OK, we can put this thead to bed. Profiled the 3 targets I printed yesterday and all went well. All 3 papers print just as they are supposed to. It just works.
Thanks for the help guys.
Kevin
Hi Kevin et al.
Since I got my Epson R 1800 which was years ago, I frankly, have not had a need to profile any paper, because Ilford, Epson and a few others offered free profiles commercially made for my printer.
I had occasion to take advantage of a sale on paper from HP. HP ADVANCED PHOTO PAPER. It's a nice glossy paper and not too thick so I can use it for anything.
I decided to profile the paper. It had been so long that I had to download profile Prism 7.0 into W7.
Mainly, I was lazy to get my scanner to run in W7, and that was always the item that made me postpone and postpone....
Scanner is an old LIDE 30...
I got Vuescan to run in W7 and I was off to the races.
I used Qimage and the PRINT TARGET JOB set up, set my driver to No Color Adjustment, (Color Management Off), and printed my target.
I found my IT-8 target hidden away but in great condition, and made my scan (RAW 48 bit).
Make a long story short, I got a perfect profile.... but the richness of color was so good, almost too good, that I decided to make a backup/Edited profile slightly less saturated.
That having been done, after letting my test prints dry, and looking at then out in the daylight, Mr. Almost too good (the original profile I made) was the one!!
I could tell the difference between the two profiles by the filename I gave them. One was HPADV_GL, and the second was HPADV_GL_TWEAKED.
The Descriptor name I gave the first one was HPTEST and forgot to change it for the second one.
OH OH! The descriptor is what shows in the little window at Prtr ICC in Qimage.
Just for the record, if you are a Photo Shop user, *only* the descriptor shows in their profile list when you go to select your profile, so you will only see one.
So I remembered that I had a little tiny program called ICC TOOL KIT. This allowed me to change the name of the Descriptor.
I Google searched for it.... can't find it.
It was freeware... and is only a 265K file, if anyone would like it, just email me.
wathree.ssz@verizon.netSimple to use: FILE OPEN, select the profile.
The Descriptor appears in the little window. Type your change, and SAVE.
( Just between us chickens, my profile came out so good, that I am going to have a shot at besting Ilford and Epson's Profiles)
Fred