Color profile problem - paint effect

[Karla Vol]

Hello all, 

I am having trouble understanding why the color profile I made (with Colormunki, on A4 Epson 'Archival matte paper') isn't showing properly on the paper or even on the screen.

I did the profile correctly, named it etc., and when I convert my file into my new profile, it turns the image into very saturated, very 'painting-like' effect.

Then my images are printed (with Epson inkjet Stylus pro 4900) with the same effect, very grainy and weird.

Why is that ?

[NB, colourmanagement]

Hi

That printer profile seems to be faulty.

Does your system do the same with any other profiles selected to softproof or print? 

Maybe start over making the profile, its easy to make a mistake

As you can't turn off colour management in Photoshop any more, you'll need to print using the ACP utility - or maybe the Munki SW prints the target for you. I never tried it.

Use a decent size target, I use over 2000 patches if using i1profiler (also from X-Rite).

Allow drying time for the patches, 30 min should suffice

Measure with more paper beneath the measured sheet as there may be show through.

Have a care to maintain media settings etc in the print driver.

I hope this helps

if so, please "like" my reply and if you're OK now, please mark it as "correct", so that others who have similar issues can see the solution

thanks

neil barstow, colourmanagement.net

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