ICC Printer Profiles With ViewScan (anyone done?)

Hi, I have been looking for options to create ICC printer profiles and they run from a few dollars into the 100's of dollars.
However there a couple I am looking at (1) Profile Prism a software from the creator of Qimage and (2) Viewscan.
Anyone here tried Viewscan please to make printer profiles with your scanner?
Both Profile prism and Viewscan are via a scanner option with no other hardware except a target.
Really would like the colormunki photo but out of my price range just now.
Thank in advance.
Russ.

Profiles for which printer, ink, paper combination?

Hi, I have an Epson R1900 and a Canon ix6850 and use 1/3rd party inks (refill carts)
Have a range of papers from Epson,Canon and again some 1/3rd party papers.
Thankyou for the reply.
Russ

Ok multiple printers/papers etc.

The profiling can be done via a scanner, I have not done it and wouldn't be sure of it's accuracy but the only way to find out is to try it and see.

Which scanner are you using?

If you were a little bit closer, I could have given you a Spyder3Print system, however, the cost of freighting it to you probably wouldn't make sense.

Hi, I have an Epson 1260 scanner and basic Vuescan software as Epson no longer support that scanner.
My quandary is as both an ameture and a pensioner what to go for?
The software/scanner approach (maybe buy a new scanner £80 approx) that I must admit looks a bit daunting to get right or the Colormunki Photo that is quite an expensive option (£335.00) but does does look like it does everything you need to get good prints along with monitor calibration that I use the i1 Pro for at this time.
Many thanks for ALL your help.
Russ

To be quite honest, it would probably drive me nuts doing it with a scanner and I would always be dubious about the results.

Are you finding that your prints are not what you expect?

Depending upon how much time and effort you want to expend (along with paper & ink), I would be tempted to just experiment with suitable ICC profiles that your printer driver suggest or matches for the type of paper.

I would also look towards your paper supplier to see if they have generic profiles for your printer. However, if they do, they would have been done with genuine inks so there is potential for error there as well.


Another option would be to nominate one or two papers per printer and have profiles made for them & just stick to those. Be cheaper that the colourmunki I would think.

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To be quite honest, it would probably drive me nuts doing it with a scanner and I would always be dubious about the results.

Are you finding that your prints are not what you expect?

Depending upon how much time and effort you want to expend (along with paper & ink), I would be tempted to just experiment with suitable ICC profiles that your printer driver suggest or matches for the type of paper.

I would also look towards your paper supplier to see if they have generic profiles for your printer. However, if they do, they would have been done with genuine inks so there is potential for error there as well.


Another option would be to nominate one or two papers per printer and have profiles made for them & just stick to those. Be cheaper that the colourmunki I would think.

Hi, I use a profile supplied by the paper supplier (they state that the paper is coated by ilford but I take that with a pinch of salt) but I feel the prints come out a little to dark although I use Qimage software rather than Lightroom and check with softproof option before hitting print.
Again thankyou for the help here.
Russ

For a recurrent brightness mismatch with a particular paper it's simple to determine the required compensation in Qimage and then apply it as standard for that paper.

I don't think softproofing is a meaningful check for print brightness. A monitor that's too bright will induce you to make a dark picture and it will likewise lie to you when you check the expected print brightness via softproofing.

You may need to lower the brightness of your monitor if you are getting dark prints with most of your papers.