Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]rclompus@cox.net wrote: > I got my new Epson 2200 printer goinhg today. Amazing how > much better both color and B&W prints look on matt paper rather > than glossy. No metamerism at all. > > My prints are coming out consistently too dark. Any suggestions > how to calibrate the iMac LCD monitor so the prints look more like > the monitor? The help menus on Photoshop Elements spend > more time discussing Microsoft than Apple. I'm at a loss of how to > adjust the image on the monitor so the prints aren't so dark. Are you using OS X or some version of OS 9.x? You need to calibrate the monitor and generate a profile which will be used by the whole system via ColorSync (OS X) or at least by Photoshop (OS 9). I'm not sure whether Elements offers the complete gamut of color management that the full version of Photoshop does. The best solution is to purchase a Colorvision Spyder with Optical software from one of the usual online software suppliers and use that to generate an ICC profile. If you don't have OS X I would recommend that you upgrade as this is all much easier in OS X as the OS is designed with end-to-end color management in mind. Finally, if you haven't already done this, make sure that in the Epson print driver that color management is turned OFF on the printer itself (it is normally on by default). Here is a link with some useful color management info: http://www.drycreekphoto.com Look particularly at the material on monitor profiling. Have fun! - -- Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html