Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Further to this fiasco: I am using Win7, PS CS1 (!) and trial mode CS5. The reason I haven't upgraded PS in ages is because I mainly use Lr2.x and now LR3.x, but I need PS to do digital negatives. As I am using Win7, at least I do not suffer from the Snow Leopard / Epson issues. However, I did print a digital negative calibration chart out on the same sheet of film and so they are processed the same way: - ACPU, Adobe Color Printing Utility (supposedly print without any color management) - CS5, with Adobe RGB ->Adobe RGB null transform - CS1, print with "Same as Source" and "Application Manages Colors" (no color management) This is on a HP Z3100. I scan results with an Epson Expression 1000XL so it's not as accurate as a densitometer. However, the results are clear: - ACPU scales the output. This is consistent for letter size and my pano size of 8.5x22". May be it is a bad interaction with HP driver. I do not know, but the behavior is again consistent. - CS5 with null transform and CS1 with no color management produce output that are virtually the same. Any measurable differences is probably due to the digital negative->contact print->scan workflow. - ACPU output is VASTLY different from the other two. My conclusion is that ACPU is a piece of junk. In addition to who knows what it's printing, it: - has a lousy UI - scales your images - doesn't even have the courtesy to remember the last folder - open TIFF only Someone is asleep at the wheel in Adobe. -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]