Color Management

[diver46]

Hi,

I am trying to get the most out of my new Epson R2400 printer, I have a Dell 24" DVI LCD monitor and have used the Spyder2 Plus to calibrate. However, my photo's seem a bit dark and not as vibrate as I would like. Any suggest on how to correct this situation. I have heard that a monitor should be set at 6500K or even less to get better contrast and brightness from your printer as you calibrate it.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

[JDArt]

Congrats. You have some great equipment. The 2400 is the best printer going, in my opinion.

The bad news is that you need yet more equipment in order to properly match monitor and output. Specifically, you need calibration equipment. I suggest Gretag Macbeth's Eye One Photo. It provides everything you need to make accurate monitor and printer profiles. Given the amount that you've spent already, you owe it yourself to invest in good color calibration equipment. It should last you a good long while.

[Mr. Pickles]

This link was provided in an earlier thread on here, so maybe it will help?
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/m...alibration.htm

Your Spyder is a middle of th eraod calibrator, and the link above talks about that in the System Review section. I wouldn't say your Spyder is the problem.

If you did your monitor correctly, one would think the problem was on the printer side. Do you think it is a driver setting, or is it set to color match the monitor?

Perhaps reading this stuff might shed some light on the problem...
http://www.normankoren.com/printer_calibration.html

By the way, you are not alone in this issue. Thousands have the same tweakie challenges everyday.

[Slea]

Hi Diver, if you have the money then go the way JDart says. A much cheaper way though is to find a company (lots on the internet) that will make a customised printer profile for your printer/ink/paper combination. Normally they will give you a test chart to print (without using any printer profile) you then send them the results and they analyse it and make a profile for you. If you change ink or paper then you would need another profile. You can get this service for £20 in the UK and if you are in the USA then you may be able to get one for $20-30

Slea