Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >