[alt-photo] Re: printer weirdness

[clay harmon/website]

Also:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/873/cpsid_87360.html

here is the link to their utility 

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/834/cpsid_83497.html



On Sep 28, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Joseph Smigiel wrote:

> Our college's Photo Lab just purchased a new Epson Stylus Pro 4900 and
> we are running Photoshop CS5.1 with Mac OSX v10.6.8 on an I-Mac.  I'm
> trying to calibrate the color output using a new X-Rite ColorMunki.
> I've run the auto calibration for that colorimeter and have profiled
> the monitor and printer using that device.  I'm using the standard
> Adobe Ole.tiff file to check the output.  The paper is Ilford Galerie
> Smooth Pearl and I've loaded the proper icc profile for that paper
> initially and set the print driver to the recommended semigloss paper
> type setting before loading the profiles generated by the ColorMunki.
> 
> I must have something set wrong because the printer is printing a pale
> blue surrounding the image.  The image file is only 3"x4" and the
> maximum printing area around it on the letter-sized paper has this
> blue tint with a paper-white margin.  This is happening with two
> different computers networked to the printer.
> 
> Anyone know why the 4900 is printing something in this non-image area?
> 
> I've turned color management off in the printer dialog but have also
> tried some with the printer managing color and I get the same result
> with the blue surround.  I've tried having proof settings on or off,
> simulating paper white on or off, and so on with no apparent
> difference in the printing.
> 
> What's going on?  I'm lost.
> 
> Joe
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