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Screen to printer calibration?

Though my screen shows my 'yellows' to be yellow and 'rust orange' to be rust orange, when I print the photo or painting, my 'on screen' yellow prints yellow/green and my 'on screen' rust orange prints red! The contrasts between the 2 are also different and so are pretty much all the colors.

I've been reading a lot about the different screen/print calibration systems out there and frankly, they left me more confused than I was before I searched about them. It would seem that DataColor's Spyder 3Print is probably the way to go. However, it's pricey and I just don't know if this is really my problem.

I have an Epson Photo Stylus R1900, (it's less than 2 months old), and I have an HP Pavilion laptop loaded with Vista Home Premium SP2 64bit. The HP has an AMD Turion 64 x 2, 2 GHz and 4 Gigs RAM.

Has anyone got some words of encouragement, (or of warning), about my pursuit to fix this color management problem with the Spyder 3Print device?

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Posted 2009-08-16T22:14:54Z
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Mr.Jqna

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I had the same problem. I tried every thing short of throwing my printer out of the window. Then it dawned on me. It wasn’t the computer settings and it wasn’t the printer. It was the print cartridge. I don’t know what you are using, but if there is another option for a print cartridge try that first before doing something drastic. If that works then you’ll know it was the cartridge. Contact the manufacturer and they should refund or send you a new cartridge. If all else fails contact Epson at this link and let them know of your dilemma.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportIndex.jsp

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I am using two printers, an HP & a Canon All-In-One. In the utilities on both, there is an option to reset the print cartridges. It basically prints out the colors in different lines and you can pick the one that is more realistic. I don't know if an Epson has this, but if you haven't checked your utilities, you might find something there. If not, try going to the Epson site and see whether anyone else has had problems like yours. Sometimes there are answers in the FAQ section. Good luck, I know how frustrating these computers and printers can be.

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Rich Franco

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Hello Photorich,

Part of your problem may be the profiles of your papers that you use. If your monitor is calibrated and you have the paper profiles downloaded and installed, you should be close! I don't know what monitor you have, but that makes a difference too.

If you don't have a calibrated monitor, then go buy a $100 tool and then tweak the final print. A laptop is different from a monitor and the calibration kit you buy will know this and adjust it for you. I don't use my laptop for any important image adjustment and only use it for temporary storage of files. As a last resort, you can always see what's wrong on your print and fix it on the screen, not really looking at what it looks like on your screen, but how it prints!

Rich Franco

www.richfrancophotography.com

Posted 2009-08-22T02:19:58Z

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