Printer problem! I have a HP photosmart D7460, my photos come out lt to dark, what could be my problem?

Grand Loc: Lebanon, Pa

I have a HP photosmart D7460, my photos come out lt to dark, what could be my problem?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Grand wrote:

I have a HP photosmart D7460, my photos come out to dark, what could be my problem?

There is an HP printer Utility. See what that has to offer. You can probably run a cleaning cycle from there. Are you using HP ink? Is it too dark for all prints? How does it print text? I don't know of a light/dark setting on an HP. Try swapping out the color cartridge.

Grand Loc: Lebanon, Pa

jerryc41 wrote:

There is an HP printer Utility. See what that has to offer. You can probably run a cleaning cycle from there. Are you using HP ink? Is it too dark for all prints? How does it print text? I don't know of a light/dark setting on an HP. Try swapping out the color cartridge.

I use hp ink, text is ok, all prints are dark.
thanks for ur reply.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Too dark is usually a sign of using an LCD monitor that is set too bright, making your monitors vies unrealistic. Calibrate the monitors brightness to match the printers output and try again, you will be amazed at the printing improvement.

Grand Loc: Lebanon, Pa

MT Shooter wrote:

Too dark is usually a sign of using an LCD monitor that is set too bright, making your monitors vies unrealistic. Calibrate the monitors brightness to match the printers output and try again, you will be amazed at the printing improvement.

Thanks, I will try that.

BarbK Loc: Cinnaminson, NJ

MT Shooter wrote:

Too dark is usually a sign of using an LCD monitor that is set too bright, making your monitors vies unrealistic. Calibrate the monitors brightness to match the printers output and try again, you will be amazed at the printing improvement.

MT I know how to calibrate my laptop monitor using Colormunki. How do I calibrate the printer. I just bought an HP5530 since my old HP finally died.
Thanks
Barb

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

BarbK wrote:

MT I know how to calibrate my laptop monitor using Colormunki. How do I calibrate the printer. I just bought an HP5530 since my old HP finally died.
Thanks
Barb

You can not "calibrate" your printer. If your prints do not match your monitors image then you need to calibrate the monitor.
When you print an image you will have the choice of letting the printer manage colors, or allowing the computer manage the colors. If you are having color differences, make a print both ways and see if it makes a significant difference.

BarbK Loc: Cinnaminson, NJ

MT Shooter wrote:

You can not "calibrate" your printer. If your prints do not match your monitors image then you need to calibrate the monitor.
When you print an image you will have the choice of letting the printer manage colors, or allowing the computer manage the colors. If you are having color differences, make a print both ways and see if it makes a significant difference.

Thanks. That helps. Have a good day.

Dr.db Loc: Central Point, OR

MT Shooter wrote:

You can not "calibrate" your printer. If your prints do not match your monitors image then you need to calibrate the monitor.
When you print an image you will have the choice of letting the printer manage colors, or allowing the computer manage the colors. If you are having color differences, make a print both ways and see if it makes a significant difference.

Although you can't really "calibrate" the printer, depending on your PP software, you may be able to assign a proper 'Printer profile' to control how the CMYK conversion for printing is processed.
I have an Epson that I affectionately refer to as "the ink guzzler" that always prints too dark if I let it manage the colors from an RGB image. I have found the best results printing from Photoshop by setting it to "Photoshop manages colors", then assigning one of PS's "Printer profile" presets. (Lots of trial and error has led me usually to use the "U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2" profile - a standard large-press publishing setting - for the inks and papers I have.) Curiously, I generally get better dynamic range in the print if I send an RGB image to the printer, rather than converting to CMYK (using the same profile!) and then printing - a discrepency I have not been able to figure out...

BarbK Loc: Cinnaminson, NJ

Dr.db wrote:

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Thanks. I'll look at it.

Grand Loc: Lebanon, Pa

MT Shooter wrote:

Too dark is usually a sign of using an LCD monitor that is set too bright, making your monitors vies unrealistic. Calibrate the monitors brightness to match the printers output and try again, you will be amazed at the printing improvement.

Thanks MT

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Grand wrote:

Thanks MT

I will assume it worked for you. Good.