George, the new toy looked better on TV ?? lol
yes I remember you were looking into a new profile for your Epson…which wasn’t broke 😉 …I’ll be interested in your progress. Good luck 🙂
George,
I make my own profiles ( for the 890 ) using Monaco EZcolor . They beat the Epson supplied profiles. If you’re looking for another hobby, get some profiling software for Christmas and turn yourself into a color scientest ! <G>
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Brent
ah Brent, I knew it was only a matter of time that you’d be here talking Monaco 😉 Gosh, I’m really really happy with my prints on my Epson. If I had a pile of time and money I may play the EZcolor game…just for fun. 🙂
Jodi,
For me it’s all just for fun. When I read about this stuff, I just have to find an affordable way to check it out. That’s one reason my basement is full of computer junk <G> .
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Brent
Brent, it’s all very cool. I have great respect for what you have accomplished. Computer junk sounds good to me 🙂 I’ve been looking for a second hand puter for my 5 year old daughter who insist on wanting to be on the puter as much as I. She got bored quickly with the paint program so now she uses the Arcsoft Photo Impressions software that came with my Epson install disc. Do you think I’ll be able to install just this software from the disc when I get her the PC ? I’m hoping to find an XP system though so it might be a little bit of a wait for her.
I suspect the software will install just fine. I’d think that a Pent III -800 or so would only be a couple hundred bucks, decently equipped. It’s too bad that when you have small kids, you’re perpetually broke, and later, when you have spare cash, there’s not enough kids to do it with. That’s my fix, 6 grandkids, and none of them need a computer this year <G> .
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Brent
Brent, within a year I will probably need a new computer. So don’t worry, I would love to call you my grandfather. And I won’t tell anyone.
Leen
Next, you guys will probably want a raise in your allowance, too ! <G>
A raise?! I’m still waiting for the first check to come at the old rate! I know you’ve got my address, so it must have been lost in the mail. Could you please resend? 🙂
Must be the Christmas mail rush has it all slowed down . Either that, or some other Beth Haney is having a ball in Hawaii with all the money I sent <G> !
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Grandpa
I’m snowed in…i’m telling you ! No wait, there’s nobady around ;(
Here we go again. You’ve got snow and I’ve had sun all day. 🙁
28 degrees C, sunny and the jacaranda trees are laying a carpet of purple along the street – I love this time of year – not too hot yet!
Susan S
Yes, but Susan, you’re on the other end of the world, so you don’t count! 🙂 I’m sitting here in the Northwest where people THINK it’s cold and snowy. Not. We’re being cheated.
Cold and windy here in Western North Carolina. High today about 34F. 3 inches of snow on Wednesday night. Spent the morning today at a Christmas Parade doing communications. Pulled my parka out!
Waiting for warmer weather.
Dick
Snow is all gone, BTW, but the memory lingers on.
Dick,
Asheville, perhaps ? That’s God’s country, in my book, usually we stay in Black Mountain when we visit. Wish I were there , now !!
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Brent
now that i have some time i want to instal my custom printer profile. i have a mac running OS X 10.2.8 any idea where i should put this profile? the company where i got my profile from told me to put it in the system folder and the finder would place it where it belongs, but when i try that i am unable to do this becasue it says system folder can’t be changed. i "think" i need to put it where the other Epson profiles are stored but i can’t seem to find them. anyone have any ideas?
Profile locations:-
Windows 98, 98 Second Edition and Me – folder named windows/system/color
Windows 2000 and XP – sub-folder named system32/spool/drivers/color
Mac OS9.x – ColorSync profiles are located in the System Folder/ColorSync Profiles folder
Mac OSX – ColorSync profiles are located in the Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder
Courtesy of Ian Lyons’ website.
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Brent
brent…….when i put the profile i had made in libary/colorsync/profiles it did not seem to work very well. i "think" i should put them where the epson profiles for my printer are but i am unable to fnd that. any advice where i should look?
George,
I’m a windows guy and can’t help much. 🙁 All the windows profiles are in a single location . Can you search your hard drive for all files ending in .icc and .icm ?
When you use the profile, you need to set the Epson driver to "no color adjustment" in the "Advanced " area. The Epson profiles have very curious filenames, generally looking like "EE039_3.icm", for example . They must be there somewhere, if you’ve used them, George. <G>
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Brent
after finally finding where to save my profile to, here is what i have determined. although the profile supplied with my epson printer produced very good results the custom printer profile i had made exactly reproduces what i see on my monitor. there are very subtle differances which i did not notice until the photos were compaired side by side. much more attention to how you post process your photos in PSE 2 is needed when using this custom profile. little changes in contrast, saturation etc. are seen on the monitor and when printed the final result is as i said, exactly what appears on my monitor. so which profile do i think is better? at this point in time i believe i will continue to use the custom profile. i will print all my photos from the coming week using this profile and after that i will make my final decission,although right now i am leaning towards the custom profile. not one to leave well enough alone, perhaps i will have another profile made for the epson colorlife paper and see how that turns out.
Brent,
Just south of Asheville. We’re in the metropolis of Fletcher! Weather today was much better lots of sun and blue skies with temps in the low 40s.
Next time you’re coming to Black Mountain let me know.
Dick
