achieves the target colors. > I printed of the standard colour checker card I was > surprised that the perceptual intent looked rather ‘smokey’ compared to the > Saturated intent whilst the Relative looked too brown compared to the > Absolute. It's not possible to comment without knowing the source of the image file, the workflow used to print it, or be able to see the result. > As a result folks seem to prefer the saturated intent whilst > I had expected the Perceptual to be the one they would want. Their choice is > down to the general darkening of the perceptual. Naturally people prefer "pop" if they see it in isolation and want impact. "pop" is not accuracy though. > Is the perceptual being smokey/ darkened to be expected or > have I dropped an obvious clanger. Check what you mean by CMY. To profile in CMY you need to create a CMY chart and print with just CMY. Graeme Gill.