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I’m having a terrible time using the ProfilerPlus and would appreciate advice, either via links to good instructions or direct advice here.
What I have:
Windows XP-Pro machine
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Spyder2 and ProfilerPlus
Canon MP730 printer/scanner.
I’m a newbie CS2 user, though I’ve been working in a casual way with digital for quite a while (PSP). I’ve also finally decided to get the color calibration right, so I bought the Spyder2 and ProfilerPlus package by Pantone/Colorvision.
– Using the Spyder2 hardware software went smoothly so far as I can tell
– I followed the instructions easily for printing the calibration chart though it’s possible I didn’t get all the CS2 settings right – a checklist would be helpful.
– I scanned and had considerable confusion because the instructions say that I’m to set the gamma to "1.5". The MP730 driver has two gammas possible – screen or scanner. I created different profiles setting one or the other of those to 1.5 on different experiments (one affects the other)
– When I created and ran the profile I got HORRIBLE prints any way I tried it, washed out generally.
I’m clearly missing something basic and would appreciate directions that address:
1) How specifically should I set CS2 (and the printer) when printing the calibration chart.
2) How should I set the MP730 driver’s gamma and do they mean "monitor" or "scanner" – I would have thought 1.5 is low since PC gammas are usually 2.2
3) How should I set the CS2 to print once I’ve created the driver – the ProfilerPlus explanations don’t match what I see in CS2.
Many thanks for whatever advice you can provide.
Jim Mitchell
What I have:
Windows XP-Pro machine
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Spyder2 and ProfilerPlus
Canon MP730 printer/scanner.
I’m a newbie CS2 user, though I’ve been working in a casual way with digital for quite a while (PSP). I’ve also finally decided to get the color calibration right, so I bought the Spyder2 and ProfilerPlus package by Pantone/Colorvision.
– Using the Spyder2 hardware software went smoothly so far as I can tell
– I followed the instructions easily for printing the calibration chart though it’s possible I didn’t get all the CS2 settings right – a checklist would be helpful.
– I scanned and had considerable confusion because the instructions say that I’m to set the gamma to "1.5". The MP730 driver has two gammas possible – screen or scanner. I created different profiles setting one or the other of those to 1.5 on different experiments (one affects the other)
– When I created and ran the profile I got HORRIBLE prints any way I tried it, washed out generally.
I’m clearly missing something basic and would appreciate directions that address:
1) How specifically should I set CS2 (and the printer) when printing the calibration chart.
2) How should I set the MP730 driver’s gamma and do they mean "monitor" or "scanner" – I would have thought 1.5 is low since PC gammas are usually 2.2
3) How should I set the CS2 to print once I’ve created the driver – the ProfilerPlus explanations don’t match what I see in CS2.
Many thanks for whatever advice you can provide.
Jim Mitchell
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