tom_haigh Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I am having a problem with printing from Photoshop to my Epson R2400. The print I am getting are too dark in the shadow areas, too light in the midtones, OK in the highlights, and oversaturated yellows. My work flow is as follows: Monitor calibrated to 6500 kelvin with Spyder2 Document profile Adobe ABG Print Menu in Photoshop: Print Document (Adobe ABG), let Photoshop determine colours, Printer profile SPR2400PremGlsyBstPhoto.icc, Relative colorimetric, Black point compensation. Epson print Menu: Best Photo, ICM off =Rubbish Prints I have found a temporary solution which may point to the reason for the problem: I use soft proofing with the paper profile (this makes minor changes to the view on screen) and then click the "Preserve RBG Numbers" box. I then make (quite large) changes to the documentto get the desired picture on screen and then print as before, and bingo a good print. My problem is that I'm sure that this is not the right way to go about things as I am having to view my original as an unusable image on screen before making large adjustments to print. It all feels wrong. Can anyone help me Cheers Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matheww Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 This may be a dumb question but, Are you printing on the same paper that your using in the printer profile? I was having a similar problem. I bought some Epson paper, used the profile for that paper and my probelms went away. I was printing on some HP premium Glossy Paper, didn't look good. The Epson paper, amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_haigh Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Worth asking, but yes, I am using the same paper as the profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Set the printer to ICM=ON, Color Adjustments = OFF. This allows Photoshop to have control. The original settings cause a conflict between Photoshop and the printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Look like you have Leopard instal? Are you on Mac? it look like a incompatibility, because the setting look rigth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_haigh Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 1)Sorry, my mistake, I had ICM ON and colour management OFF (Not as I stated ICM OFF) 2)I am using a PC with windows XP Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_kish Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Not to change the subject or anything, but i have been having some pain staking issues with spyder2express. i have a pc w/xp 32 bit sp2. i'm wanting to know what version of the software i should use. any help would be great. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_haigh Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 a couple of things: 1)I went into the colour management section of my printer properties, set the profile to manual, and selected the semigloss paper profile, now my prints are great!?! Maybe there was a problem with the printer software not automatically selecting the right profile? 2)I am using Spyder2 1.0.5. what problems have you been having Mick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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