Found bad profiles in ColorSync Utility

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Found bad profiles in ColorSync Utility

I have been going through alot of ink and paper trying to get an image to print correctly out of Photoshop and have been searching for some answers online. One of the things I cam across was using the ColorSync Utility to verify and repair ICC profiles for my hardware. The utility found 4 problems, 2 of which are with the printer I am using (Epson Stylus Photo R320). When I try to do a repair it says it can't fix the problems.

Searching for profiles...
Checking 70 profiles...
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EW-sRGB
Tag 'dmnd': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/PrintingModule/SPR320Series_Core.plugin/Co ntents/Resources/ICCProfiles/SPR320 Standard.icc
Tag 'dmnd': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
/Library/Printers/EPSON/CX4200Series.plugin/Contents/Resources/ICCProfiles/Epson IJ Printer.icc
Tag 'dmnd': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/ICCProfiles/Standard.profiles/Contents/Res ources/Epson IJ Printer.icc
Tag 'dmnd': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
Repair done - 0 out of 4 profiles fixed.

I am wondering if this could be causing inaccurate color reproduction in my prints and if so how do I go about fixing them?

Thanks,
D.J.

Dual 2.7 PowerMac G5 & 17" Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.5.1), 4.5GB RAM, 2x250GB HD

Posted on Feb 28, 2008 7:30 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 28, 2008 8:26 PM in response to stickman_dj

Hi,

I never even knew about this repair utility, so I tried it on my own system. Of 120 profiles, it found 9 with problems. I clicked "Repair", and it fixed 5 of the 9, leaving 4 that could not be repaired. I clicked "Repair" again, and it fixed 4 of the 5 that couldn't be fixed the first time, leaving only one that really couldn't be repaired. Have you tried running "Repair" more than once to see if any of your remaining problem profiles might be repairable?

Ken

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stickman_dj Author

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Feb 28, 2008 8:34 PM in response to Kenneth Hjulstrom

Yeah, I have tried repairing it multiple times and it wasn't able to repair any of the 4 problems.

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Feb 29, 2008 6:07 PM in response to stickman_dj

Would it be possible, please, to email me the icc files that can't be fixed. My email is jblancha@mac.com.

Thanks.

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stickman_dj Author

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Feb 29, 2008 6:53 PM in response to John Blanchard1

I have emailed you the profiles. Two of them have the same name but were in different locations. I hope you can repair them although I am not even sure if they are the problem or not with my printing. The images are darker than they appear on the monitor. I have read that there is a bug with printer profiles between Epson and the Mac but I am not sure if it is with Leopard only or with Mac's in general. Any help you can provide is appreciated.

D.J.

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