Hello,
I include a short description of the profiling workflow - please check if you followed these steps. A common error is to enable the color profile in the application (Lightroom / Photoshop) and in PrintFab - see point 1) and 2) of the description below for details.
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Creating ICC profiles for PrintFab/Mac
To create an ICC profile e.g. with EyeOne, ColorMunki or Spyder, you must create a new profile entry in PrintFab Toolbox -> "Open toolbox for selected printer" -> "Manage color profiles" -> "Printer Profiles".
You will have to select the type of media (e.g. coated inkjet paper or glossy photo paper), the print quality and the maximum ink amount (250% is the default).
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The new profile will be visible as an additional paper type in the print dialog. Use this paper entry to print the profile chart - color management will be automatically turned off (until you execute "import profile data").
Printing the profile color chart
Most profiling applications support RGB and CMYK profiles. We recommend to start with an RGB profile as this is easier to handle.
The profile target chart can be printed in Photoshop, in the tool "Adobe Color Print Utility" (RGB charts only) and also in the profiling software if it offers this option (i1Profiler can print directly to PrintFab). We use Photoshop in this description.
Color management must be disabled in Photoshop - this can be done by assigning a profile to the chart (e.g. sRGB), in the print dialog select "Photoshop determines colors" and select the assigned document profile as printer profile.
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PrintFab driver settings:
tab "Main": "Media type"=<the media entry that you just added>
tab "Color": "Intent"="No correction", "Mode"="RGB" or "CMYK" depending on the ICC profile type
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The resulting ICC profile can be used either in PrintFab (recommended) or in Photoshop:
1) color management in PrintFab
- import the ICC profile in the "Profiles" dialog of PrintFab Toolbox
- in the Photoshop print dialog, select "Photoshop Manages Colors". As "Printer Profile" choose the document profile (in earlier versions of Photoshop, you can choose "No color management" instead).
- in the PrintFab driver settings, also choose the document profile
2) color management in PhotoShop
- add the ICC profile to the OS X color profiles folder
- in the Photoshop print dialog, select "PhotoShop manages colors" and "Printer profile"=<the icc profile you created>
- in the PrintFab driver settings, use the same settings as when printing
the ICC profile chart:
tab "Main": "Media type"=<the media entry you used to print the ICC profile chart>
tab "Color": "Intent"="No correction", "Mode"="RGB" or "CMYK" depending on the ICC profile type
Some PrintFab settings like the "ink save mode" can be chosen only when color management is done in PrintFab.