Snow Leopard default color profile

I seem to have lost the original color profile file while trying to calibrate my screen... How can I get it back? Can I download it somewhere?

In System Preferences > Displays > Color Tab the profile would probably be "MacBook Pro".
In /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays do you see it?
If not take the other color profiles, in case you need them, and copy them somewhere else then delete them.
Then run The 10.6.2 Combo Update This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
That should create the default.
Or... you may just be able to delete the entire folder and restart. But I wouldn't this without a good backup.
-mj

Similar Messages

Change Default Color Profile in New Image Document ?

I've looked and looked, and even Googled. Anyone know how to change the default color profile when you start a New image file? In CS5 mine defaults to sRGB (Under the Advanced drop down) but my CS6 is ProPhoto RGB which means I have to change it manually nearly every time I paste an image copied via right click in a web browser.

I think it the same on windows. If I copy things to the clipboard with Photoshop that the document profile seem to be used there when I do a paste there are no color issues. However if I use Prtscn or Alt+PrtScn to capture screen content. I'll see that the colors are wrong when I paste the clipboard into a new document if my default color space is not sRGB. Then I need to assign sRGB to the document to correct the colors.
If I paste a screen capture into the current document the color can be very off and I will not get a prompt on the color mismatch. Therefore I don't think a screen capture has any profile associated with it. And of course the screen has a much lower resolution then the images I edit. So there is also a big size difference. Here is one scaled to 100% zoom after the paste. You can see both the color and resolution difference. This capture was assigned to sRGB so you will see what the screen looks like after the paste and zoom to 100%.
Message was edited by: JJMack

Snow Leopard brings display profile problems

Several threads on Apple Discussions are describing problems with some display profiles after upgrading to Snow Leopard. My own experience is as follows:
I upgraded 2 machines, a 2007 MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz, and an early 2008 Mac Pro octo 2.8 GHz with Apple 30 inch Cinema Display. I use the Eye1 Display2 hardware calibrator, and have been calibrating to Gamma 2.2 for years as recommended in the Adobe Photoshop Mac Forum. The MacBook Pro has no issues with display profiles, and looks the same as before. The Mac Pro, however, was a different story. As soon as I upgraded, the display just looked wrong to me. The screen lacked contrast and looked quite soft, almost blurry. I immediately booted back into a clone of my old Leopard installation to check, and sure enough, there was that punchy contrast & solid color I'd grown accustomed to. The comparison was run using the same profile on the same hardware. Only difference was Snow Leopard. I went back to Snow Leopard and selected Apple's new default profile for my display, and this looked better, but nowhere near my custom profile on my old system. I actually took a screen shot of Apple's red, yellow & green interface button controls to show the difference. Totally noticeable as follows: Screen shot taken in Snow Leopard captures washed out interface elements. Same Screen shot opened in Leopard allows comparison of the interface elements in Snow Leopard with those in Leopard. I'd post it here, but it's back at the office & I'm at home today.
I reported this to Apple Feedback, and am posting here in case anyone else has seen this, or has suggestions. Obvious next step is to recalibrate in Snow Leopard & compare, but that doesn't explain why the same profile on the same hardware looks quite different under Snow Leopard. Apple's documentation specifically states that those using custom profiles will see no difference after upgrading.

The thing is, I don't believe that Apple changed the UI for Snow Leopard. I think I'm seeing a difference in the whole screen, using the same custom profile as before on the same hardware. I am pretty sure we are looking at the same old UI elements being displayed improperly. To support this, my MacBook Pro UI and screen look the same as they did before the Snow Leopard upgrade. Only my Mac Pro with Apple Cinema Display is showing the issue. Both machines were previously running Leopard 10.5.8 with custom display profiles. After the upgrade, using the same display profiles, the MacBook Pro looks the same as before, while the Mac Pro looks washed out, not just the UI elements, but the whole screen. Also, I've been unable to generate a satisfactory new custom profile for the Mac Pro using my Eye1 Display2 hardware calibrator.

