Printer profiles in PS6 question

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Apr 10, 2005
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I am having a problem with PS6 on another machine.
I was profiling the computer after I donated my old printer. I had several versions of the profile after tweaking, so I went into his C:\windows\system\colors folder and renamed the files so the original profile name was now the new profile.

One problem: the names did not change in the profile pull-down list in the print dialog (page setup) box. The old "filenames" are listed, but those files do not exist on the computer. This is quite annoying, even though I know which profile name is the latest one. Oh yeah, the profiles were created using profiler Plus, and I am NOT in front of the computer (it is a friends’ box, and I run a different version of PS at home).

Seems the renamed files are still linked to the old profile names. Weird.

Any ideas how to fix the profile names to match the actual filenames?

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Hecate
Apr 10, 2005
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:50:17 -0700, ~^Johnny^~
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I am having a problem with PS6 on another machine.
I was profiling the computer after I donated my old printer. I had several versions of the profile after tweaking, so I went into his C:\windows\system\colors folder and renamed the files so the original profile name was now the new profile.

One problem: the names did not change in the profile pull-down list in the print dialog (page setup) box. The old "filenames" are listed, but those files do not exist on the computer. This is quite annoying, even though I know which profile name is the latest one. Oh yeah, the profiles were created using profiler Plus, and I am NOT in front of the computer (it is a friends’ box, and I run a different version of PS at home).

Seems the renamed files are still linked to the old profile names. Weird.

Any ideas how to fix the profile names to match the actual filenames?
Mac or Windows?

If it’s Windows you’ll probably need to edit the Registry. Remember to back it up first.

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gb
Apr 11, 2005
I am having a problem with PS6 on another machine.
I was profiling the computer after I donated my old printer. I had several versions of the profile after tweaking, so I went into his C:\windows\system\colors folder and renamed the files so the original profile name was now the new profile.

One problem: the names did not change in the profile pull-down list in the print dialog (page setup) box. The old "filenames" are listed, but those files do not exist on the computer. This is quite annoying, even though I know which profile name is the latest one. Oh yeah, the profiles were created using profiler Plus, and I am NOT in front of the computer (it is a friends’ box, and I run a different version of PS at home).

Seems the renamed files are still linked to the old profile names. Weird.

Any ideas how to fix the profile names to match the actual filenames?
Mac or Windows?

If it’s Windows you’ll probably need to edit the Registry. Remember to back it up first.

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The profile file name and the profile description are two different parts of the profile. The description which applications like ps use in their lists are preserved in the profile itself. You need to edit the profile with an editor which will allow you to change this description. One that I have used for editing printer profiles is AMS Color Darkroom v1.0 and I think it was freeware or at least inexpensive shareware. It allows for this change and helps in keeping you sane.

try it and good luck,
gb
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nospam
Apr 11, 2005
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:22:28 GMT, gb wrote:

The description which applications like ps use in their lists are preserved in the profile itself. You need to edit the profile with an editor which will allow you to change this description.

Thank you!!!

Perhaps a hex editor will fix them up. 🙂

Why didn’t I think of that?

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