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Subject: [Leica] 3880 ICC Profiles
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 14:06:22 -0500 (CDT)
References: <C9EF99AE.477C3%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Chris,

No, my screen is not calibrated right, even though I have calibrated  
it.   It's a Dell.

Robert

On May 11, 2011, at 12:41 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:

> So the print doesn't match the screen? I mean the original image  
> (not the
> scan of the print). When you hit 'print', you get something that  
> doesn't
> match the screen? If that's the case, your screen might not be  
> calibrated
> right.
>
>
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> On 5/11/11 1:19 AM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Chris Crawford
>>> Fine Art Photography
>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>>> 260-486-2581
>>>
>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>>>
>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>>>
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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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