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

[Bob Adler]

Hi Leo,
Here's my wrench for you: I use the ImagePrint RIP...
:-/

Bob Adler
Robert Adler Photography
www.robertadlerphotography.com

> On Mar 1, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I'm no expert and there are a million ways to screw this up...and I'm not a
> user of Eizo equipment (yet) and I haven't used an I1 in awhile but....
> You have to have a good monitor to begin with.
> You have to make sure that the monitor is set to the default profile before
> you callibrate.  Choose the native white point for your monitor.
> You have to make sure that your imaging software/hardware supports the
> version of profile that your profiler creates.  This one tripped me up a
> lot in the past...Version 4 or Version 2
> Make sure that your photo software is set to use your monitor profile.
> Soft proof with your paper profile for your printer that came from the
> paper manufacturer. Or use the profile that your make of  your paper to
> match your monitor.
> When you print you have to make sure that you aren't double profiling in
> your photo software and your print driver. It  is easy to screw up here.
> Make sure that you use your paper settings correctly.
> Your prints ought to be close.
> 
> Your monitor profile lets your know what your images should look like.
> Your printer/paper profile tells the printer how to get there.
> 
> If you do all this, you should be close.  If it didn't work, there is
> something wrong with either the way you did it or something wrong with your
> equipment.
> 
> Changing your monitor to match the print output is not the way to go.  It
> screws up your baseline.
> That said, if it works for you, good.  But it doesn't work for me.
> 
> Leo Wesson
> Photographer/Videographer
> 817.733.9157
> www.leowesson.com
> 
> 
> 
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