Leopard forgets color profiles when waking from sleep on MBP Santa Rosa

I have a 15" MBP Santa Rosa with a 22" Samsung external monitor. I performed a clean (erase and) install on my machine. Upon waking from sleep, the computer seems to have forgotten the color profiles loaded for the displays. To correct this, I open system preferences and then the display option. As soon as the display options are shown on the window, my MBP loads the correct profile. This has happened for both displays, though far more frequently on the external display. The profile for my Samsung was created using color calibration hardware/software but the MBP display is running the stock profile from Leopard.
Any thoughts? Has anyone else experienced this?

same issue here. also had it in tiger, but much more frequently in leopard. seems to be whenever my display wakes from sleep.
MBP 2.4 GHz SR purchased 6/07. also driving samsung 245bw external display (which has never been affected, unless perhaps my calibrated and default profiles aren't different enough for me to notice--the difference is severe on my built-in display).
console contains this:
2/26/08 4:56:33 PM [[0x0-0xaf0af]].com.apple.systempreferences[[4593]] objc[[4593]]: Class O3Panel is implemented in both /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Con trast.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Contrast and /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Geo metry.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Geometry. Using implementation from /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Geo metry.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Geometry.
2/26/08 4:56:33 PM [[0x0-0xaf0af]].com.apple.systempreferences[[4593]] objc[[4593]]: Class O3Panel is implemented in both /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Geo metry.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Geometry and /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/VPT .monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/VPT. Using implementation from /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/VPT .monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/VPT.
2/26/08 4:56:33 PM [[0x0-0xaf0af]].com.apple.systempreferences[[4593]] objc[[4593]]: Class O3Panel is implemented in both /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/VPT .monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/VPT and /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Bez el.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Bezel. Using implementation from /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Bez el.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Bezel.
2/26/08 4:56:33 PM [[0x0-0xaf0af]].com.apple.systempreferences[[4593]] objc[[4593]]: Class O3Panel is implemented in both /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Bez el.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Bezel and /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Ext endedTouchSwitch.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/ExtendedTouchSwitch. Using implementation from /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Ext endedTouchSwitch.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/ExtendedTouchSwitch.
2/26/08 4:56:33 PM [[0x0-0xaf0af]].com.apple.systempreferences[[4593]] objc[[4593]]: Class O3Panel is implemented in both /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Ext endedTouchSwitch.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/ExtendedTouchSwitch and /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Pow erMode.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/PowerMode. Using implementation from /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Pow erMode.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/PowerMode.
2/26/08 4:56:33 PM [[0x0-0xaf0af]].com.apple.systempreferences[[4593]] objc[[4593]]: Class O3Panel is implemented in both /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Pow erMode.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/PowerMode and /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Aut horization.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Authorization. Using implementation from /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Aut horization.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Authorization.
2/26/08 4:56:33 PM [[0x0-0xaf0af]].com.apple.systempreferences[[4593]] objc[[4593]]: Class O3Panel is implemented in both /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/Aut horization.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/Authorization and /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/TVO ptions.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/TVOptions. Using implementation from /System/Library/MonitorPanels/AppleDisplay.monitorPanels/Contents/Resources/TVO ptions.monitorPanel/Contents/MacOS/TVOptions.
Message was edited by: thomas jerde

Snow Loepard and Color Profiles...

I don't know if this post belongs here or in the InDesign forum...
I just upgraded to Apple's Snow Leopard and am using CS3 and am printing to an Epson Stylus Photo 1400. Suddenly, all of the Epson profiles that were once available in the Adobe print dialog boxes are missing.
Well, that's not entirely true... I can still see all of the Epson profiles when I print from Photoshop but they are missing from the InDesign and Illustrator print dialog boxes. I searched my hard drive for files with the same name as the color profile, such as SP1400 PQIJ or something like that, but I do not find any files by those names.
Epson tech support had be re-install the printer driver but the problem remains...any ideas? (BTW, I can also see the Epson color profiles then printing from Apple's Safari or Apple's Mail.app.)

I got the Epson profiles from:
Library/Printers/EPSON/InkJetPrinter2/ICCProfiles/
From there, I selected my printer, Control clicked on it and choose View Package Contents. I moved these profiles to the location mentioned in my previous post.
I think Apple and Epson are trying to keep the profile files hidden, so that the computer will pick the proper profile after the user chooses the printer and paper they are printing to in the Print dialog box.
I think Adobe should adopt this workflow, too. If we choose a paper type and printer in Apple's print dialog box, InDesign should recognize this and choose the proper profile in the InDesign print dialog box.
If Adobe is listening, there is another issue, as well. Since installing Snow Leopard, I can no longer print full-bleed on size Super-B paper, 13"x19". There is a white border on the left and right edges. But, this may be an Apple/Epson problem...

