Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 6, Issue 235
Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 6, Issue 235
- Subject: Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 6, Issue 235
- From: Mike Strickler <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:53:26 -0700
You have to be careful what you mean by "too dark" or "too light." Is
the print too dark, or is the monitor too light? Is your print-
viewing light the proper brightness? Once you've measured the print
and determined that it gives the predicted L* values, you need to
adjust the monitor to a comfortable brightness level below that of
the print viewing light and profile it. You can refine this by finely
adjusting the white point to match your print-viewing light. Make a
plain white document in Photoshop and fill the screen with it. Use
Proof Setup to load your printer profile and turn on paper white
simulation. Put a blank piece of your printing paper in your print
viewer or booth. Adjust the print viewing light by either the dimmer
(if it has one) or just put enough black tape on the tubes until the
brightness of the paper matches its image on your monitor. This is a
bit techy but really not that tough and requires no equipment beyond
what you have. I've glossed over some details, but you get the
general idea. You can see that just profiling your monitor and
printer alone will not make print and screen appearances "match"!
Mike
Message: 1
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:47:48 -0400
From: email@hidden
Subject: Epson 7900 printing too dark
To: email@hidden
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Hi group. Recenlty bought a 7900 and after profiling the printer
and monitor (x-rite) I'm getting prints that are consistantly too
dark by about 1/2 stop. Using Eizo monitor and Color Navigator.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? It's a pretty fair size
investment in printer, xrite and Eizo not to be much tighter. I'm
not a prepress person or someone with a techy background so please
keep responses easy to understand. Thanks for any help offered.
David
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