Calibrate Monitor

[bill b]

I need some assistance calibrating my monitor/printer. I just
purchased an Epson 2200. I use XP Pro and several software image
programs. Regardless of which software I use all the prints come out
with inaccurate color. What suggestions does anyone have on what/how
I need to calibrate my system. I have the latest drivers, etc. I
tested with several different images, all with less than satisfactory
results. I'd rather not have to purchase another device to calibrate
my monitor.

Thanks Everyone!
BB

[Poch]

Are you using the pritner's branded ink cartridges? I'm sure you are if it a
'new' printer, but that it the first place to start. Some 3rd party
cartridges are great but others are very poor.

Poch

"Rick Deckard" <deckard@bladerunnerNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> [email]bill.blazes@nycmail.com[/email] (bill b) gave Roy Batty a mean glare and said:
>

> >I need some assistance calibrating my monitor/printer. I just
> >purchased an Epson 2200. I use XP Pro and several software image
> >programs. Regardless of which software I use all the prints come out
> >with inaccurate color

>
> A new printer. It's possible that the ink cartridges are at fault.
>
>
> "You're watching a stage play. A banquet is in progess.
> The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters.
> The entree consists of boiled dog."

[Marvin Margoshes]

"bill b" <bill.blazes@nycmail.com> wrote in message
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> I need some assistance calibrating my monitor/printer. I just
> purchased an Epson 2200. I use XP Pro and several software image
> programs. Regardless of which software I use all the prints come out
> with inaccurate color. What suggestions does anyone have on what/how
> I need to calibrate my system. I have the latest drivers, etc. I
> tested with several different images, all with less than satisfactory
> results. I'd rather not have to purchase another device to calibrate
> my monitor.
>
> Thanks Everyone!
> BB

The instructions at [url]http://www.campratty.com/1faq/faqpages/b9a.html[/url] are for
Paint Shop Pro, but it is easy to adapt them to other image editing
software. If that doesn't pretty much solve theproble, - beyond what can be
done by tweaking the printer, look into printer problems.

IMHO, the devices for calibrating a monitor are needed only by pros.

[bill b]

I'm using Epson Ink and Paper. What I see on the monitor looks great
but aweful when printed.

Any thoughts?

BB

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> [email]bill.blazes@nycmail.com[/email] (bill b) gave Roy Batty a mean glare and said:
>

> >I need some assistance calibrating my monitor/printer. I just
> >purchased an Epson 2200. I use XP Pro and several software image
> >programs. Regardless of which software I use all the prints come out
> >with inaccurate color

>
> A new printer. It's possible that the ink cartridges are at fault.
>
>
> "You're watching a stage play. A banquet is in progess.
> The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters.
> The entree consists of boiled dog."

[rufref]

"Marvin Margoshes" <physnospamchem@cloud9.net> wrote in message
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>
> "bill b" <bill.blazes@nycmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1823763a.0307131830.3240a23@posting.google.co m...

> > I need some assistance calibrating my monitor/printer. I just
> > purchased an Epson 2200. I use XP Pro and several software image
> > programs. Regardless of which software I use all the prints come out
> > with inaccurate color. What suggestions does anyone have on what/how
> > I need to calibrate my system. I have the latest drivers, etc. I
> > tested with several different images, all with less than satisfactory
> > results. I'd rather not have to purchase another device to calibrate
> > my monitor.
> >
> > Thanks Everyone!
> > BB

>
> The instructions at [url]http://www.campratty.com/1faq/faqpages/b9a.html[/url] are

for

> Paint Shop Pro, but it is easy to adapt them to other image editing
> software. If that doesn't pretty much solve theproble, - beyond what can

be

> done by tweaking the printer, look into printer problems.
>
> IMHO, the devices for calibrating a monitor are needed only by pros.
>
>

The August 2003 issue of Popular Photography has an excellent article on
Monitors for photography. One of the sections addresses calibration. Might
be worth the $3.99 USD or 2.75BP.


Tom

[url]http://www.tom-photo.com/[/url]

[nightingale]

A couple of years ago I bought an Epson printer. Ended up taking it
back & getting a different kind of printer because I could not adjust it
so that my colours were correct. What problem are you having? I could
not make mine print blues accurately - everything was too red, and my
photos of blue flowers were printing out purple. I actually took some
files in and made them print test images on a few printers before I
chose one to exchange for the Epson.

bill b wrote:

> I need some assistance calibrating my monitor/printer. I just
> purchased an Epson 2200. I use XP Pro and several software image
> programs. Regardless of which software I use all the prints come out
> with inaccurate color. What suggestions does anyone have on what/how
> I need to calibrate my system. I have the latest drivers, etc. I
> tested with several different images, all with less than satisfactory
> results. I'd rather not have to purchase another device to calibrate
> my monitor.
>
> Thanks Everyone!
> BB
>

[Larry CdeBaca]

You didn't mention how you acquired your images.

I have WinXP + Epson 2200 + Epson Perfection 3200 scanner.

I got really blue blues, ugly reds and dripping wet prints when I tried to
use Epson's PIM.
I went back and rescanned my originals after making sure I selected "scan to
file" instead of "scan to PIM." I don't know what I did wrong and quit
trying to use PIM.

You can get wrong colors if you print on the wrong side of the paper -- most
Epson paper is single-sided. I thought that you could possibly have switched
cartridges with its neighbor, but I just tried; you can't. The cartridges
are keyed (and I didn't want to try harder to force them in!).


"bill b" <bill.blazes@nycmail.com> wrote in message
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> I need some assistance calibrating my monitor/printer. I just
> purchased an Epson 2200. I use XP Pro and several software image
> programs. Regardless of which software I use all the prints come out
> with inaccurate color. What suggestions does anyone have on what/how
> I need to calibrate my system. I have the latest drivers, etc. I
> tested with several different images, all with less than satisfactory
> results. I'd rather not have to purchase another device to calibrate
> my monitor.
>
> Thanks Everyone!
> BB
>