Snow Leopard Mail color flags

I am trying to to change the color of flags in Mail (Snow Leopard-OS10.6.8).
I keep searching but regardless of my search specs (OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard) I keep getting results for Lion or above.
In one search result someone posted a screen shot showing a drop-down menu next to the flag icon in Mail toolbar. When I go to Customize Toolbar, I do not see any drop-down for the Flag icon. I did try the Colors icon but that is not the same and does not seem to effect the flag icon.
My question is: can I change the colors of the flag icon (*in Snow Leopard)?
Can I make different messages have different colored flags?
Does that drop-down menu I saw exist? Again, in Snow Leopard?
Thanks for any assistance.

The multi colour flag option is not available for Snow leopard. No drop down menu for flag exists in Snow Leopard. What does exist by right clicking on the flag are the options of Icon, Icon and Text and Text only. And that then applies to the whole menu bar.

What is Acrobat's Default Color Profile?

Hello,
We have a client's client who used a novice graphic designer who didn't color manage, and created a PDF containing colors that the client is pleased with. Trouble is, we have no idea what the desiner assumed as the color profile and the color profile that the client's Acrobat defaults to when displaying the PDF. And now we're having trouble recreating a PDF that the client deems matching. Our office has long since switched to ProPhoto RGB as our default RGB color profile, so we don't know what Adobe Acrobat ships with as its default (assumed) color profile when there are none embedded/assigned in the PDF (ours is now ProPhoto RGB).
1. Can someone who's not monkeyed with their color settings open up their Acrobat and look under the Preferences (ctrl-k), and "color management" and let me know what the working spaces read?
Also,
2. Is there a way to know what (if any) color profile a PDF has embedded in it? I cannot seem to find it in the PDF's metadata, and typically play with the "output preview" settings until I find one that doesn't alter the appearance (not the most efficient).
Thanks!

DeviceRGB is the default condition for many PDF creation workflows as it was the very first one supported in PDF version 1.0. - because PostScript 1.0 initially supported DeviceRGB and DeviceGray, with DeviceCMYK arriving later. ICC-based spaces came in PostScript 2 (PDF 1.3).
"Device..." spaces simply mean that the color data is preserved as-supplied from the original material - for example a scanner will see a particular red ink on the paper and record it with a certain RGB value. Unless that scan is subsequently assigned a calibration profile, the bitmap image may not look identical when re-printed but it is "accurate" in terms of what the scanner wrote to file. You can think of "Device..." spaces as being "raw data", so if you have two photographs on a PDF page, both from different sources but with DeviceRGB space, then pixels of (123,0,0) in each image will be an identical color on one particular user's monitor and printer. That color will only match the actuality of what was photographed (and what other users are seeing) if the user's display hardware is calibrated, but that's a different question entirely. Acrobat cannot correct for an uncalibrated monitor.
In the very early says of PDF and PostScript it was adopted as a print/prepress format, so color accuracy was important and features such as Output Intents and PDF/X were rapidly developed. Now, the majority of PDF files are never printed and many are designed with on-screen display as the only planned use - where RGB and unmanaged colors are perfectly acceptable. Nobody will ever notice the difference between AdobeRGB and sRGB when peering at a PDF file on a cellphone, but embedding the profiles will dramatically increase the filesize.

Snow Leopard + Epson 3800 = Profiles missing from InDesign

My 'Grafic Artist' wife just got a new PowerMac and installed InDesign as part of the CS4 Creative Suite. When printing from Photoshop (or Illustrator) she is offered the option in the print dialogue to print with profile, and when she checks the pull-down list her various Epson 3800 printer (paper) profiles are listed. But in InDesign they're missing..
She has no clue where the Epson 3800 profiles are hiding, as they do not seem to be in any of the numerous colorsync profile folders that Apple's OSX system uses (I'm a PC user...).
Any Mac folks here who have seen this and know how to fix it?
Thanks :-)
Russell

The Epson profile are in the printer driver package.
But having said that with 10.6 IDCS3 and CS4 only see profiles that are in the /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles folder. What ever you do do not copy profiles into that folder, make an alias of the folder that they are residing in and place that (the alias) in the /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles folder.

