Printing - compensation of dynamic range narrowing

[Guill]

Guillame,

I'm confused by your last post. I don't understand what you are comparing. Are you comparing the original image on screen to the softproofed image on screen before you make any adjustments? And are you doing this with ICC profiles specific to your printer and each of the papers?

I've tested a large number of coated papers using a standard test print, http://www.jirvana.com/printer_tests...Image_V002.zip, and the manufacturer's ICC profiles for my printer. Apart from the fact that the base stock varies on the cold-warm continuum, most of the papers were quite similar in terms of color. (The Hahnemuehla and Canson papers you mentioned are among those I tested.) I can recall only one that was substantially different, which I suspect was a problem with the ICC profile. Apart from that one paper, the differences were in some cases visible, but they weren't extreme. And consistent with that, the softproof images, without adjustment, were not dramatically different from the original.

So this leads me to guess (only guess) that one of two things is true: the "RC Brilliant for pigment inks" is an odd paper, or the ICC profile isn't correct for the combination of that paper and your particular printer.

However, I may be misunderstading what you did.

Hello Dan,

yes I'm comparing the original image (without adjustment) to the softproofed image (for each of the 3 papers).
Yes I'm using the ICC profiles provided by my print maker for the specifics printer/paper they use.

You may be correct, there may be a problem with the ICC profile provided for the "RC Brillant for pigmentary inks" paper, or they didn't do the job correctly when making it and colors on prints are far from neutral or close to what they should be.
I think I'll write to them to ask them their opinion. The difference between the 3 papers shouldn't be that noticeable.

Best regards

[Guill]

Some interesting points of view in this tutorial...................

http://digitaldog.net/files/Why_are_...s_too_dark.mp4

Hello Len,
thank you for the link, I'll watch the video and have a look to the website and the Youtube channel associated,
Best regards

[ThomasHaynes]

When printing photos, it’s common to tweak contrast and saturation to match the screen view because prints often look a bit different from what you see on your monitor.
I had a similar issue with my first print project. I ended up increasing the contrast slightly and adjusting the saturation to make the print closer to what I saw on screen.
Regarding your white point setting, using D65-6500K is generally a good choice for most papers, but if you’re working with warmer papers, you might want to adjust accordingly. For a more hands-on approach, I recently tried out affordable linocut kits with professional tools, which gave me some useful insights into color and contrast adjustments for different types of prints.

[Manfred M]

Hi Thomas - if you look at the date of this thread, it is about 3-1/2 years old.