Monitor Screen Colour and Printer colours don't match

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Hi

I've got a bit of a problem. I work with alot of graphics programs, and I'm having trouble getting both of my printers to print out to the same tone/colour that is displayed on my Monitor.

Is there anything I can do with my monitor settings so that what I see on the screen will be what I print out.

All advice appreciated as always :-)
 
There is a way to do this using monitor colour profiles, or something like that anyway. I don't know much about it, but someone else here might :)
 
mojouk said:
Hi

I've got a bit of a problem. I work with alot of graphics programs, and I'm having trouble getting both of my printers to print out to the same tone/colour that is displayed on my Monitor.

Is there anything I can do with my monitor settings so that what I see on the screen will be what I print out.

All advice appreciated as always :-)
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You'll never do it, you'll never match it up with your eyes ... do not rely on what you "see" use the likes of Pantone numbering to get a more accurate colour match.

You have three different std renditions of RGB for a start.

Printers are another "problem" ... what is it? what is the monitor? what graphics program? do you know what a colour map is?

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PotGuy said:
Am i right in thinking laser printers would give more accurate colour?
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Not really ... you'll still need to calibrate it to the monitor ... or vice versa.

I haven't done any of this stuff since the late 80's ;) so forgive me if I'm a little rusty on any modern alternative. :thumb:

Fire up something like QuarkExpress or CorelDraw ... open Colour Managment in CorelDraw ... that will help you Calibrate to the installed printer & monitor. :)
 
The printers are :

1) Hewlett Packard 1220C (Laser)
2)Epson Stylus 2100 (Inkjet)

They both print out differently.

For the HP printer I've looked at the 'Image Colour Management' and it states the 'ICM is handled by host'

For the Epson printer the Colour Management is set to 'Automatic: Windows will automatically select the best colour profile from the list of associated color profiles'

I'm currently using Photoshop. I've opened up 'Color settings' and have got some options to select from. (I work with RGB colour) I've attached a file showing the colour settings window and a few options....

Should selecting the 'Monitor RGB' choice in the color settings window be enough?





 

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Get another exact same printer as you have ... and you'll have three different colours to choose from. Most people have one printer, so they don't see what you are experencing.

What you "see" on your monitor will never be the same as you get off a printer ... oh, and don't go throwing a scanner in there or you will be going ape.

If you are "profesionally" trying to reproduce an image ... then you'll need to go and spend some more money. Home grown kit is just that ... for home use. ;)

Forget what you see on the screen ... if you use Pantone colour chart & numbers then any of these printers will give near as damit correct colour ... EPSON Stylus Photo 2400, the EPSON Stylus Pro 4800, the EPSON Stylus Pro 7800 and the EPSON Stylus Pro 9800. Minimum ink cartrages are 6 ... Pantone have been in bed with Epson for over 40 years, so the have an advantage over some of the other manufacturers.

Now, in ColorVANTAGE inks for Ultrachrome printers, the new ColorVANTAGE inks for EPSON K3 printers also include light, light black ink, for a total of three black inks ... And everybody here is saying "I thought black was black"
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Now ... shall we move on to the monitor ... ;)

Here ... have a read.

http://www.cdegroot.com/photo-digital-calibrationsoftware/

http://www.cdegroot.com/photo-digital-calibration/

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