Colors not consistent with Snow Leopard 10.6 on an Eizo SX2761W monitor

I am unable to get any color consistency with Snow Leopard 10.6 on my Eizo SX2761W display.
Most of the actual "content" (i.e. images, videos, websites, etc.) is displayed very saturated and dark, much more saturated and dark than in 10.5.8. I presume that's because of Snow Leopard's new gamma value. The problem is, all of OS X's GUI elements, like the dock, icons and color labels in the finder, title bar buttons, etc. are not displayed in the same manner. These elements are all very desaturated, pale and grayish. NoMachine NX sessions running in X11 (via Rosetta) also have this desaturated look in Snow Leopard.
Here's a screenshot comparison I put together, that shows those color inconsistencies using the example of Mozilla's Firefox logo on the web in Safari, on the web in an NX session and as an icon in the Finder and in the Dock:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/7276/SnowLeopard-ColorsAndContrast.png (1 MB)
As far as I could test it, I get these color/contrast discrepancies only on the Eizo SX2761W monitor. I checked this on a classic Mac Pro and a late Mac mini with the same results. On a MacBook and its internal display Snow Leopard's colors seem consistent.
I tried to recalibrate the SX2761W profile, I tried out all the other standard color profiles available in Snow Leopard, I tried to copy my old profiles over from a Leopard backup, but I was unable to get rid of the display inconsistencies. After a whole day of trying and tinkering I went back to 10.5.8 to get a consistent color environment back.
Any ideas what's causing this and more importantly what to do about it? I have to say I'm at my wits end. The only thing I can think of is mailing this issue to Apple in the hope there will be a point release in the not too distant future that fixes the problem.

I have what I assume is the same problem. It just started today on my DELL WFP2407 - but remains even when switching to my MacBook Pro's built in screen.
The Dock, Safari, the desktop background - and probably other colour managed applications; all show very pale blue hues with over saturated red. Blue goes towards purple and other colours get muddled and pale. Oddly the Finder displays colours correctly on icons, but not the dock. I took a screenshot of Finder's Safari icon next to The Dock's:
http://www.nuxx.dk/hosting/paledock.png
- Clearly showing significant inconsistency... I just updated to 10.6.1 which didn't change anything.
Needless to say I tried calibrating a new colour profile to no effect, and seeing as the finder itself renders things just fine I'm not sure that's where the issue lies.
This is a huge problem for me, I hope there is a simple solution.
Message was edited by: nuxxie

Broken color management in Snow Leopard?

Hi,
I recently upgraded Leopard to Snow Leopard on my Mac Pro and I'm having trouble with my color profiles. I used an X-Rite i1 to calibrate my monitor (a Dell 30" 3007WFPHC) on Leopard and since Snow Leopard the colors are different. I have another computer connected to the same monitor (a 2nd generation MacBook Pro) which uses the exact same color profile and the colors are different between the two computers!
I tried re-calibrating my monitor several times and I never managed to get Snow Leopard to display colors the way it used to on Leopard (and every time, copying the profile between my two computers gives me different results.)
FWIW, my old profiles and the new profiles I've created were all using a gamma of 2.2, even on Leopard.
Is this a known issue and if so, is there a known workaround? The only "weird" thing about my setup is that I've upgraded the OS instead of doing a clean install.

Hello,
Just wanted to stop by and say I'm going through a similar issue:
I've calibrated my screen using an X-Rite i1 Display 2. I'm on a MacBook, circa early 2007 white model -- and though my photo colors look right and exact, system-wide menu and window selection overlays and some icons have a slight magenta tint. I'm using ColorMatch 3.6.2
Samples:
http://jimlafferty.com/magenta01.jpg
http://jimlafferty.com/magenta02.jpg
Check out the difference between the Transmit logo on Panic's site and the one in my dock:
http://jimlafferty.com/magenta03.jpg
When this has happened in the past, it was a matter of ensuring the calibration white point was set to "device native" -- and I ensured that it was. I've run the calibration twice, rebooted, ran it a third time. Still no luck.
Curious to find the solution. I have emailed X-Rite support, posted a comment on their blog -- a few days and no response.

