HI Eric; What computer platform are you using?
And are you using a third party color calibration system like Pantone or something? I feel that I am some what there but just not on the money yet......I must say though after being a pro photographer over 25 years my eyes are very critical.... jimmy --- In [email protected], "eric perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recent messages have panned the stock profiles for the DJ 130, and I > thought I should add my 2 cents' worth. > > My computer, with a Viewsonic CRT monitor runa a DJ 130, an Epson > 2200, an Epson R800, and a Magicolor 2450 laser. Each prints using > the respective company-supplied profiles, and I have been generally > quite happy with each. The 2200, in particular, has proved to supply > WYSIWYG prints each time; the 3 others are not quite as good, but > generally very close. > > Yesterday I was printing a customer-supplied file on the 2200, with > Premium Semi-gloss, which included 6 faces ranging in color from > red/magenta to quite yellow, together with objects supplying a rather > full range of very saturated colors. Out of curiosity, I printed the > same image on the 130 using Premium Plus satin. The result was > extremely close to the Epson print, except that the yellow face was > noticebly more saturated on the HP print. The difference was > apparent in viewing the two prints together; I may not have been > unhappy with the HP print unless I had been specifically looking for > a color-match on that face. > > In the 2 years I've owned it, I've never characterized the HP's print- > to-monitor matching as less than good, and my eye for color is > probably far more experienced than most as I own a photo lab. I'm > wondering if each of my printers is a particularly good sample of its > model, or if perhaps operator error might be accounting for a few of > the complaints about the manufacturer supplied profiles. Also, there > are apparently more than a few people who want to believe that > spending more money for something insures a better result and/or that > money already spent was somehow justified. > > In any case, I really want to suggest to newer readers in this space > that money and effort is much better spent first in profiling one's > monitor, and that doing so may well eliminate any dissatisfaction > with the the free printer profiles. > > eric perkins > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/vIg0lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
