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

[Leo Wesson]

It's been awhile since I used ImagePrint.  I was mostly using it for
prepress and BW conversions. I had a color separation house set up the rip
and it worked as it should.  Metamerism is not so much of an issue these
days so no need for it with BW.  I do remember how important it was  that
you  profiled the printer and not just the monitor.  Do you profile your
printer?

Why do you use a rip?

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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