Change default display profile (colors are horrible)

Hi there,
A few weeks ago I baught a 15" Macbook Pro, but then I noticed the colors were horrible. Way too much brown/gray. I'm not exaggerating. Compared to my normal monitor it look's awfull, and compared to other Macbooks too!
So I tried to make my own color profile, and it looks better. Still not as perfect as it should be... Maybe go back to the store?
Anyways, I want to override the default color profile with my profile, so the Login screen and other accounts have more realistisc colors. Couldn't find any simple way to do that.
Could anybody help me? I'm new to OSX.

Seb99 wrote:
compared to other Macbooks too!
Back to the store.

Display color profiles causing gamma shift in video playback

I recently got a new monitor - Dell U2713H - to use with my macbook pro. If I use anything other than the default color profiles the gamma will shift after about 7 seconds during video playback to something much cooler and dimmer. it stays that way until the video is paused and then reverts back to what it should be. This problem doesn't happen if I stick to the default display profile. Any ideas?

Mac OS X (10.6.8)
If your profile is correct, you should re-post in the Snow Leopard forums instead of Mountain Lion's.
If profile is incorrect, please correct so that you will get the proper troubleshooting solutions.

Login Window Color Profile Problem

I just upgraded my Mac Pro from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8 and finally to 10.6. I downloaded the 10.6.4 Combo update and all was fine. When I ran the next round of updates, which included the “Snow Leopard Graphics Update,” my calibrated display color profile was switched to the standard “VGA Display” color profile. That in itself wasn’t a big deal as I readily switched it back (on all 3 user accounts) but, the Login window now uses the standard “VGA Display” color profile and it looks terrible. I have a NEC MultiSync P1150 19” VGA CRT. The video card is the nVidia 7300GT that came with the Mac. This monitor was one I originally spec’d for a friend of mine back in the late 1990’s (MFG date is 1997) and the color is so good yet that I see no reason to replace it. The monitor is not the issue here.
My question; Is there a .conf file for the login window that I can edit so it selects my calibrated color profile instead? I’ve read the articles http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1083 and http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4286 and it doesn’t appear that I even need this update.
I imaged my hard drive after each OS upgrade so I have a day old image to revert to 10.5.8 if needed and then run the updates again (this time skipping the graphic update) but, I would rather not have to spend the several hours to revert and upgrade again.
I have some experience with command line editing in Unix/Linux. I just need to know the correct file(s) to edit. Also, do I have to enable the Root user to do this? I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Root user by default is not enabled in Mac OSX.
TIA…..Paul

So, I went ahead and restored from my 10.5.8 image. I upgraded to 10.6 and the login screen matches my user color profile. After the upgrade to 10.6, OSX changed the default color profile to “VGA Display” instead of the “VGA Display Calibrated” profile I had created back in 10.4.11. This uncalibrated color profile looked fine at this point so I left it at that setting. It actually looked a little better that my older calibrated profile. So, no real problem here.
BTW the older calibrated profile was created using OSX calibration tools in 10.4.x. I’m going to calibrate again in 10.6.4 and see what it looks like. This monitor has excellent color. Game play is super and film photography editing on it has always reproduced very nice matching images.
I then updated from 10.6 to 10.6.4 with no additional updates applied. The problem with the “Color Profile Challenged Login Screen” happened after the 10.6.4 Combo Update. The “VGA Display” profile had somehow been altered. I switched to Apple RGB and that matched the pre-10.6.4 VGA Display profile.
Apparently I wasn’t paying close enough attention during the first install. I can deduce at this point that the graphics update wasn’t the problem as I had previously reported. I did set each user color profile to Apple RGB but the login window stays at altered VGA Display. I don’t feel like experimenting with previous combo updates to identify which one is the culprit. I had a few nights to work this out and now I want to get back to using my Mac for other things. I’m going to go ahead and run the rest of the other updates including the graphics update.
I hope I can get an answer here to see if there is a conf file I can edit to set the login window to use a color profile of my choice. It’s a minor but glaring annoyance that a slightly Monk’ish person like me would like to remedy.
Otherwise, the system runs fine (even with only 1GB RAM) and my CS1 suite appears to have full functionality.
TAIA…..Paul

