cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

Having no idea of your version or the age of your product, I can only guess. I find it very hard to believe that Xrite does not have a version able to run with W10 as their latest release is dated Jan 2019. Before you do anything, you should give a call to support. I do use a Spyder and can emphatically state it works with the latest Mac IOS. Best of luck.

Jerry Horton

Did not see it asked
Do you use OEM- epson ink?
The big paper manufacturers have printer profiles for most printers on their websites
Calibration, profiles and soft proofing should work
Good luck

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Every computer peripheral becomes obsolete as operating systems evolve. Datacolor has done the same thing. My Spyder2Pro hasn’t worked in several years.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

It works fine. That was a nag warning to get you to call Datacolor and beg them to release a 64-bit version. After the next version of Mac OS is released, there will be no support for 32-bit code.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

Monitors have high luminance. Paper does not.

Calibrate your monitor then print test samples until you are getting the print brightness you want and save the configuration. This process is normally required for each of your paper types, i.e.: glossy, luster, matte, etc.

I have an EPSON SC P600 and love it!

bwa

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

Calibrate your display. Use Epson's printing app, Epson's paper and ICC profile.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Yes, but you also have choices for the Lumen output when calibrating. It's best to use one of the lower lumen choices like 90 instead of 130. If you use the higher lumen settings your pictures may be a little dark still. I calibrate my monitors for 100 lumen but my pics are still a little dark so in the plugin software I use for printing I increase the exposure 15% and then they turn out just like I see them on the screen.

You may have to experiment until you get it just right. I've printed many experimental pics to see what a print looks like on all different kinds of paper. I've also printed many with different exposure adjustments to get them the corrected brightness. The calibration tool also helps adjust color and saturation output on your LED flatscreen monitor. Not just the brightness.

Golden Rule Loc: Washington State

Yes, I use only Epson ink for the P800.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Your display is too bright, and you are using the visual cues to get the image looking ok on the screen. Get an Xrite i1Display Pro screen profiling tool, and set the white clip point to 80 cda/m² (candelas per sq meter) - if the prints are too light, then set the display to 85 or 90 and print another test. Oh, and the profiling tool will give you better color as well.

You'll want to use Epson paper and the correct paper profile and printer settings - at least until you get this sorted out. Eventually you can start using other fine art papers which often come with paper profiles, which you use to soft proof your images so you can have a good idea how the print will turn out.

It's always a good idea to make a camera profile using an Xrite ColorChecker Passport, but this will not address the specific issue you posted about.