VueScan printer profiles

[Wilfred]

I'm a bit confuesd about how printer profiles generated by VueScan are
to be used. Are these supposed to be for printing from VueScan only?
When a generate a profile on my Mac, give it a new name and put it into
the ColorSync profiles library on my Mac (OS X 10.3), where the other
ICC profiles reside, I still cannot select the profile with the name I
gave it, from within Photoshop. However, there is one 'VueScan printer
profile' and one 'VueScan device profile' that I can select in
Photoshop's Proof Setup. Even if I put multiple printer profiles in the
ICC profiles folder, there's still only one 'VueScan printer profile' to
select - which results in awful printing results anyway.
Are VueScan printer profiles usable at all? Where do I have to put the
files in order to make them available as a print space in Photoshop?
It seems some people at least have claimed success with these profiles
so I hope someone could enlighten me.

Thanks in advance

 

[Winfried]

I'm a bit confuesd about how printer profiles generated by VueScan are
to be used. Are these supposed to be for printing from VueScan only?
When a generate a profile on my Mac, give it a new name and put it into
the ColorSync profiles library on my Mac (OS X 10.3), where the other

ICC profiles reside, I still cannot select the profile with the name I
gave it, from within Photoshop. However, there is one 'VueScan printer
profile' and one 'VueScan device profile' that I can select in
Photoshop's Proof Setup. Even if I put multiple printer profiles in the
ICC profiles folder, there's still only one 'VueScan printer profile' to
select - which results in awful printing results anyway.
Are VueScan printer profiles usable at all? Where do I have to put the
files in order to make them available as a print space in Photoshop?
It seems some people at least have claimed success with these profiles
so I hope someone could enlighten me.

Thanks in advance

Although I use Windows XP and another photoeditor, I guess
Photoshop identifies the icc-profiles by their internal name, not by
the name of the file. This internal name is from the Printer ICC
description field on the color tab. These desriptions must be different
for each profile.

Winfried

 

[Wilfred]

Although I use Windows XP and another photoeditor, I guess
Photoshop identifies the icc-profiles by their internal name, not by
the name of the file.

Yes, that's what I suspected. But sometimes both names are the same,
which makes it more confusing.

This internal name is from the Printer ICC
description field on the color tab. These desriptions must be different
for each profile.

I guess you'll need a profile editor in order to change the internal
name? I think I'll have to look into the software that came with my
Spyder - perhaps it'll give me more insight.

Thanks.

 

[Winfried]

Yes, that's what I suspected. But sometimes both names are the same,
which makes it more confusing.


I guess you'll need a profile editor in order to change the internal
name? I think I'll have to look into the software that came with my
Spyder - perhaps it'll give me more insight.

Thanks.

I found a nice little utility "ICC Profile Toolkit".

http://www.tlbtlb.com/links/

This utility can change the description in an ICC-profile. It is
windows only.

Winfried

 

[Wilfred]

I found a nice little utility "ICC Profile Toolkit".

http://www.tlbtlb.com/links/

This utility can change the description in an ICC-profile. It is
windows only.

Yes, thanks, I did some further searching and I'm afraid this is the
only way - I'll have to transfer each VueScan-generated profile to a
Wintel box and give it a more descriptive name. A bit cumbersome but
it'll do. No way to do this on a Mac except perhaps when I'd buy some
high-end profiling application.

 

[Wilfred]

Yes, thanks, I did some further searching and I'm afraid this is the
only way - I'll have to transfer each VueScan-generated profile to a
Wintel box and give it a more descriptive name. A bit cumbersome but
it'll do. No way to do this on a Mac except perhaps when I'd buy some
high-end profiling application.

I have to correct myself here - it's much simpler on the Mac - I just
double-clicked on the profile and it opened with the ColorSync Utility.
There I was able to change the description and, after saving, open it in
Photoshop under its new neame.
Not that the profile is useful for printing - yet I have to find out
what I did wrong in the profiling workflow ...