iP4700 and dark images

Ok,

I have just started using my new iP4700 and this is the first printer i have had that will do photos.

I am having a bit of a problem that if a make an image look to be the correct brightness on the monitor it comes out a lot darker from the printer.

Do i need to do somethin to align them as at the moment the only way i can make the print look correct is by washing out the image on the monitor??

Cheers for any advice

Nev

Your monitor is to bright if print's are dark and if your print's are to bright then your monitor is to dark, hope this help's..

What monitor are you using?

Its a Fujitsu Siemens one.

Check the print options dialog box for a setting that will make prints appear lighter.

Your monitor is too bright. This is normal if you just plugged it in "out of the box" without calibrating it. Grab your self a hardware calibrator and calibrate the monitor.

All monitors are set by default to brightness levels that will scorch eye balls. The real answer is to buy a calibration device that will also help set the correct display luminance level (warning - not all of them do!), but as a temporary fix, simply reduce the screen brightness until you judge it matches a selection of your prints. A reduction of 50% brightness is not unheard of and to begin with it will seem a sad and dismal thing until you get used to how it should always have been.

Of course you also need to be sure that all the correct paper profiles are being used in the printer.

Welcome to the frustrating world of colour management. While it will be annoying it is also weirdly fascinating.

Same for me. Found uping the brightness 2 notches in the print programme works for me. Make sure you haven't got 'Vivid' checked.

Paul

I also agree that the monitor must be calibrated. Then make sure you have an ICC profile that matches printer and paper...you can download these from various sites...do a bit of searching and you'll find all sorts of advice as well.
Once you can match all those you should find things work out better.

Well, i found that the monitor was at 100% brightness. Now that is set to 50%

Still a fair difference though. Vivid option was clicked on so i have now set that to off!

Will now check to see if there is a 'brightness' setting in the print options.

cheers for all the advice so far!

Nev

Nevtiger wrote in post #10232064
Well, i found that the monitor was at 100% brightness. Now that is set to 50%

Still a fair difference though. Vivid option was clicked on so i have now set that to off!

I'd go half that again. As Lowner said, it may initially look "sad and dismal" but you'll soon get used to it. Much of the "brightness" we perceive is actually contrast ratio, the difference between the darkest dark and the whitest white that your monitor can display or your printer/paper/inks can reproduce.

A typical photo print has only a 250:1 contrast ratio at best, yet your monitor is probably 3-4 times that. Even a properly calibrated monitor with a luminance value of 100cd/m2 and black level of 0.20cd/m2 has a contrast ratio of 500:1. Twice that of the print.