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Subject: [Leica] 3880 ICC Profiles
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 00:19:28 -0500 (CDT)
References: <C9EF8FE4.477BB%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Chris,

Here is the scan of the print I made tonight.  It looks better on the  
screen than it does in person.   R.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Robert+Meier/Black+and+White/Winter 
+Squash.jpg.html



On May 10, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:

> Robert,
>
> What is weak about them? Are they too dark, too light? Flat and  
> greyed out
> looking? Make sure you use the right black in for the paper. Using  
> the photo
> black on a paper that prefers the matte black will give weal  
> blacks, as will
> using the matte black on a paper that needs the photo black...and  
> make sure
> you use the right profile, there should be two sets of profiles,  
> one for the
> different papers with Matte Blank ink (MK), and one for them with  
> the Photo
> Black (PK) ink.
>
>
>
> -- 
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>
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> On 5/11/11 12:43 AM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>> I have gotten them installed in the right place and have used one of
>> them tonight, the Epson Exhibition Fiber paper.  It is a beautiful
>> paper, thick, with a beautiful finish that is very much like glossy
>> fiber base paper air-dried.   I have made one B&W print which has
>> perfectly neutral tonality, which I have never been able to achieve
>> on an inkjet printer before.   The dark areas are weak, especially
>> compared to the silver print from the same negative, which I think
>> means that I have to do more work in PS.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>> Robert
>>
>> On May 6, 2011, at 11:30 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>
>>> Did you install them in the right location on the computer?
>>> MacintoshHD/library/colorsync/profiles/
>>>
>>> Close photoshop before you install the profiles in the location
>>> above; they
>>> won't show in PS if it is open when you install them unless you
>>> close PS and
>>> restart it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Chris Crawford
>>> Fine Art Photography
>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>>> 260-486-2581
>>>
>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>>>
>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>>>
>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>>> Become a fan on Facebook
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/6/11 11:37 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've gotten an Epson 3880 and some Epson Hot Press Natural paper  
>>>> and
>>>> Epson Exhibition Fiber paper.   I have downloaded the profiles for
>>>> both from the Epson website, but I can't get them to show up as a
>>>> choice when I go to print. I am using Mac 10.4 and CS2.   What do I
>>>> need to do?   Thanks
>>>>
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