Re: Thoughts on profileing

[Raphael Bustin <rafeb@adelphia.net>]

<x-flowed>At 09:01 PM 8/29/01 -0700, John Zax wrote:


>Maybe this is a freak thing, but it kind of makes sense. If you get a good 
>profile that excels at
>a specific thing, it may just work better to try and accomplish said task 
>with that profile
>regardless of the actual paper being printed on. A little tweak here a 
>little tweak there, it's
>still better than beating one's head against the wall.
>
>Please, someone else try this.


I have, and I concur, at least to the extent
that we're considering the Epson "canned" profiles.

I find that they're very, very general -- that is,
they work well on a large variety of papers.

I've also found this to be true in some regards with
embedded (native) profiles in other printer brands
as well.


rafe b.


PS: My guru Dan Margulis makes an interesting point
about color separation tables that may apply here.
He says that a separation that works well on an
"exceptional" image will probably do poorly on an
average image.  Conversely, a separation that works
well on an average image will do poorly on an
exceptional image.  No separation is optimal across
all image types.

Our custom-made profiles are probably made to deal
with "exceptional" images, whereas those embedded
into our Epson printers are probably made for
"average" images -- and therefore have a much wider
range of applicability.



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