Epson Problems

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Frank Morris
May 30, 2004
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I have an Epson 1290s and wish to use the ICC profile for Epson Premium Photo Glossy paper. This results in an extreme red to magenta cast which is even visible on the print preview window.

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong.


Frank Morris

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nomail
May 30, 2004
Frank Morris wrote:

I have an Epson 1290s and wish to use the ICC profile for Epson Premium Photo Glossy paper. This results in an extreme red to magenta cast which is even visible on the print preview window.

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong.

If you first tell us what you are doing, perhaps.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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neon
May 30, 2004
AFAIK, Epson print previews DO NOT honor ICC profiles…the printer does, but the print preview display does not. Don’t rely on the print preview display if you’re using an ICC profile. Epson printheads have a reputation for drying out rapidly when not used. Make sure you do a nozzle check before printing and clean the printhead if the nozzle check is not perfect. Hope this helps.
"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
Frank Morris wrote:

I have an Epson 1290s and wish to use the ICC profile for Epson Premium Photo Glossy paper. This results in an extreme red to magenta cast which
is
even visible on the print preview window.

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong.

If you first tell us what you are doing, perhaps.


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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Dennis
May 30, 2004
Frank, I assume you are printing and previewing through ps. You need to configure ps to
manage your colour using the epson profiles. My preview also look like this but if ps
is set up to manage colour you can ignore it and get a balanced print. Go to www.epson.com.au and download their printing guide for ps (your version ). No cs available
yet, I used ver7.
This has a step by step guide to setting up this config. You will notice that this setup
tells ps to manage colour and not your printer.Works for me…..cheers…Dennis
"Frank Morris" wrote in message
I have an Epson 1290s and wish to use the ICC profile for Epson Premium Photo Glossy paper. This results in an extreme red to magenta cast which
is
even visible on the print preview window.

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong.


Frank Morris

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Geoff Jackson
May 30, 2004
I have an Epson 1290s and wish to use the ICC profile for Epson Premium Photo Glossy paper. This results in an extreme red to magenta cast which
is
even visible on the print preview window.

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong.


Frank Morris

My guess is that you do not have "No Color Adjustment " selected in the Epson printer driver. If you have the profile in the PS print with preview dialogue box you do not need any color adjustment in the printer driver as this results in 2 lots of adjustment, hence your magenta cast. It’s a common mistake to make.
Geoff


Geoff Jackson, Nottingham, UK.

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Geoff Jackson
May 31, 2004
My guess is that you do not have "No Color Adjustment " selected in the Epson printer driver. If you have the profile in the PS print with preview dialogue box you do not need any color adjustment in the printer driver as this results in 2 lots of adjustment, hence your magenta cast. It’s a
common
mistake to make.
Geoff

I’ve done 2 screen grabs to show the settings:
http://www.gjphoto.f9.co.uk/tests/agp01.html

Geoff
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Mike Russell
May 31, 2004
Frank Morris wrote:
I have an Epson 1290s and wish to use the ICC profile for Epson Premium Photo Glossy paper. This results in an extreme red to magenta cast which is even visible on the print preview window.

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong.

I wouldn’t worry too much about the preview window. This is an uncorrected image, and it does tend to be on the magenta side.

Print a step wedge, such as the paper saving one located here: < http://curvemeister.phoenixrising-web.net/downloads/TestStri p/digital_test_ strip.htm>

If that is too magenta, then the odds are that you are double profiling – applying the profile in Photoshop and your printer driver.

Check that your printer setup matches that recommended by Ian Lyons: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps8-colour/ps8_1.htm


Mike Russell
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www.geigy.2y.net
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nomail
May 31, 2004
Geoff Jackson wrote:

My guess is that you do not have "No Color Adjustment " selected in the Epson printer driver. If you have the profile in the PS print with preview dialogue box you do not need any color adjustment in the printer driver as this results in 2 lots of adjustment, hence your magenta cast. It’s a common mistake to make.
Geoff

I’ve done 2 screen grabs to show the settings:
http://www.gjphoto.f9.co.uk/tests/agp01.html

In principle these settings are correct, except that I would use "Perceptual" instead of "Relative Colorimetric" as intent. Did you do a softproof to see how it looks?


Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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btg9923
May 31, 2004
As others have pointed out, the PS soft proof will have a more accurate approximation of the print than Epson’s print preview. I only use the latter to make sure that the print area is located where I want it on the paper.

Where did you get your profiles? The US Epson site only provides a ColorLife profile for the 1280 (US equivalent of 1290s).

Frank Morris wrote:
I have an Epson 1290s and wish to use the ICC profile for Epson Premium Photo Glossy paper. This results in an extreme red to magenta cast which is even visible on the print preview window.

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong.


Frank Morris

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