Printer colours do not match original

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I have posted articles to the Paintshop Pro's Usergroup (www.pspug.org) and
am also trying this newsgroup to see if anyone can shed any light on how to
configure a printer for colour matching to the original.

I need to create a printout where the result is as near to the original
picture as possible in terms of colour and exposure.
I am aware that different papers absorb ink differently and produce their
own results but there must be a means of generating a sample to set this up.

Whe I used to do photography - I used different papers - and I would select
the paper with the gloss/satin/matt finish and perform a test strip (with
each photograph) with different exposures so that I could select the setting
with the best exposure for the finished photograph.

Surely there is a means of doing the same for digital photography??? Isn't
there???

The story so far...
I am using Paint Shop Pro 7.02

I have tried scanning and adjusting the RGB balance accordingly, but after
many failed attempts have started to ask for help.
I have since set the correct ICM profile for the monitor (CTX 1765D) and
also the printer (EPSON CX5200) and in the printing preferences, but
although this is a little closer - it still leaves a lot to be desired.

I would try using the Laptop (WinXpPro) but it's screen cannot be set to an
ICM profile so that option is unavailable to me.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance

Terry.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

You need a color profile editor, like the print shops use. This supports an
iterative process of matching the monitor ICM to the printer. There's an
example here:
http://www.ddisoftware.com/prism/
--
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MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"anon" <ngr@tdrd.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I have posted articles to the Paintshop Pro's Usergroup (www.pspug.org) and
> am also trying this newsgroup to see if anyone can shed any light on how
> to
> configure a printer for colour matching to the original.
>
> I need to create a printout where the result is as near to the original
> picture as possible in terms of colour and exposure.
> I am aware that different papers absorb ink differently and produce their
> own results but there must be a means of generating a sample to set this
> up.
>
> Whe I used to do photography - I used different papers - and I would
> select
> the paper with the gloss/satin/matt finish and perform a test strip (with
> each photograph) with different exposures so that I could select the
> setting
> with the best exposure for the finished photograph.
>
> Surely there is a means of doing the same for digital photography??? Isn't
> there???
>
> The story so far...
> I am using Paint Shop Pro 7.02
>
> I have tried scanning and adjusting the RGB balance accordingly, but after
> many failed attempts have started to ask for help.
> I have since set the correct ICM profile for the monitor (CTX 1765D) and
> also the printer (EPSON CX5200) and in the printing preferences, but
> although this is a little closer - it still leaves a lot to be desired.
>
> I would try using the Laptop (WinXpPro) but it's screen cannot be set to
> an
> ICM profile so that option is unavailable to me.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Terry.
>
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

You need to install the ICC color profile suited to your printer and
monitor, or create one if your printer is not supported, here is a google
search with some links to premade color profiles, adobe.com has the largest
number http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en& [...] file&meta=
halfway down this page
http://www.microsoft.com/resources [...] rkc11.mspx
microsoft gives some of the same information
Once I found the right profile for each printer, a lexmark z12 and hp g85
both print exactly what appears on the screens of each of the pcs in the
home net, previously aqua on screen ended up dark blue on the hp and light
green on the lexmark
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"anon" <ngr@tdrd.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cvl423$lv6$2@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I have posted articles to the Paintshop Pro's Usergroup (www.pspug.org)
and
> am also trying this newsgroup to see if anyone can shed any light on how
to
> configure a printer for colour matching to the original.
>
> I need to create a printout where the result is as near to the original
> picture as possible in terms of colour and exposure.
> I am aware that different papers absorb ink differently and produce their
> own results but there must be a means of generating a sample to set this
up.
>
> Whe I used to do photography - I used different papers - and I would
select
> the paper with the gloss/satin/matt finish and perform a test strip (with
> each photograph) with different exposures so that I could select the
setting
> with the best exposure for the finished photograph.
>
> Surely there is a means of doing the same for digital photography??? Isn't
> there???
>
> The story so far...
> I am using Paint Shop Pro 7.02
>
> I have tried scanning and adjusting the RGB balance accordingly, but after
> many failed attempts have started to ask for help.
> I have since set the correct ICM profile for the monitor (CTX 1765D) and
> also the printer (EPSON CX5200) and in the printing preferences, but
> although this is a little closer - it still leaves a lot to be desired.
>
> I would try using the Laptop (WinXpPro) but it's screen cannot be set to
an
> ICM profile so that option is unavailable to me.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Terry.
>
>
>
>