Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]PS: I had a few sheets of Ilford Gold Mono Silk and tried those just out of curiosity. They came out fine - beautiful color prints. It's just the Gold Fibre Silk that is a problem. Tina On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 11:02 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Chris! I spent the morning watching your video which was > outstanding and very informative. I learned a lot! However, following the > directions for using the Epson Color Controls (the Windows version is > different from the Mac but I think I got everything right) the print on the > Ilford Gold Silk paper was about 10x worse!! The green shadows were > unbelievably bad. I printed it again with 1.8 Gamma chosen and it was > slightly better but still much worse than letting LightRoom apply the > Ilford profile. > > The only way I've managed to get rid of the green shadows is to change to > another paper. The Canson Platine print is beautiful, but that paper is > $132 for 25 sheets of 13x19!! > > I've ordered some Hahnemuhle Silk Baryata that I hope will work. It's not > cheap either! > > I'm also beginning to think I should have gotten the Epson P800 instead of > the 1430 Artisan when I got a new printer. I may order one if I can figure > out how to justify the cost!! > > Thanks for your help. > > Tina > > On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Christopher Crawford < > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >> Tina, >> >> I have used Ilford Gold Fibre Silk for years for both color and BW prints. >> The Ilford Profile is the problem. It also renders saturated blues as >> purple, most frustrating in landscapes with blue skies. >> >> Here?s what I do for color printing with it: >> >> 1) In Lightroom or Photoshop, set your printing for ?Printer Manages >> Colors.? You won?t be using a profile, we?re going to let the Epson driver >> handle color management. >> >> 2) In the Epson driver, set the media type to ?Premium Semigloss.? Set >> Color Settings to ?Epson Color Controls.? In the Print Settings screen, >> choose ?Advanced Settings? and choose either sRGB or Adobe RGB. Choose the >> one that corresponds to the colorspace the image you?re printing is in. >> >> 3) Prints will have much more accurate color but may look slightly too >> dark. In the advanced settings, changing the Gamma from 2.2 to 1.8 will >> lighten the image enough to overcome that, though some occasionally look >> too light most will print perfectly this way. >> >> I made a video tutorial you can watch on how to do this: >> >> https://youtu.be/roWAfDfyCTA >> >> I hope this fixes your color problem. If not, you?re going to have to >> switch to another paper, or pay someone to do a custom profile for you. >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Like My Work on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 4/8/18, 8:59 PM, "LUG on behalf of Tina Manley via LUG" >> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> >I can't explain it then because I used the exact same digital photo and >> >profile and on the Ilford paper there are green shadows. On the Canson >> >there are no green shadows. I'll take an iphone photo of the Canson one >> >tomorrow and post it. Jayanand said he had problems with color casts in >> >the Ilford paper and used it only for B&W. >> > >> >I ordered Hahnemuhle which was quite a bit more expensive but I hope I >> >won't waste as much as I have on the Ilford! >> > >> >Tina >> > >> >On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Brian Reid <reid at >> >mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> Paper cannot synthesize or create green ink. >> >> Profiles can. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Tina Manley >> >www.tinamanley.com >> >tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >> >http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A- >> A11D-2175C937AA9 >> >1/Tina+Manley.html >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Leica Users Group. >> >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html