colag

I am using a Viewsonic Professional Series PS790 CRT monitor.
It is about 11 years old. I am not able to get a good color print of what I see on the monitor. I have a Eye-one Display 2
professional calibrator. Is it possible, due to the monitors age, that
the calibrator cannot calibrate correctly? I am using an Epson
Artisan 50 printer. The print quality has been getting worse for
the past few years, and it is now at a point where the prints are
unacceptable. I am looking into purchasing a new LCD monitor.
I am considering the Dell ultra sharp u2312m model. I would appreciate any help you can provide......Frank

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

I personally haven't had good luck with Dell monitors. I prefer Samsung and can vouch for their quality and customer support is stellar.

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Can you rule out the printer? It might be a combination of both of them.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

Hello Colag, I have the Dell u2312m monitor and think it does an excellent job, I also have an LG IPS 23" which does an excellent job. When considering a new monitor, ensure it has IPS (In Plane Switching) this makes viewing images much easier as the angle of view is wider than non IPS screens.
Cheers
John

CurreyPhoto Loc: Reddick, Florida

Some things to think about before you buy a new monitor:

1. Is there a significant change in the color, contrast or brightness of the monitor after calibration?

2. Have you changed paper recently?

3. Have you changed the icc profile of your printer/paper combination?

4. Have you changed PP software recently or updated your printer drivers recently?

If you can answer these questions for us, then maybe we can begin to narrow down the area of your workflow where the problem may be located.

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

Just one thought that comes to mind (because I have run into that myself): Are you making sure that your software controls the printer colours, not the printer itself, or even the software and printer both?

JohnInBaltimore Loc: Greater Balto/DC area

Yes; I've seen that reminder on the LR print menu but don't know how to do it. How do I turn off (or on) the printer controls on a mac?

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

I'm sorry, I do not know anything about Mac's beyond where on a PC you use Ctrl and on a Mac you use Command....
On top of that, I have a B/W laser printer....
However, in Photoshop Elements, I selected PDF Creator as the printer of choice on the Print Menu, because the B/W wouldn't give me same choices.
Right below that choice, with Printer Settings, is a button Change Settings, and on that pop-up a button Advanced Settings. There it gives a choice of B&W or Colour, and guess what - another button Advanced. Here is a line:
Image Colour Management, ICM Method "ICM Disabled" with a down-arrow, click on that for these choices:
ICM Disabled
ICM Handled by Host System
ICM Handled by Printer
ICM Handled by Printer using Printer Calibration

I would think that you would select ICM handled by Host System.
Because LR also is an Adobe product, I would think it probably is very similar, if not the same in that program.

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Part of it depends on the printer, but it can be accessed by clicking system preferences>printer & scanners> and accessing your printers programs from there.

colag

Thank you for the information concerning the monitors.....Frank

colag

I did not think it was an ink problem, but it was, the yellow was not printing correctly. However I still think the monitor can not be calibrated correctly due to it's age. Thank you all for your comments.....Frank