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<p>Steve,<br>

Can I get a copy of the PB-6 manual as I can not find it anywhere.</p>

<p>regards</p>

<p>paul</p>

<p>Thanks Gary,<br>

After fiddeling it looks a lot better, there are some tricks with the spyder, there is a RGB setting in one of the menus and if you calibrate it to 5000K @ 1.8, then back to 6500K @ 2.2 it lets you adjust the RGB and then the contrast, mine is now between 75 -> 86 with a bright ness of 59% contrast 67%.<br>

With this the red cast has show and I am now adjusting the image; after that I will print it.<br>

Cheers.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the advice, I have found some settings that let me adjust the RGB settings and it does look better, the only other question I have is do you calibrate it to 6500K @ 2.2 or 5000K @ 2.2 ?<br>

Thanks once again.</p>

<p>Hi Patrick, I see what you mean; I used the Spider 3 Pro. I will look at the raw image and follow it through to see if the colour changes.<br>

I like the corrected one.</p>

<p>Hi Gary,<br>

I reset the monitor to defaults, it is a Dell 2707WFP and has contrast and brightness set to 50% and the colours (R, G, B) to 100%.<br>

I will recalibrate it and see what it says. Sorry but I am not sure what you mean about a brightness of 120 or 180.<br>

Thanks</p>

<p>Thanks so far;<br>

Hello Chris, I think that you are right, it comes with a few profiles:<br>

PR1, PR2 and PR3. PR= Pro Paper.<br>

SP2 and SP4. SP = Plus Gloss.<br>

MP2 = MP = Matt Paper.<br>

Canon IJ Colour Printer Profiler 2005<br>

I assume the number is the quality.</p>

<p>Hello Alvin, Thanks for that, I used to mainly use Gimp on Mandriva, but wanted to use adjustment layers so for most of the time I use CS2 under wine. My printer was not especially well supported so I tried a demo of turbolinux, this was not bad but still out a bit.<br>

I then installed windows to try to get the monitor calibrated and printing better, there are more options but it is not really better.<br>

I was even considering getting the spider print for creating profiles, but I need to look into that some more.</p>

<p>I have been trying to print an image of a bee that I have recently taken and noticed that the prints are vastly different to the screen. I understand that the basics that the contrast ratio of a LCD screen and paper are different and that a screen is laminated where as paper has light reflected onto it and that you are trying to match them the best you can.<br>

<br /> Firstly I have calibrated my monitor and I have taken the image and added one layer with +29 Red, +20 Green and +32 Blue, and another I also increased the saturation. This gets it closer when it prints but is not something that I want to do often.</p>

<p >So far I can see 3 different ways to do things:</p>

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<li>1) Put the image on a CF and print directly from it</li>

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<p >This is the simplest, it is not bad; but I have to keep changing the printer settings to get it closer.</p>

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<li>2) Print in Photoshop and use the Photoshop to control it.</li>

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<p >For this in CS3 under Edit -> Colour Settings I have set this:<br /> Working Spaces<br /> RGB = Adobe RGB (1998)<br /> CMYK = U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2<br /> Gray = Dot Gain 20%<br /> Spot = Dot Gain 20%</p>

<p >Then under the CS3 Print option I set:<br /> Colour Handling = Photoshop Manages Colours<br /> Printer Profile = Canon MP600 PR1 (this came with it)<br /> Rendering Intent = Perceptual<br /> Black Point Compensation enabled</p>

<p >And on the Page setup Option I have 3 options, Driver matching, ICM and None.<br /> Here I select "None".<br /> This is what I am using but the prints look washed out and I have to create a "print version"</p>

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<li>3) Print in Photoshop and use the driver in vista.</li>

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<p >Here I select this under the CS3 Print option I set:<br /> Colour Handling = Printer Manages Colours.<br /> Rendering Intent = Perceptual</p>

<p >And on the Page setup Option I have 3 options, Driver matching, ICM and None.<br /> Here I select "Driver Matching" (which says in the manual - Adjusts the colours with the printer driver during printing.)<br /> The prints look oversaturated when I use this.<br>

<br /> I wonder if anyone has any suggestions and wonder how they print.</p>

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<p>Hi Gary,<br>

I have a Lowepro Fastpack 350 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lowepro-Fastpack-350-Backpack-Notebook/dp/B000YIWR9U) which I really like and use a lot and take it on holiday. However there is one point that might affect you.</p>

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<li>It does not have a tripod holder or straps.</li>

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<p>In the bottom it holds my D300 + motor drive and 4 lenses and the top a drink + my Lee filters. I would say that it is worth a look.</p>