Re: Printing too dark
- From: "Roy G" <roy.gibson1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:26:58 +0100
"Gordon MacPherson" <gordon.macpherson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
I have a Canon 350D, PSPX2 and an Epson R1800 printer. Mainly use Epson
Premium Glossy paper. Computer is a Dell Latitude hooked up to a Dell
monitor, calibrated with Pantone Huey. Photos look fine on the monitor and
on other monitors. Problem is that prints come out very dark.
I normally have colour management in PSP turned off and have tried the
Epson "Best photo" with no improvement.
Similarly, if I use the Epson ICM with input profile sRGB IEC61966-21 and
printer profile SPR1800 Premium Glossy prints come out too dark.
At present I am using the Color Controls but have to have the Brightness
at +20 and Contrast at -13 to get the print looking OK.
One thing I cannot seem to change is the Color Mode. I use sRGB on the
camera but the Epson seems locked into Adobe RGB - how can I change this?
Thanks for any suggestions,
Gordon
Hi
From what I can gather from speaking to people, it is very common to getprints which are darker than on flat panel screens, even when the screen and
the printer have both been calibrated and profiled using a hardware device.
Depending on the Hardware device, it can be possible to adjust the Printer
Profile in order to eliminate this difference.
Otherwise it is necessary to use an adjustment layer, just before printing,
to lighten the print. The same adjustment layer can be saved and re-loaded
for every image, and then deleted once printing is finished.
Your Printer Inks have a Colour Gamut which is very close to AdobeRGB, so
using ARGB as your Working Space Profile, instead of sRGB, would seem
sensible.
Roy G
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