My printer give slightly darker tone than shown on monitor

marlin · 27th December 2004

anybody knows how to tweak the colour profile of the printer such that it matches what u see on the monitor.

ckiang · 27th December 2004

Due to the differences in the way a monitor displays a picture (transmitted light) vs a print (reflected light), the print will always be a bit duller/darker. The closest you can get is to get one of those monitor calibrators and printer profiling devices. The latter is not cheap.

Regards
CK

Neo · 27th December 2004

Hi Marlin,

It's more of tweaking your monitor to match your printer. The printer is usually quite close to the digital data (provided you're using original ink and paper) because of the canned profiles provided in the driver.

27th December 2004	#1
marlin Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: AMK Posts: 133	My printer give slightly darker tone than shown on monitor anybody knows how to tweak the colour profile of the printer such that it matches what u see on the monitor.

27th December 2004	#2
ckiang Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,597	Due to the differences in the way a monitor displays a picture (transmitted light) vs a print (reflected light), the print will always be a bit duller/darker. The closest you can get is to get one of those monitor calibrators and printer profiling devices. The latter is not cheap. Regards CK

27th December 2004	#3
Neo Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 947	Hi Marlin, It's more of tweaking your monitor to match your printer. The printer is usually quite close to the digital data (provided you're using original ink and paper) because of the canned profiles provided in the driver.