HP photo Ret 3 and green color cast

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In the main Photo Ret3 is damn good even with Photo Ret4 out the extra ink
cart is NOT always worth it
But Photo Ret3 at times on neautral surfaces shows a green cast rather that
a very very pale grey even on top Photo paper this is a pity

Anyone care to comment ;-)
 
Smith said:
In the main Photo Ret3 is damn good even with Photo Ret4 out the extra ink
cart is NOT always worth it
But Photo Ret3 at times on neautral surfaces shows a green cast rather that
a very very pale grey even on top Photo paper this is a pity
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The color maps are tuned to a specific paper, different papers will give
different results. If you are using HP paper make sure you have selected the
proper paper type in the driver (Premium, Premium Plus, etc). If you are using
a different brand of paper you may have to experiment with the paper selection
to get the best results. If your printer has an "Automatic" setting it may be
better to select the proper paper setting manually for best results.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
 
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:50:49 -0700, Bob Headrick wrote:

=>The color maps are tuned to a specific paper, different papers will give
=>different results. If you are using HP paper make sure you have selected the
=>proper paper type in the driver (Premium, Premium Plus, etc). If you are using
=>a different brand of paper you may have to experiment with the paper selection
=>to get the best results. If your printer has an "Automatic" setting it may be
=>better to select the proper paper setting manually for best results.
=>
=>Regards,
=>Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP

And keep in mind that your monitor will display the image
in subtley different colour tones than the printer puts
out. Thus, an image that looks right on screen may well
have a different colour cast on paper, even when you use
the right paper. To some extent you can compensate by
shifting the monitor's colour balance, eg, if the printout
is too green, shift the monitor's colour cast towards the
red (pink.) But colour cast is the most difficult to
compensate for, since our brain tends to correct colours
that are slightly off. Hence the need for manual
adjustments, as recommended by Bob H.

HTH
 
Thanks to both Bob H and Wolf .. the scanned image from the Photo tends to
have a little green cast already so its been emphasised to an extent by the
printing so HP is not totally at fault .. and yes paper tuning is important.
Thanks again
 
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