Snow Leopard Issues Again

Ever since I have installed Snow Leopard my camera profile doesn't seem to be right. My pictures look awesome on the back of my D3 and also in "Photo Mechanic" which I'm told is just a jpg preview of the RAW file, but once I import them into Lightroom they look awful. I was told that the gamma point on Snow Leopard is 2.2 and the default for Leopard was 1.8. Would this affect the import preset to not work properly? Will new camera profiles come out now that Snow Leopard is on the scene? Just wondering. Thanks.
Jim Shields

If you could be more specific about what changes you see, perhaps posting a screen shot or two, we might be able to nail this down better. In my own experience, upgrading to Snow Leopard didn't change anything.

Colorsync Engine is still not working correct in Snow Leopard 10.6.4

Colorsync Engine in 10.6.4 causes Print faults in Photoshop CS5.
A light cyan tone is being printed around pictures, where there should be plain paperwite.
I really would appreciate some help.
The problem shows when using custom paper profiles.
(The only situation, in which the problem does not show:
If sRGB is chosen as the printerprofile or if the paperprofile is chosen that belongs to the mediatype chosen in the Epson printersetting. Both are no options as they do not allow to print a colourmanaged print)
So it is obvious that there is still something wrong in the way the different profiles are matched....

I am no beginner - you can believe this.
No insult meant at all. Just no way of knowing how much you do know on the subject.
I have custom paper profiles written for all my papers for this one printer Epson 4800 from targets I printed with no colour management from the printer driver and no colour profile tagged.
No problem there. That is the correct way to print the color patches for profiling.
There is no reason within the paperprofile to make the sourrounding area of the picture to be printed white...
In a very technical sense, there is. All profiles are built to include the ability to choose any rendering intent. So the option for Absolute Colorimetric is in there. Which leads to...
And besides that: How could a profile make an area be printed with a cyan tone that is around the image that is printed. In relative colorimetric rendering. How can you explain this?
It was just a thought. It wasn't until after I mentioned the possibility of using Absolute Colorimetric that you noted you always use Relative Colorimetric.
And the profiles worked before - under 10.5.8.
And they should in Snow Leopard. I'm using all of the printer profiles I made in Leopard for both an Epson Stylus Pro 4000 and a Xerox 6280DN in Snow Leopard. Color is identical from the same applications and the same test images. Both CMYK and RGB. I was able to easily test this as I have both 10.5.x and 10.6.x installed on two drives of the same Mac. So it was just a matter of booting into one, printing the images, then the other to do the same and compare output.
You noted at Adobe's forum:
Around the document, the printable space is filled with a very light colour.
Then printed it 5 to 6 times on the same sheet so it would be easier to see the cyan tone being printed. How was this tone added? I ask because your screen shot shows pure white as the background color. Is it neutral? Such as an RGB value of 253, 253, 253? If everything is correct (settings, profile, etc.), it should build up as a slowly darkening gray, not cyan. But you already know that.
But even if you choose no colour management in the printer driver, there are profiles and media settings that belong to the media you choose in the printer driver.
Not quite sure what you mean there. If you choose no color management, then any profiles in the printer driver are disabled. As far as the media settings, the paper you choose tells the printer the weight of the media going through it, so it can adjust the height of the guide tray. Important for heavy stock (canvas in particular) so it doesn't rub while going through. But much more importantly, it tells the printer how much ink to use. Plain paper will cause the printer to use a different amount of ink than if you choose something like Premium Glossy, even though both may be set to use a print quality setting of 2880 dpi.
The point there is that it is equally important to choose the exact same paper settings in the print driver as were used when the targets were printed, even though color management is turned off.
Actually, the issue may be how old these profiles are. I never print straight to the Epson 4000 since a profile can't account for drift. I go through the full version of the ColorBurst RIP for everything. The reason why is so you can account for hardware drift by re-linearizing when you notice grays starting to go pink/green/blue, etc. All inkjet printers drift as they are used. Meaning, the size of the dots change as the heads and ink pumps wear out. It's slow, but it does shift the color slightly as time goes by. Linearizing brings the gray balance and gamut back to its original point without having to create an entirely new profile.
A straight profile can't account for this. As the printer's color shifts, the profile can't move with it and colors shifts on your output starts to become apparent.

Snow Leopard default color profile

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for