Icc Profile For Dlab1

[ektaimaging]

We had difficulty for getting good and vibrant color on our dlab1.

I try to use ICC convert on photoshop before print on dlab1.

I have tried to built ICC profile, but the color still not good.

Does anybody have problem like this? And how to solve it?

FYI, we use 3.11 software on dlab1.

 

Thanks

[Richard SPC]

I currently have a dlab2, but up until 2015 had dlab1 as well.

Using an ICC profile is absolutely essential to get the best from both of these printers. Without a profile, the images on the dlab1 will generally be slightly flat, red and lifeless.

The only issue you will have is that using a bespoke profile will not guarantee bright vivid colours if the images that you throw at the printer are not bright and vivid in the first place.

The idea of any printer profile is to give prints that look like the image does on a correctly calibrated monitor. I will assume that you are running everything within a fully colour managed environment where all monitors are correctly calibrated and all printer profiles are current and correct. If you are not doing this, you need to if you wish to have prints match the monitors.

So let's assume that all is good with your setup. If the prints from the dlab match the monitor image as close as possible, bearing in mind that reds & yellows are generally slightly muted, it means that the profile is working and giving the results it is designed to do. Please remember that it is physically impossible to achieve a 100% match due to colour gamut limitations of monitors and printers.

If however they match the monitor but you want them to be far more vivid/saturated and brighter than they are, you are after something that a profile alone will not give you. If this is the case you will need to have some sort of image enhancement as well as having an ICC profile. This enhancement can be achieved with the dlab and if you are interested in something like this, ping me a message and I will reply.

If you need new profiles making for the dlab I can help you with that as I currently make them for several other dlab users.

Get back to me if you need any more help

Richard

[dalki]

I have ICC profile for DLAB 1. 

I build it for me and I can share it with you.

You can contact me on email  info@punaphoto.com

[Antero]

dlab1 has a new software - it has a higher quality profiles. Nevertheless, good print quality can only be achieved when you create a profile (i use I1pro2) and apply it to your photos before sending to print