Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Couldn't agree more. Not to mention the time saved. Bob Adler http://www.rgaphoto.com On Dec 7, 2010, at 2:02 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > If you are planning on doing a lot of printing, it would be worth looking > into ImagePrint. It's expensive, but it's worth it and saves enough in ink > and paper to pay for itself: > http://www.colorbytesoftware.com/ > > <http://www.colorbytesoftware.com/>Tina > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > >> 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. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information