I have printed test prints on Canson Baryta Photographique using Canson's ICC profile and on Moab's Juniper Baryta using their ICC profile. I think I am seeing slightly deeper reds and greens on the Canson than the Moab. Is there software for win10 that I can use to compare the 2 profiles that will confirm my impressions from visual inspection of the printouts?
Thanks,
Rick
The best way to check how different profiles/paper look is by comparing softproofs. This works pretty well if the profiles are reasonably accurate. Differences could be due to different gamuts or the way the perceptual intent is mapped. Most likely the latter. These can differ if the vendors use different profilers or settings.
If the papers are similar, and you like the way one profile looks you can keep the same look by doing this in Photoshop:
1. Convert the image to the printer profile of the paper you like with the desired rendering intent you like, presumably Perceptual, as determined earlier from soft proofing. You don't need to have that paper.
2. Convert the image back to your working RGB colorspace using Relative Colorimetric but don't select BPC.
3. Now, you can print the image using your printer profile by selecting Relative Colorimetric. Again, don't select BPC.
Essentially, what this does is map your image into the colors that the profile's Perceptual Intent would produce. By converting back using Relative Colorimetric you retain the actual colors the profile would produce if printed. Since these colors have already been altered by the first profile's Perceptual intent you want to print them to your printer using Relative Colorimetric intent to not further alter colors.
