I'm trying to print a moonscape on my Epson 2200. Full moon rising over a lake with an island in the foreground. The print is about a stop and a half darker than I see on the monitor.
While the moon is correct, the sky and the water foreground disappear becoming black instead of the dark blue I see on the monitor. The island disappears.
With normally exposed shots shadows and darker areas are rendered quite faithfully so I have to assume it is something about it being the overall exposure of this image.
I've tried it on three different papers and profiles and while there are some slight differences in the rendering, it doesn't seem to make much difference in the overall darkness.
I guess the first question is whether your monitor is calibrated and how you apply the printer profile (intent, black point compensation). Also, is this s canned profile or a custom one?
Unfortunately it hasn't been calibrated as of yet. A spyder is on the list of soon, only not yet, purchases. I have been waiting until the next trip south to avoid the northern shipping surcharge. Canned printer profile.
I did check the monitor against a Macbeth colour scale and it wasn't too far out. To date the accuracy has been very good, but suspect I'm going to have to spring for a spyder.
As unlikely as it may be, I had hoped there might have been a simple and inexpensive solution.
Any recommendations on a spyder? I had been leaning towards a Huey, largely due to price. However some of the reviews state while it is a good product, it is awkward to use.
I haven't tried the Huey but have been pretty happy with the Eye-One. I had an older Spyder for my old CRT which worked pretty well too.
How about converting to the printer profile? Do you do it in Photoshop or the printer driver? If Photoshop (the better option), what settings do you use for intent and black point?
It is set to Photoshop with relative colormetric for intent and black point.
Dave
Posted by William Brozy on October 3, 2006 at 8:50 PM
I have the same issue ever since I upgraded to CS2. But in my case my monitior is calibrated. What I don't get is that my earlier print files are also now way overexposed. I am not sure what's up but I plan on getting a new PC in the next couple months. And hopefully it will straighten itself out as I load programs onto a clean PC.
Dave, without calibration it would be hard to diagnose further but I suggest you try calibrating using Adobe Gamma to at least get closer.
Will - in your case it's likely that when you upgraded to CS2, Adobe Gamme got reinstalled and is interfering with yoru calibration software. Make sure it is removed from the startup group and try rebooting your computer.
I'm running Quick Gamma from Norman Koren's site which I'm told is superior to the Adobe version.
Going down south in a couple of weeks. May be time to shell out for the spyder!
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8 repliesWhile the moon is correct, the sky and the water foreground disappear becoming black instead of the dark blue I see on the monitor. The island disappears.
With normally exposed shots shadows and darker areas are rendered quite faithfully so I have to assume it is something about it being the overall exposure of this image.
I've tried it on three different papers and profiles and while there are some slight differences in the rendering, it doesn't seem to make much difference in the overall darkness.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave
I guess the first question is whether your monitor is calibrated and how you apply the printer profile (intent, black point compensation). Also, is this s canned profile or a custom one?
Guy
Unfortunately it hasn't been calibrated as of yet. A spyder is on the list of soon, only not yet, purchases. I have been waiting until the next trip south to avoid the northern shipping surcharge. Canned printer profile.
I did check the monitor against a Macbeth colour scale and it wasn't too far out. To date the accuracy has been very good, but suspect I'm going to have to spring for a spyder.
As unlikely as it may be, I had hoped there might have been a simple and inexpensive solution.
Any recommendations on a spyder? I had been leaning towards a Huey, largely due to price. However some of the reviews state while it is a good product, it is awkward to use.
Thanks,
Dave
How about converting to the printer profile? Do you do it in Photoshop or the printer driver? If Photoshop (the better option), what settings do you use for intent and black point?
Guy
It is set to Photoshop with relative colormetric for intent and black point.
Dave
Will - in your case it's likely that when you upgraded to CS2, Adobe Gamme got reinstalled and is interfering with yoru calibration software. Make sure it is removed from the startup group and try rebooting your computer.
Guy
I'm running Quick Gamma from Norman Koren's site which I'm told is superior to the Adobe version.
Going down south in a couple of weeks. May be time to shell out for the spyder!
Dave