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Title: colours now not accurate :( Post by: atb on May 31, 2022, 09:01:16 AM Hello all
I've just been printing on a paper that I've been using for years with a self-made ICC profile (I use Datacolour Print) which was very accurate but now the colours have gone very pink! The only thing that's changed in my set-up recently is a couple of new ink tanks and the Qimage version. So I've down-graded Qimage to a set-up file which I just happened to have on my desktop v2022.114 and re-printed with the exact same settings and there is a noticeable difference in colours. I understand that Qimage evolves - which is great, but I guess I'm going to have to re-profile my papers to work with how Qimage now works. So, my question is... just to be 100% sure :) What settings should I have when I print my colour targets for profiling? At the moment I turn off and disable the printer management, but what else should be turned off? What should the rendering intent be? Black point compensation on or off? Interpolate? Off, Fusion, Forge or another? My set up Qimage v2022.121 Win 11 Canon iPF9400 Many thanks in advance. John Title: Re: colours now not accurate :( Post by: Fred A on May 31, 2022, 11:35:40 AM Quote So I've down-graded Qimage to a set-up file which I just happened to have on my desktop v2022.114 and re-printed with the exact same settings and there is a noticeable difference in colours. I understand that Qimage evolves - which is great, but I guess I'm going to have to re-profile my papers to work with how Qimage now works. The set up is done for you... Just find the target printing job and open it. See attachments. Also must mention that printer profiles can self corrupt from time to time. Need to be replaced. Fred Title: Re: colours now not accurate :( Post by: admin on May 31, 2022, 11:35:54 AM There won't be a visible difference in color between versions provided your profile isn't "broken" in some way. When in doubt, you can email me the profile and I can check to see if there is a problem with that profile. Switching between versions to compare can be deceiving because different versions can sometimes pick up different settings.
As to how to print color targets for profiling, there's a job for that. Click File, Recall, and open the {Q} Printer target setup.job. Then everything will be set for you. If you own a Canon or Epson printer, Qimage should turn off color management in the driver automatically but you can open the driver if you like to verify that color management is OFF or NONE in the driver. Regards, Mike Title: Re: colours now not accurate :( Post by: atb on May 31, 2022, 11:54:59 AM Thanks, Fred and Mike
I didn't know about the Printer target setup.job.... every day is a school day LOL! I will use that and make up a new, fresh ICC profile and see how I get on. |