l_d_allan
Fan of Printing
I'm not getting all that satisfactory WYSIWYG from my calibrated monitor to prints, and wondering if I have a flawed understanding of what the printer driver option for "Media Type" accomplishes.
Here is my understanding, and more experienced printers may be able to "correct the error of my ways".
* In Photoshop, If I select the option for "Printer manage Color", then based on the "Media Type" selected in the print driver, a default profile for that paper will be applied. If my choice is "Plus Glossy II", a certain profile is applied. If my choice is "Glossy Paper", a different profile is applied. In this situation, the "Media Type" influences factors such as how much ink is assumed to be assorbed, whether it needs more or less ink to accomplish appropriate density, etc. Different "media types" have different preferred "spray mechanics".
* However, if I select the option of "Photoshop manages Color", then I need to explicitly turn off Color Management in the print driver. If I do it right, the profile I pick is "in force" and over-rides the Canon provided profile for that Media Type. My impression is that the selected "Media Type" still has a significant influence on how much ink is laid down. The print driver "knows" that Plus Glossy II should be sprayed a certain way for standard/preferred results. It "knows" that a different "Media Type" of paper should be sprayed somewhat differently for standard/preferred results.
Correct? Flawed? Incomplete? Clueless?
The implication might be that maybe I have guessed at the wrong "Media Type" for the Kirkland paper I am using. Or I shoud be using Canon paper with the OCP ink to reduce the altered number of variables from two to one. Once I diverge from a standard Canon Ink + Canon Paper, it becomes too much trial and error. I had thought the profile took care of that, but maybe not? Or maybe not as much as I thought?
Here is my understanding, and more experienced printers may be able to "correct the error of my ways".
* In Photoshop, If I select the option for "Printer manage Color", then based on the "Media Type" selected in the print driver, a default profile for that paper will be applied. If my choice is "Plus Glossy II", a certain profile is applied. If my choice is "Glossy Paper", a different profile is applied. In this situation, the "Media Type" influences factors such as how much ink is assumed to be assorbed, whether it needs more or less ink to accomplish appropriate density, etc. Different "media types" have different preferred "spray mechanics".
* However, if I select the option of "Photoshop manages Color", then I need to explicitly turn off Color Management in the print driver. If I do it right, the profile I pick is "in force" and over-rides the Canon provided profile for that Media Type. My impression is that the selected "Media Type" still has a significant influence on how much ink is laid down. The print driver "knows" that Plus Glossy II should be sprayed a certain way for standard/preferred results. It "knows" that a different "Media Type" of paper should be sprayed somewhat differently for standard/preferred results.
Correct? Flawed? Incomplete? Clueless?
The implication might be that maybe I have guessed at the wrong "Media Type" for the Kirkland paper I am using. Or I shoud be using Canon paper with the OCP ink to reduce the altered number of variables from two to one. Once I diverge from a standard Canon Ink + Canon Paper, it becomes too much trial and error. I had thought the profile took care of that, but maybe not? Or maybe not as much as I thought?