Samsung CLP-510 driver settings for photos

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I recently purchased a Samsung CLP-510 and was wondering if anybody has any
experience with printing photos? I do realize this printer is not meant to
print shop or ink-jet quality photographs - but I've read someone's opinion
some place that photographs can look OK with some 'tweaking.' Though no
details were provided.

As it is right now - potshots are quite dark and color is not very "lively."
I was wondering if anybody has any experience with tweaking the driver's
option for photo output?

Specifically, what settings are you using when printing photos on the
Graphics tab / Adjust Color button for:

Color Basics:
Brightness
Contrast
Saturation
Cyan-Red
Magenta-Green
Yellow-Blue

Tone Tuning:
Tone Curve
Contrast light tones
Brightness dark tones
Contrast dark tones
Brightness light tones

I have all of these set to default values. I don't know the first thing
about color - so I didn't even attempt 'tweaking' on my own... Also - are
any other settings relevant?

Thank you,
Michael
 
Michael said:
I recently purchased a Samsung CLP-510 and was wondering if anybody
has any experience with printing photos? I do realize this printer is
not meant to print shop or ink-jet quality photographs - but I've
read someone's opinion some place that photographs can look OK with
some 'tweaking.' Though no details were provided.
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That was deliberate. My eye and your eye are unlikely to see the same
thing, and my setings were adjusted by eye.
As it is right now - potshots are quite dark and color is not very
"lively." I was wondering if anybody has any experience with tweaking
the driver's option for photo output?
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Yes, the defaults aren't great. My take on them was the same as yours.
Specifically, what settings are you using when printing photos on the
Graphics tab / Adjust Color button for:

Color Basics:
Brightness
Contrast
Saturation
Cyan-Red
Magenta-Green
Yellow-Blue

Tone Tuning:
Tone Curve
Contrast light tones
Brightness dark tones
Contrast dark tones
Brightness light tones

I have all of these set to default values. I don't know the first
thing about color - so I didn't even attempt 'tweaking' on my own...
Also - are any other settings relevant?
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I googled a print that had supposedly 'pure' colours (no longer have the
link), and went through repeated adjust and reprint cycles until I was happy
that the output was close to what I saw on my monitor. Not scientific, but
it wors for me.

I am sure you could also create your own print with pure colours in
Photoshop or some such. You need samples that are big enough to work with
while being small enough to not waste too much toner.
 
Commentator - thanks for your answer
you could also create your own print with pure colours
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I probably could - but I don't even know what that this means...
Would you mind sharing your diver settings? If nothing else - that would be
a great starting point. Though given how many variables there are to
adjust - I doubt I'd touch anything given I don't understand any of it... If
the result is ANY better than default values - I'd be quite happy.

Thanks,
Michael

PS What I referred to in my original message was something I read in a user
printer review some place (c-net or perhaps newegg; did you write that
review?



 
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