 Martha A. Rumley |
Color Management Problems I am having problems with my color management system. My Rebel is set to adobe RGB. I have a HPPhoto 7960 printer, and my monitor is Adobe Gamma-calibrated. What do I set my printer to print colors so that all match? Do I use SRGB, Adobe 1998, ICC? I am confused. A big thanks for any help.
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Michael H. Cothran |
Martha - I think you are confused thinking you HAVE to set your file to a particular color space. This is not true. You can choose whatever color space you wish - then calibrate your monitor to that space. That said, I would strongly recommend Adobe RGB 1998. It has the widest color gamut, I believe. Adobe Gamma is a good way to calibrate your monitor if you don't have a spyder. It is not as accurate, and you may need to tweak your monitor a few times after running test prints. Also, be sure to use the correct profile set up for your particular paper and ink. If you are using a third-party paper (and/or ink), you may need to have a custom profile made for your HPP printer. Michael H. Cothran www.mhcphoto.net
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Martha A. Rumley |
Thanks, Michael, for your quick response I am still sitting at my computer TWEAKING .I have blue green leaves,yellow green leaves,but I want GREEN GREEN leaves. Why is this sooo difficult. Thanks again martie
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Michael H. Cothran |
Martha - Do you have a printer profile selected for your paper/ink combo? If you have a printer profile set up, be sure it is activated. AND...TURN OFF ALL color management in your printer driver software. Hopefully, there's a selection button somewhere in your printer driver that says something to the effect - "No Color Management." You NEED to have that selected. You DO NOT want the printer managing your color. In other words, you want and are managing it yourself. Michael
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Christopher A. Shaw |
Martha, I was having the exact same problems and I tried the same thing you are, calibrating the monitor myself. I couldn't get it correct and it was my birthday so I got the Colorvision Spyder2 Plus. I set it up and it calibrated both my monitors (CRT for my photo editing and LCD for everything else.) Spyder2 also came with a generic version of Profiler Plus software that guides you through the process of profiling your printer/paper/ink. I'm extremely happy with the results, the prints are about 95% accurate now. There are several other brands of calibration software/hardware, I just picked colorvision because of the reviews I read and I got a goood deal.
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Martha A. Rumley |
Hi Chris, Thanks for the response. I did go on line to Amazon.com to purchase a spyder 2, but after reading the feed back from recent buyers it seemed that not everyone like it. And for the cost I want to be real sure I buy the correct calibrater. Thanks again, I will look further into the spyder.
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