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pierrotsc
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 Posted - May 28 2026 : 09:06:04
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Right now i have to print in Photoshop to have a matching color image. I have photoshop managing colors using an ICC profile for my epson printer. The driver is set to no color management.
I tried to do the same with imaggen. I have cms set to true and i use the following code.
ActiveImageEnView().IO.Params.OutputICCProfile.LoadFromFile
(IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter(EmbeddedDM.helppath) +
'\Epson IJ Printer 07.icc ');
ActiveImageEnView().IO.DoPrintPreviewDialog(iedtDialog);
The image printed is too dark. Am i using the outputiccprofile command wrong ?
Thanks
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xequte
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Posted - May 28 2026 : 17:04:13
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Hi Pierre
Color profiles are only applied when loading (EnableCMS=True) or rendering (CMYK only). To apply a color profile and have it used with printing use ConvertBitmap:
http://www.imageen.com/help/TIEICC.ConvertBitmap.html
// Apply InputICCProfile (AdobeRGB1998.icc) color profile to an image and output as OutputICCProfile (Defaults to sRGB)
// Note: This permanently changes the colors of the image
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile('C:\m00000-00.jpg');
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.InputICCProfile.LoadFromFile('C:\AdobeRGB1998.icc');
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.InputICCProfile.ConvertBitmap( ImageEnView1.IEBitmap, ie24RGB, ImageEnView1.IO.Params.OutputICCProfile );
ImageEnView1.Update(); // Show changes to bitmap in viewer
>>> Then Print, and undo to remove the color profile from the image
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com
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pierrotsc
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2026 : 17:42:49
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Thanks Nigel.
If i understand, i need to load the image, load the printer profile, apply the profile to the image, print it and then restore the image. Is that correct ?
Would i need to save the image in a stream firs, or an undo function will restore the image ?
Appreciate the advice ?
Best
Pierre |
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pierrotsc
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2026 : 17:45:28
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| Sorry, i did not read your last line. Undo should do the trick. |
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pierrotsc
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2026 : 18:35:56
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This is the code i used
ActiveImageEnView().IO.Params.InputICCProfile.LoadFromFile
(IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter(EmbeddedDM.helppath) +
'\Epson IJ Printer 07.icc ');
ActiveImageEnView().IO.Params.InputICCProfile.ConvertBitmap
(ActiveImageEnView().IEBitmap, ie24RGB,
ActiveImageEnView().IO.Params.OutputICCProfile);
ActiveImageEnView().IO.DoPrintPreviewDialog(iedtDialog);
Image on the screen did not change it looks like. Printout is the same as before.
Maybe Photoshop uses this profile in a different way.
pierre |
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pierrotsc
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2026 : 19:34:00
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| Hold on. I changed profile and the color did change. Let me play with it more |
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xequte
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Posted - May 28 2026 : 20:43:32
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Sorry, I neglected to say that after applying the ICC you need to call:
ImageEnView1.Update();
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com
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pierrotsc
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2026 : 05:50:18
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| Nigel, I did add the update command after I typed the code. |
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xequte
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Posted - May 31 2026 : 16:45:35
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So, does the profile modify the image on-screen?
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com
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pierrotsc
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2026 : 16:52:09
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I have an epson et-2850. Photoshop by default picked an epson driver and when I use it, the print colors matches the screen. If I use the same profile with imageen I do not see any changes on the screen or the output. On the other hand, I see a profile called et-2850_R. I tried it and the colors on the screen changes with imageen. I have to assume that the code is indeed working. The output is close to the screen then but not as good as photoshop with the other driver.
From the imageen side it seems it is doing something but I cannot get a matching color.
Best
Pierre |
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xequte
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Posted - Jun 01 2026 : 17:40:00
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Hi Pierre
The test would be to use a profile with a more obvious difference and ensure the applied colors appear in the view, print preview and print out.
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com
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pierrotsc
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2026 : 18:13:14
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The thing is that when photoshop uses the printer profile, the colors matches when i print. If i use the same profile with imageen, i do not see a difference on the screen so the printout does no match. it seems like photoshop handles printer profiles a different way.
On the other hand, when you reply to the forum i get 5 notifications in my inbox. |
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