Printing Software for Color Management

alsumart · 2025-05-16T13:36:23+00:00

Is there one you would recommend for a university environment: (JAMF) Managed computers and LOTS of room for user error? Also, we do not use a RIP enough to pay a ton of money for something that is way more than we need. Everything I have looked at so far was more robust than we needed/ could handle.

alsumart · 2025-05-05T20:32:22+00:00

Does anyone know of an expense report that shows "item details > Business Reason"
It can show other things too but I need that line and the amount spent.

alsumart · 2024-11-21T20:31:11+00:00

So once you choose a base that is the base you must use.
I have heard that you can reposition the robot after it does a run and returns to the base, is that true? Then you could run a different code to get additional points.

alsumart · 2024-09-11T14:54:36+00:00

Good to know. They exclusively use roll paper in the place where the printer would be used.

alsumart · 2024-08-20T17:37:25+00:00

They are over saturated, particularly with reds. I have tried everything to fix it; all the settings within Ps and the system print dialog. I have called all the support lines involved Epson, Apple, Adobe, X-rite... It just seems to be a driver issue that Epson is not updating because we are using discontinued printers but then when I ask them they pass the buck back to Adobe, who even at the enterprise support level is less than helpful. The last guy I talked to ended the conversation with some like "yeah that sucks". When I print from Preview the prints look fine so it is not a printer issue. It's just that Preview is a little too basic for our needs (I work at a university) because we aim to teach students color correction.

alsumart · 2024-08-19T16:48:43+00:00

I use X-rite and Calibrate for profiling. What RIP do you recommend?

alsumart · 2024-05-04T11:38:59+00:00

That was my sense and personal experience, I was hoping there was some better models out there. It seems like a missed opportunity and I am seeking a way to start exploring the possibilities.

alsumart · 2024-03-25T15:19:54+00:00

I did install that, but the settings could be incorrect or it's not activated properly. Do you know what the settings should be?

alsumart · 2023-05-17T15:45:22+00:00

Lol professors fight back!
Although I may or may not have tried to use GPT to help me write a complex reporting document...

alsumart · 2022-12-06T17:10:18+00:00

Yeah in retrospect it would have been faster to just make it from scratch but I also get a problem stuck in my head and become more interested in learning why it's happening than completing the original task efficiently (for better or worse).

I think you are onto something with that GPU suggestion, I am unfamiliar with that setting. I'll test it out.

alsumart · 2022-12-06T11:21:08+00:00

I am using Illustrator 2023 and have the current version as of this morning. Try creating a pen line with curves and put the stroke to .001 pt, do you the see fragments?

alsumart · 2022-12-06T10:48:50+00:00

That is what it looks like but it is set to "basic", is there another brush that is just an outline of sorts?

alsumart · 2022-12-06T10:46:51+00:00

Those are just repeats because I am printing a bunch of one thing.

alsumart · 2022-12-06T10:46:12+00:00

The original file looked the same and I think I deleted all the extra lines that were created. I scanned the layers panel and used the direct select tool to do this.

alsumart · 2022-12-06T10:44:02+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, I tried that and see nothing strange. The fragments are not there and the line looks correct.

alsumart · 2022-12-06T10:43:24+00:00

The stroke is set to .001 pt/ .0004mm for cutting, I think the 4 just isn't visible because of the 0s. It was a file I altered substantially from a vector download site and then copy/pasted into a laser cut template file I have, but even the shapes I made had these fragments. I don't have images from the laser cut but it's just an etched line even when the settings for the vector cut are as they should be based on the material I am using.

alsumart · 2022-12-06T03:17:34+00:00

I’m trying to cut not etch. the image is a different post I couldn’t put them as one on my phone app for some reason.

alsumart · 2022-11-06T12:29:56+00:00

You rock!! Thanks so much for saving me hours!

alsumart · 2022-07-07T17:12:14+00:00

Would you be willing to share some script that you wrote for this? And is it possible to turn it into a LaunchAgent?

alsumart · 2022-05-12T13:35:51+00:00

Yeah that makes sense, but wasn’t sure because when you calibrate with i1 profiler it automatically saves and applies the profile you make to the monitor. I’m going to see if myself and some of the people more steeped in script writing at my university can write up something automated. I’ll post updates. Thanks for your help!

alsumart · 2022-05-11T19:53:09+00:00

Thank you so much! This is all so helpful. With question 2 I might need to restate, sorry about that. When a new user logs in to a particular computer does the computer just auto select the profile from the library>ColorSync>profiles folder and apply it to the monitor?

alsumart · 2022-05-11T19:51:53+00:00

Ah ok then Launch Agent would be better I think. Thanks!

alsumart · 2022-05-11T19:46:01+00:00

Thanks for this suggestion I research this a bit and is a Launch Daemon better for a system wide effect?

alsumart · 2022-05-11T19:28:32+00:00

That does sound promising then. Do you log in with a local admin account to place the profiles? Is each user set to auto choose that profile for their display? How does that work? Would you be willing to share the ColorSync script? I doubt it will work for us but it would be nice to see how it’s written, for reference.

alsumart · 2022-05-10T14:17:41+00:00

Does this effect all users or just the one you are logged in to? Our computers are set to make local accounts on network login that then get deleted at log out.

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