Re: PGPP Drying down??

[gmosher@ns.sympatico.ca (Gerry Mosher)]

C David  I have always allowed printed profiles to dry overnight before trying to
scan to profile. That I understand, but what's bothering me is the time prints
must be allowed to dry down after testing a new profile version. A week or so ago
you very generously e-mailed me the Photodisk image. I can print it very close to
the on screen image but my own prints do not match the on screen image. If I have
to wait 24 hours to evaluate each of the fifty or sixty unsatisfactory prints to
dry down well, at 72 years I may not live long enough to get a good result.

I have had a number of replies suggesting I show patience that all glossy papers
have this dry down period. Well, my EX which I sold last month when I bought the
1280 did not require a dry down period, and with Epson inks and the Ian lyons
set-up and Epson profiles gave excellent results. I bought Profiler RGB and the
monitor to allow me to use other papers i.e. matt and water-colour. I appears
that I bit off more than I can chew so I will retire this $800.00 Can in
equipment and go back to Adobe monitor control and Epson profiles and stick with
what I know.

I do want to thank you for your suggestions and dedication to the Epson forums.

Gerry

CDTobie@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/22/01 3:42:01 PM, gmosher@ns.sympatico.ca writes:
>
> >Anybody having a problem with Epson inks and PGPP taking as long as 45
> >minutes to dry down to final colour?  I did not have this problem until
> >I installed Profiler RGB and the Monitor Spyder.  The prints from the
> >1280 have a red cast.(The on screen images do not have a red cast)  In
> >30 to 45 minutes they are dried down and the cast is gone.
>
> Yes, drydown issues with the later Epson dye printers are especially critical
> with glossy papers and with humid weather. 45 minutes isn't bad; I've seen
> combos requiring overnight! Its rather a waste to profile prior to drydown...
>
> C. David Tobie
> Design Cooperative
> CDTobie@designcoop.com
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