Printing in CS2 versus CS

[BoySpot]

I have been keeping track of people's views on CS2 whilst getting used to it myself. I have worked out most of my problems but have one that continues to bug me. When printing (with preview) I am not getting good color reproduction. In CS, I used to let Photoshop manage the color, use the profile for the printer/paper combination and tell the printer to use no color management and the results were fine.

In CS2, this is not going so well. If I go with the same approach, the pictures have a greenish hue. If I let the printer manage the process and switch on color management with the ICM settings, everything seems to be a lot closer. Anyone got any really obvious ideas that I could have missed? When I first used color management in CS, I got it wrong by forgetting to turn off color management in the printer driver and getting a red wash. The fact this is green makes me think I am going the other way somehow.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Rob

[KJGradwell]

Rob
I found little difference between PS 7 and CS2.

In colour management;
I have prophotorgb (After Bruce Fraser), CMYK euroscale uncoated ( although I believe this is not relevant for home printing), Grey gamma 2.2, Dot gain 20%.

Engine Adobe ACE, intent relative colourmetric, I use blackpoint compensation and blend using gamma 1.00.

In print preview;
Llet photoshop manage profile spr 800 prem glossy.icc ( for the epson R800), relative colourmetric and blackpoint compensation. Colour management at the printer is off.

The prints match the screen quite well I can get them even closer using proof print ( with the same ICC profile) but the differences are too subtle for me.

I'm quite new to this I hope this helps a bit.

[BoySpot]

Thanks Kevin. I sound like I'm doing similar things to you but the basic printer profile seems to have a better color match than the ICC profile which wasn't the case in CS for me. Perhaps I need to think about profiling my monitor. I know it is supposed to be worth it but I haven't got around to shelling out for the equipment yet. We shall see.

Thanks

[ohenry]

Rob...when you installed CS2, did you remove Adobe Gamma which was automatically installed? (unless you normally use Adobe Gamma). And, for what it's worth....profiling your monitor is the first step to consistent color management and definately worth your time and money.

[hewes]

What is the purpose of removing Adobe Gamma? Should one do that, or should one keep it? I have the same problems (with Epson's 2200) described by Rob, using the same settings. - Jeremy