QPCC Instruction Night - 21/02/2012 [Revised 26/12/14]
For the closest level of control you can pay to have “custom profiles” made. You print out a target
image and send it off to, for example, Permajet. They will analyze the print from YOUR specifically
unique printer and create a bespoke profile for the particular paper and ink used with YOUR printer
to give the most accurate results possible.
To install profiles:-
Microsoft Windows
Right click on *.icc file and select “Install Profile”, this will automatically save the profile in the
correct location.
Mac OSX
Save the profile into the following location:
OSX 10.3 / 10.4: Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles
OSX 10.5 (Leopard): Library/ColorSync/Profiles
OSX 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard): Library/ColorSync/Profiles
Note that if you have Photoshop open when you install the profile you may have to close it down
and open it again for the profile to be visible.
3.3 The Profile Name
Permajet name
their profiles like
this:-
Or as downloaded for the club Epson R2880 printer: apj_oem2880pk_gloss_epg_v1 translates to:-
Permajet_Epson OEM ink_Epson R2880 printer_Photo Black ink cartridge_Gloss paper_Photo Glossy
media setting_Profile V1
Here is a typical Ilford profile name:- IGSPP11_EPR2880_EPGn
3.4 Soft Proofing
Here is another cool thing about profiles. A screen is backlit whereas a print is seen by reflected light
and the two can never look exactly the same. The paper surface (gloss/lustre/pearl/matt/textured
etc) and the ambient light when viewed will also affect the look of the final printed image.
In Photoshop you can toggle the screen image to give an approximation of how he printed image will
look by selecting “View > Proof Colours” and selecting the profile you want to use, a process known
as soft proofing. Indeed many photographers recommend processing the image with soft proofing
turned on so that the effect of adjustments made can be seen as closely as possible on the final print
media.
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