Not perfect color print from Eason P 600 using Lightroom Classic
Jun 14, 2021 22:14:47 #
Margar
Loc: Mass
I cannot get a decent exact color print…it’s three years old. Am I ready for new printer or what am I doing wrong?
Thank you all
Thank you all
Jun 14, 2021 22:21:32 #
Make sure that either Lightroom or the printer is set to managing the color, not both.
Jun 14, 2021 22:21:42 #
Jun 14, 2021 22:39:40 #
Margar wrote:
I cannot get a decent exact color print…it’s three years old. Am I ready for new printer or what am I doing wrong?
Thank you all
Thank you all
How old is the ink. I think Epson recommends 6months to a year to maintain accurate colors.
If it is like the P800, you need to decide if the printer or the software controls color. I often find the Epson printer does a better job than Adobe.
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Oops --- I some how missed that Bill S already mentioned using software or printer.
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Jun 15, 2021 05:33:13 #
You have to make sure that your monitor is calibrated, and that you are using the printer profile for the paper you are using. Without that there is no common reference between monitor and printer.
Jun 15, 2021 06:11:54 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
If you go through his list of vids, He prints on an Epson P modelin some of his vids. You might need to look back a couple/4 years on the vid date. Make sure your monitor is calibrated using a device like the xrite i1 Display Pro & ICC paper profiles. Without monitor calibration & using ICC profiles , it is a crap shoot. The colors should match then. Note that not all prints will be an exact match as your computer screen.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=prints+don%27t+match
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=prints+don%27t+match
Jun 15, 2021 08:29:28 #
Jun 15, 2021 09:22:56 #
Margar wrote:
Thank you but HOW?
If you don't use 'Quote Reply' instead of 'Reply' nobody will know what HOW pertains to.
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Jun 15, 2021 09:30:52 #
Margar
Loc: Mass
Bill_de wrote:
If you don't use 'Quote Reply' instead of 'Reply' nobody will know what HOW pertains to.
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Sorry
Jun 15, 2021 11:15:00 #
Margar wrote:
Thank you but HOW?
First, you need to first calibrate your monitor with a color calibrator such as the DataColor Spyder or X-Rite Studio or Display Pro. You’ll typically need to turn down your monitor brightness during the calibration.
Next, download and install the ICC color profile for your particular Printer and Paper. These are available from your paper manufacturer. You’ll be letting your PP application manage your printer color settings. Make sure Windows printer color management is disabled (one or the other needs to manager the printer color, not both)
Finally enable soft proofing using the ICC profile you installed in your post processing application, and set your brightness and color when post processing before printing using the soft proof view. If you do these steps, your printer output should be very close to what you see on your monitor. If you don’t do these steps, it will be trial and error forever, and you can quickly spend more in wasted paper and ink than the calibrator costs (not to mention the frustration).
Jun 15, 2021 11:50:17 #
Margar wrote:
I cannot get a decent exact color print…it’s three years old. Am I ready for new printer or what am I doing wrong?
Thank you all
Thank you all
If you are looking to get an exact match between your printed output and your monitor screen, it will never happen. The print is relying on reflected light while the monitor uses transmissive light. All we can hope for is a close match.
Jun 15, 2021 13:11:28 #
Margar
Loc: Mass
Margar wrote:
Sorry
Thank you again…. Not for me
I’ll sell the Epson 600 and get a simplified printer
Can a suggestion be made on a very simple program to download pix from card then just crop and print or print only
Thank you
Jun 15, 2021 13:22:12 #
Margar wrote:
I cannot get a decent exact color print…it’s three years old. Am I ready for new printer or what am I doing wrong?
Thank you all
Thank you all
Without lots more details about your situation, it’s hard to say.
But have you:
— Read The *Fine* Manual?
— run a test page?
— run a head cleaning test?
— run a head cleaning routine?
— insured the ink is not expired?
— insured the ink was opened less than six months ago?
— installed the latest driver updates?
— installed ICC profiles specific to any third party papers combined with your particular printer model and ink set?
— calibrated and profiled your monitor with a hardware+software tool kit within the last 30 days?
— turned off all *automatic* monitor brightness and color temperature controls (in your operating system)?
— configured either the Epson driver OR the printing software to manage color, BUT NOT BOTH?
Jun 15, 2021 14:24:01 #
Jun 15, 2021 16:15:44 #
This is somewhat of a common problem. All the suggestions above are worth checking out. On the internet and from some photo lab companies are what are called "TEST PRINTS". These usually have a variety of people with different skin tones, gray cards, and color checkers -- basically a "standard" scan/print. First, I would download a Test Print jpeg file. Take a look at it on your monitor. Do the people and color checkers look OK/natural? If the monitor looks OK then make a print using the software for the printer. Is the print close? What's wrong? What color is in excess -- what color is missing? If you have a printer with 4 or more ink tanks is an ink tank color missing? In other words, are all the ink tanks putting ink on the paper and how does the test print look? From here -- start printing your scan and see how it looks. Now you've tested the monitor, the ink carts, the printer and the printer software. Your are still at the start -- but it is a start and you're headed in the right direction.
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