Issues with Ilford Galerie and HP 8750

[leya216]

The 8750 comes with profiles for the Premium plus papers that are good. I tried building my

own profile for my Galerie paper (with Spyder) but the color, contrast etc. are coming out

pretty aweful. When I print I choose "let photoshop determine colors", then the profiles, then I

hit print, then I choose in quality "other photo paper", "max dpi", and heaviest ink. Any ideas

what I'm doing wrong? Also I find that Im not getting as much details as I get from the Epson

R2400- not from the HP paper and even less from the Galerie

 

Thanks, Leah

[beauh44]

Hi Leah, My best guess is that something went wrong with the Spyder-made profiles. If it works OK with HP's papers and profiles, then the printer's OK. It sounds like your Photoshop settings are right. I'm not familiar with Spyder's profile-making method but if it involves a flat-bed scanner they're usually less reliable and hard to get right. You can always shell out 40 bucks at http://www.kathysprofiles.com She has the high-dollar equipment and expertise to make you a nice profile if you can't get the Spyder thing to work.

[constance_cook]

Use the HP dropdown for various papers. It sounds really wrong but click on "film". Works beautifully every time.

 

Conni

[Michael Eckstein]

IIlford Profiles for your printer can be downloaded here:

 

http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/prod_html/galerie/IJPROFILES/default.asp?

RIP=PC&Printer=HP+Photosmart+8750&Printer2=

 

I have been using profiles I downloaded from their site for over a year now for my Canon

printer and have been very happy with the results.

 

I hope this helps you.

[leya216]

How do I install the profile after downloading it? As as I get home will try the "film" setting...

got 3 photos to print and not much more (well other than more paper) to lose... Thanks for

the response everybody!