The correct way to backup and restore custom media profiles is by creating a Media Patch in EasyMedia.
If no backup was made of your media profiles, and you do not have a media patch containing the profiles, you can still attempt to manually import/rebuild the media profiles, if you can access the "Easy" folder.
1. Find the "Easy" folder on your system.
- On macOS for Caldera V13 and newer, the "Easy" folder can be found under: /Users/name_of_user/Easy
- On Linux the "Easy" folder can be found under: /home/name_of_user/Easy
- On macOS for Caldera V12 and older, the "Easy" folder can be found under: /CALDERADATA/Users/caldera/Easy or /Users/name_of_user/Easy
2. Use your Operating System File Browser, or the terminal, to take a look at the contents of your "Easy" folder:
- Under the "Easy" folder you'll see all the printers you have installed (for example: CalderaJet).
- Under each printer folder you'll find the folders named after the Media Profiles (for example: CalderaJet Photo Paper).
- Under each Media profile folder you'll find folders named after the Mode (for example: CMYK).
- Under each Mode folder you'll find folders named after the resolution (for example: 720).
3. Now go to EasyMedia in your Caldera software:
- Go to your printer and create a new Media. Name it exactly as it was named in your Easy folder.
- Click next and create a new Media Project. Select the Mode, Resolution and Quality exactly as it is under your Easy folder.
- In case of a print mode with the light inks go to the Transition tab and choose 'Load/Import existing file'. Click browse and browse to your Easy folder.
- Follow the directory tree by clicking on your printer -> media type -> inkset -> resolution -> select the .ppi file to import.
- Go to your Linearization tab and choose 'Load/Import existing file'. Click browse and browse to your Easy folder.
- Follow the directory tree by clicking on your printer -> media type -> inkset -> resolution -> select the .ppc file to import.
For example: CalderaJet -> CalderaJet Photo Paper -> CMYK -> 720 -> CalderaJet_Photo_Paper_720_CMYK.ppc
Save the newly re-created profile after importing all relevant data. Your profile should be working now.
Note: Profiles are also stored in the /opt/caldera/lib/ICC_PROFILES folder so this can be used when there's not an ~/Easy folder (Easy folder will only contain custom profiles created on that system).