leica dream Posted June 4, 2013 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Having transferred my data from Windows to Mac, I now need to transfer my printer profiles. Please can anybody advise how I do that, where they live on a MAC........and indeed where they live on WIN XP? I transferred my data using Migration Assistant. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 Hi leica dream, Take a look here Migrating printer profiles from WIN to MAC. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
chrism Posted June 8, 2013 Share #2 Posted June 8, 2013 I don't know about Windows, but on a Mac they are in /Library/ColorSync/Profiles I found some Windows instructions here. Ignore their comment about MacOS Lion - it's the user Library folder that's hidden, and if you hold down Option when clicking of the Finder's Go menu it will appear in the menu. Once the ~/Library window opens you can drag the folder next to 'Library' in the top bar of the window to the sidebar of your window, and your user Library will always be easily available. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica dream Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted June 9, 2013 I think that might be helpful, Chris - thank you. I seem to be going around in circles on this one with different sources telling me different things. One comment seems to make sense from someone else, that just transferring the ICC profiles will be useless because they will not match the MAC screen calibration settings. That seems reasonable because, presumably, the whole idea is to make sure that identical colours and tones appear on profiled printing which appear on the screen. So, without calibrating the screen THEN REPROFILING my printer from the MAC for my chosen papers looks logical to me unless I am missing something. My sole objective is to get output precisely what I see on my screen which is what I get on my windows machine. Being non technical does not help so I am a bit out of my depth, but that link you included seems very helpful and easy to follow.................until I try! Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted June 9, 2013 Share #4 Posted June 9, 2013 Hmm. When I have downloaded profiles from a printer manufacturer or for a certain stock of paper, there have never been different profiles for Mac or Windows. I think that might tell you something! Obviously you can profile your monitor on any OS so that it is far from the expected and then even when you use a profile for your printer/paper it won't look the way you expected from your screen. BTW, modern Macs use the same gamma settings, 2.2, as Windows, while back in the old (pre-OS X) days they defaulted to darker gamma settings. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica dream Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted June 12, 2013 OK, so let's go back to basics. I am a completely non technical person. On Windows I calibrated my screen then Profiled my Epson Stylus Photo R800 for the inks and papers which I use. RESULT is that I get printed output PRECISELY as I see it on the screen. I cannot believe that others have not gone through the same transfer from Windows to MAC without encountering the same issue. I have come to realise that my MACbook Pro is far more intelligent than my Windows XP desktop, but the WIN combination does deliver true contrasts/colour. I might be going about this entire transfer to MAC completely wrong. On Mac I am on Mountain Lion but have absolutely no previous experience of that system. Therefore (for me at least) there is one simple requirement.......... How do I ensure that printed output matches precisely what the screen shows me??????? Maybe my hang up about ICC profiles is all a red herring - that would be such a good outcome! So taking it from absolute basics, can I change my question to "Please, how do MAC people get your precise printed output?". If there is a step by step reference point, a reference would be great. I am out of my depth on this one but just trying to get my Leica images printed to match their exceptional quality. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
archi4 Posted June 12, 2013 Share #6 Posted June 12, 2013 The paper profiles you have in windows are the same for the Mac. They should be placed in: library/ColorSync/Profiles. This is not a hidden folder. Calibrating your screen is a separate thing and should be done using appropriate hardware and software for the Mac. I use x-rite i1profiler but there are other good ones Check that your printer driver is the correct one (Print and Scan in System Preferences) Since you have successfully printed in Windows (from Photoshop or Lightroom??) the procedure shouldn't be different and the dialog the printer gives is just about the same. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/206081-migrating-printer-profiles-from-win-to-mac/?do=findComment&comment=2347117'>More sharing options...
archi4 Posted June 12, 2013 Share #7 Posted June 12, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I don't know how your screen's brightness is, but my iMac's screens are inherently much too bright. I calibrate my screen to about 75 cd/m2 which gives me a perfect match. I don't know what you mean by calibrating the printer. Since I print with the printer's color management off using the paper profile selected in Photoshop, Capture One, Lightroom the printer does not manage the colors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
archi4 Posted June 12, 2013 Share #8 Posted June 12, 2013 I don't know how your screen's brightness is, but my iMac's screens are inherently much too bright. I calibrate my screen to about 75 cd/m2 which gives me a perfect match. I don't know what you mean by calibrating the printer. Since I print with the printer's color management off using the paper profile selected in Photoshop, Capture One, or Lightroom the printer does not manage the colors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica dream Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted June 13, 2013 That is really helpful, thank you. Sorry for the confused terminology about "calibrating" my printer - what I mean is profiling. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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