[Leica] Prints are way too dark. Driven to distraction

[Leo Wesson]

Lew,

Are you turning off color management in the epson print dialog box?

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I even threw in a few random letters into the file name so the profile
> stands out in the list.
> On Feb 28, 2015 7:17 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Lew,
> >
> > I think you made this clear, but it's the only thing I can think of:
> > You're assigning the paper profile in the printer color management for
> LR,
> > right?
> >
> > On 2/28/2015 4:02 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
> >
> >> I'm printing on Epson Proofing, using LR 5.7, Epson 4880, ViewSonic
> >> monitor
> >> and I've just re-profiled monitor and printer using colormunki, plus I
> >> confirm that both monitor and printer are using the new profiles. The
> >> resulting prints are aprox 2- 4 stops too dark. Too dark is an on going
> >> problem for me, LR, the 4880 and this monitor; I expected things to get
> >> better after the colormunki stuff. I've just been winging a solution in
> >> the
> >> past by using the exposure control in the LR develop module and the
> >> brightness setting in the print module. Not a great solution, but
> >> workable.
> >> Now, with these new profiles, I'm not even close. WTF? Things are way
> >> worse. What am I missing?
> >>
> >> -Lew Schwartz
> >>
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