How do I print JPEG images from D60?

[kellylipp]

Can't be simpler than that.

Canon D60
Epson 2200
Photoshop 6.01

From within Photoshop 6.01, I've opened the jpg file, tried assigning either profile Adobe RGB (1998) or working RGB: sRGB IEC...

Image looks fine on the screen, crappy on the printer. I.e., colors are all wrong. I've tried a number of the color management settings to no avail.

To avoid me burning up more paper and more ink: HELP!

Thanks,

Kelly

[rdenney]

kellylipp wrote:
Can't be simpler than that.

Canon D60
Epson 2200
Photoshop 6.01

From within Photoshop 6.01, I've opened the jpg file, tried assigning either profile Adobe RGB (1998) or working RGB: sRGB IEC...

Image looks fine on the screen, crappy on the printer. I.e., colors are all wrong. I've tried a number of the color management settings to no avail.

To avoid me burning up more paper and more ink: HELP!

Thanks,

Kelly

Setup the preview in photoshop to point to your printer profile, and view the image in preview mode. If you profile is accurate, and if you monitor is properly calibrated, it will be a close approximation. Without preview mode it will compress the Adobe 1998 colorspace into something you monitor can display, and will look more more flat. You'll adjust it to look fine, and the print will grossly oversaturated. When you display it on the web, you'll have the same problem.

There is no way in the world anyone can describe a color-managed workflow in a forum post, but the quick summar is: The image has to be scaled to the right colorspace--the same one used by Photoshop. The monitor has to be measured and profiled, and the printer has to be measured and profiled so that a given set of RGB values will mean the same thing on both.

Rick "who finally gave up and spent the money for calibration equipment for the monitor, but who still chases small color variations on the printer" Denney

[john_houghton]

See the Feature Article "Advanced Printing with Photoshop 6" at http://www.computer-darkroom.com/index.htm

John

[kellylipp]

OK, I've been off on THE quest: good jpeg printing. No luck.

Couple of facts: the prints from my Canon A20 look just fine, thank you very much, while printing from jpeg from the D60 look horrible. Gotta be a color space problem but I'll be darned if I can figure it out.

My kingdom for the answer.

Thanks,

Kelly

[kellylipp]

OK, so I lied.

Turns out this was an ink problem.

For those of you keeping a score and those who get here thinking I might have the answer, I guess I do:

1. Make sure your printer has all the ink it needs. (as a side note, I would think that if the printer thought it needed ink it would tell you. It did, indeed, show that the cartridge was very low, but not out!).

2. Open the D60 JPG file in RGB 1998. Do your processing and then when printing use Print Space Profile SP2200 xxx (where xxx is the paper you are using).

3. In the advanced tab, Choose ICM, No Color Adjustment.

4. Print away.

Thanks,

Kelly