Color profiling beginner questions (colormunky etc)

[Ink stained Fingers]

o.k., I get you, actually not really, I'm not familiar at all with the Mac/VM/Intel versions and compatibility issues at all. I just hope that the dongle software in i1Match runs emulated. I had problems with an older version in Profile Maker when upgrading to Win8 some time ago. Anyway - give it a try.

 

[te36]

I started to print on XP-960 with OCP ink and even profiled it with the i1pro. Alas, what happened is that the profiled results do look worse than the epson built in profile (glossy photo paper). It seems as if the i1pro profile results are somewhat darker and less detail in the darker areas... Not sure how to best describe or analyze the difference. Any suggestions how to analyze ? Or maybe suggestions how to change by ArgylCMS setup ?

Here are the ArgylCMS commands i used:

targen -v -d2 -G -g128 -f915 xp960-ocp-ink-photo-glossy
printtarg -v -ii1 -T360 -p420x297 xp960-ocp-ink-photo-glossy
chartread -v xp960-ocp-ink-photo-glossy
colprof -v -A Epson -M XP-960 \
        -D '*Epson XP-960 OCP Ink Print4Life superglossy photo glossy best' \
        -qh -S AdobeRGB1998.icc -cmt -dpp \
        -O  XP960OCPinkPrint4LifeSuperGlossyWithPhotoGlossyBest.icc \
            xp960-ocp-ink-photo-glossy

These commands worked well to profile 4-color PC ink for XP-820/XP-960 - without the profiling there was a violet tint in the prints.

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

You may be victim of a pretty typical effect
http://www.colourphil.co.uk/prints-appear-dark.shtml
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/why-are-my-prints-too-dark/