u need thisSteven said:When I print photos using the cannon IP5000, the photos always appear darker than what I see on my LCD monitor. Will calibrating my monitor helps to solve the problem? Anyone have experience using the Spyder to calibrate their monitor?
erwinx said:when automatic print controls are turned off, my prints also appear darker than the screen. When I leave automatic print controls on (which basically restricts Gamut to sRGB), the prints are the 'correct' brightness. The conclusion i draw from this is that the profiles the manufacturer supplies are designed to work best with 'auto-everything'. If you want a wider gamut profile, you have to look at buying the profile or the appropriate calibration tools.
Myself, I just stick to sRGB for printing
Steviemac said:I use an MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD 256 DDR graphics card it has its own setup disc with full internet upgradable card and monitor colour calibration setup built in.
http://msicomputer.co.uk/products.aspx?product_id=703431&cat_id=78
Ive noticed a few of the higher end cards are bundling monitor callibration software with their products , info might be usefull to anyone going for an upgrade and kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak .
Doesn't really matter if the following part is setup correctly.Steven said:Hi guys, thanks for all the advice and comments.
I have the PS6 and I have also used the Adobe Gamma to calibrate my LCD monitor. For colour space I used Adobe RGB. Am I doing it right if I were to convert every photo I loaded in PS6 to the Adobe RGB colour space?
Proceed only if you have a ready icc profile for your specific printer model and paper. Else don't mess with this setting.If I use PS6 to print, how do I set the print options namely;
Output or Colour Management?
Source Space?
Print Space?
Zerstorer said:Doesn't really matter if the following part is setup correctly.
Proceed only if you have a ready icc profile for your specific printer model and paper. Else don't mess with this setting.
Set source space to document
Print space to the icc profile for your specific printer+paper.
Rendering intent: Relative colormetric(if your source image doesn't contain wildly saturated colours), Perceptual if saturation is very high.
Check black point compensation.
After this, go into your printer driver options and make sure ICM support is enabled and all colour controls are disabled. The actual settings vary from brand to brand. If you using Epson, the settings should be:
Colour Management->ICM
No colour adjustment->checked.
Next you need to goto view->proof setup->custom and set it to your printer profile as well to get an approximation of what your print would be like.
Leave paperwhite and inkblack unchecked if you are printing on relatively contrasty glossy/lustre paper.
Steven said:Hi guys, thanks for all the advice and comments.
I have the PS6 and I have also used the Adobe Gamma to calibrate my LCD monitor. For colour space I used Adobe RGB. Am I doing it right if I were to convert every photo I loaded in PS6 to the Adobe RGB colour space?