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Scottes

12th of March 2004 (Fri), 21:10

OK, the problem is that I'm doing something wrong, but I have no idea what.. :)

I wanted to play with the printer, Epson 1280. I've got an image in PS CS, processed and adjusted in Adobe RGB 1998. Resized to 5x7 @ 360 dpi. Image... Mode... Conterv to Profile... Epson 1280 Premium Glossy Photo Paper, which is what I'm using. This resulted in some slight changes but bearable and expected.

So I go to print, set print properties for the correct paper and size, set Mode... Advanced.. No Color Adjustment. Turn Print Preview on so I can see what I'm going to get.

I get this:

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/printcolor.jpg

Colors are shifted, looks quite purple. Yuch.

So I muck around, try different printer settings (ICM, whatever). I still get that purple cast. So I print it anyway, and guess what? Purple.

What am I doing wrong?

If I'm not doing anything wrong, how do I get this to print correctly?

john_houghton

13th of March 2004 (Sat), 12:12

Scottes

13th of March 2004 (Sat), 13:17

I suggest you use Photoshop's Print with Preview option and ignore/switch off the Epson preview. Leave your document in AdobeRGB or sRGB or whatever. Check "Show More Options" and select "Color Management". Set the source space to "Document". Set the printer space to your printer profile. Set Intent to "Perceptual". Set the driver to No Color Adjustment.

Well that's a LOT closer, thanks!

Still not perfect though - it's much darker than my screen. Much. Granted, my screen's not calibrated by any device, just by eye from one of those "how to calibrate your monitor" sites.

john_houghton

13th of March 2004 (Sat), 13:36

In the absence of anything better, you should use the Adobe Gamma monitor calibration utility on the windows control panel. Choose gamma 2.2. You can check the screen gamma at http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~efros/java/gamma/gamma.html

John

Scottes

13th of March 2004 (Sat), 19:29

Yep, my monitor is out of whack. I got the image printed at Ritz just to compare quality. My print and there's are just about identical in color (and darkness), and neither are anywhere near my monitor. :(

Thanks, John. Lots of help.