Sypder Calibration And Photoshop 6

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fucamachii
Jan 12, 2004
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Hello,

I am very new to the world of digital printing. I recently bought a Spyder color calibrator. How do i use the profile created with Photoshop?
I guess what im saying is "How do i apply the new profile in Photoshop, so that my printer can create the colors colors corretly?".

I have a Canon s900. Would i have to setup my printer also for the profile? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!!!

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Vernon_Stevens
Jan 12, 2004
You can view your image with the profile by going to View>Proof Setup and either select Monitor or your specific profile. You may have to select Custom and load the profile you made from whatever directory you saved it in.
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Philo_Calhoun
Jan 12, 2004
I haven’t used PS6 in awhile, but with PS7 and PSCS, both will recognize the monitor profile created with Spyder. Making a profile for your printer is more complicated and my advice is don’t try to do it yourself but pay the $50 to have it made by drycreekphoto or equivalent. The inexpensive software systems (print/scan systems) will not do a good job and are a waste of money. The expensive equipment is great if you really need to repeatedly calibrate to perfection with multiple types of paper, but the key word is "expensive".
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dpick
Jan 13, 2004
fucamachii,

I use the Spyder (with Optical). I use precal to adjust the color guns of the monitor. Then I use the precision mode during calibration to accurately set the brightness and contrast of the monitor. Next, when I print (I use an Epson 1280), in the color management section of the printer dialog box, I choose "ICM" under color management. This tells the printer to work with the color profile you made with Optical (don’t ask me how–my prints didn’t look correct until I made this adjustment).

So, find the ICM setting in your printer dialog box when you print out a photo. This should match your monitor much better with your output.

Now, as far as using View>proof colors—you’ll need to load ICC profiles for the papers you are using (this is a whole other topic). When set up correctly, this shows you "approximately" how your images will look when printed (there are color space limitations of your ink and paper compared to your monitor).
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Chris_Cox
Jan 16, 2004
dpick – your display profile shouldn’t have anything to do with printing, and you should NEVER assign your display profile to a printer.

You should only need the document profile and your printer profile – just convert from the document profile to the print profile.

The display profile should only be used to let Photoshop correct for the display.

See <http://www.computer-darkroom.com/home.htm> for some helpful tutorials.
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dpick
Jan 21, 2004
Chris,

I just read your reply, and I have two comments. 1) My prints looked awful until I choose "ICM" in my Epson color management dialog box. 2) Here is a quote from the site you referenced (which I had already used to set my color settings)

"In the absence of good quality media profiles my personal preference would be ICM mode since it disables the adjustment sliders and removes most of Epson’s internal colour/contrast processing." ( http://www.computerdarkroom.com/ps7_print/ps7_print_mac_3c.h tm)

Epson makes fantastic printers, but I’ll allow PS to run the color show. Choosing "ICM" does this. As I explained, I don’t understand the magic behind the curtain (I guess my statement, "this tells the printer to work with the color profile you made with Optical" was technically incorrect–my apologies). I do know, however, my specific advice works for me and is consistent with the advice of the website you provided.
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Ian_Lyons
Jan 21, 2004
dpick,

I choose "ICM" under color management. This tells the printer to work with the color profile you made with Optical (don’t ask me how–my prints didn’t look correct until I made this adjustment).

Just before folk start giving "me" a hard time "again" I never wrote anything that even remotely suggested a link between the OptiCAL (monitor) profile and the printer. ICM mode in the Epson dialog simply tells the driver to use the default Epson ICM profile. I think that is what was trying to tell you.
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Ian_Lyons
Jan 21, 2004
This friggin forum conspires to make an ass of me, and worse, it won’t let me back in to fix the bollocks I made – I’ll try again:

I choose "ICM" under color management. This tells the printer to work with the color profile you made with Optical (don’t ask me how–my prints didn’t look correct until I made this adjustment).

Just before folk start giving "me" a hard time "again" I never wrote anything that even remotely suggested a link between the OptiCAL (monitor) profile and the printer. ICM mode in the Epson dialog simply tells the driver to use the default Epson ICM profile. I think that is what "Chris" [/Edit] was trying to tell you. Your last post appears to have picked up on these points but alas not everyone takes the time to go back to read the quoted material. In error they then make a total hash of things and "I" get another bullet in the head – not to worry I’m good value for it 🙁 [/Edit]

phew it worked this time
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