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| Posted: Fri Jul 27th, 2012 05:46 |
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Doug
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I would add that my favourite app for printing is Lightroom and I find it easy and generally quite successful to print even using canned profiles (which are downloaded from the paper manufacturers website (or included with the Epson driver if you stick to Epson paper)) The only issue is a tendency for prints to come out dark due to some of us having screen brightness set far too high (particularly those with iMacs), it is for this reason I think that Adobe have added a print brightness setting to LR4 Of course a properly calibrated Eizo or similar will obviate the need for this feature
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27th, 2012 05:56 |
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jk
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Ed, I think that one of the other things that you need to make sure is that what you see on screen is 'correct'. Investment in a ColorMunki or Pantone Spyder is heavily underrated by most but it makes a huge difference if you know that your image on screen is right as then when you print the screen and print should 'nearly' match. The latest drivers from the printer manufacturer are a must have item as well. At least you have those now.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27th, 2012 06:21 |
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Robert
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JK, given this is an iMac, the colour matching will be pretty near, I accept the LED brightness will be a bit, or a lot too bright but that's easily corrected. For a computer box (Mac or PC) with a separate screen I agree, they need calibrating. One issue I have is getting both my (dual) screens calibrated to be even close to matching each other, something I have yet to achieve. Yes I do have the calibration spyder and software. I find I can get closest match using the screen calibration software included in the Apple Displays preferences, expert mode.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27th, 2012 08:02 |
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richw
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I have a spyder and have used with both a Mac and a PC, however the screen is still always brighter than the print, I think the slider in Lightroom is a great idea.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27th, 2012 08:06 |
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Ed Hutchinson
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Hi Guys It is a relief to make some progress in the right direction. The next two days are busy so will not get much of a chance to play with it today I am spending with my daughter and Saturday is a fly day at Paine field in Everett Wa. at noon they will put on a very good demo of 2 possibly 3 ww2 or antique aircraft, I will be there early and stay after in one of the facilities either Flying Heritage Collection,or Historic Flight Foundation, both have really nice collections and mostly different. You can see them on the web just google the names. that will mean a whole new batch of photos to print YEEEE HAAAAWWWW!!!!!!! One thing I noticed with my 2 printers is if I use the R2000 I get prints that are very close to what I see on screen, but the 810 is a very different story and not a happy one and this is printing the same item with same setup. My Asus 24 1nch monitor is close to being right on I did see the screen calibration in settings on the mac so I will check that out too. Oh there I go again rambling, oh well I am told it is "old timers"  THANKS ED
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25th, 2012 17:52 |
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Ed Hutchinson
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Hi I have been away from the printing issues for a while, last night aI got brave and printed a pic from something I took on the weekend. Ooooops I should say that I hooked up the Epson R2000 via usb to the iMac and with no adjustments I got some of the most awesome prints I have ever done. They are as close to matching the screen as anything on paper could be. I took then out and showed them to some people around town and the reaction was the same as mine. Now I truly think I have a sellable product So I have to say thank you all so much for all your support and advice   :hi: :thumbsup:  Ed
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26th, 2012 01:24 |
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Robert
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Well that's good news Ed. Well done.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26th, 2012 02:05 |
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jk
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Well done. These printer problems tend to be very difficult to crack remotely as you need to check settings very methodically. Also what works on a Snow Leopard machine wont necessarily work on Lion or Mountain Lion machine as different drivers may be implemented in the OS. Also printer manufacturers produce driver packs for each OS to match their printer. My advice is to not check for the latest driver but the most suitable one for you version of the printer and OS.
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