Hi Justin, Looks pretty good, the settings you have. That's how I do it myself. You drag and drop the file you want to print, into the RIP queue, right?
Regarding the Colour Tab -> Output Profiles, have you tried Perceptual for the Rendering Intent, instead of Relative Colormetric? Depending on the type of prints you are doing, this could have some influence. Teddy ----- Original Message ---- From: Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:56:06 AM Subject: [HPDesignJet_Printers] Please help!! my prints are not accurate. Monitor or settings? I am going to surrender any ounce of pride I might have here. I really need help getting more color accurate prints. I print Using a Designjet 5500 UV I have calibrated my monitor (viewsonic g22f Graphics Series 21") using Gretagmacbeth ColorMeter. If one of you were to print a Graphic poster print using Posterjet and Adobe CS2 what settings should I use to get the prints to look like the monitor? I know an explanation might be long But I would Worship whom ever would give me the help I badly need. Your help would be greatly appreciated. here is how I typcially save an image on Adobe.... AdobeCS2>Edit> ColorSettings> Settings:Custom Working Spaces RGB: Adobe RGB 1998 CMYK: U.S. Web coated (SWOP) v2 GRAY: Dot Grain 20% Spot: Dot Grain 20% Color Management Policies RGB: Preserve embedded Profiles CMYK: Preserve embedded Profiles GRAY: Preserve embedded Profiles Conversion Options Engine: Adobe (ACE) Intent: Relative Colormetric Unchecked:Use Black Point Compensation Unchecked:Use Dither (8-bit/channel images) Advanced Controls Unchecked: Desaturate Monitor colors by _% Unchecked: Blend RGB Colors Using Gamma: 1.00 and that is it. Nothing more ------------ --------- --------- When I go to print it out using POSTERJET 7.5 I go As follows: Printer Tab Criteria Media: Super Heavy Weight Coated Paper (this is the media Im using) Resolution: High Print Quality: Max Quality Colour Tab Control Colour Correction: Colour Managed Color Mode: Colour Input Profiles: RGB: Adobe RGB 1998 Embedded: Adobe RGB 1998 Output Profiles: Profile: Rip Selected Profile Rendering Intent: Relative ColorMetric >From here I proceed to print. My print will usually be off by 15-20% Am I doing something wrong? Only thing I thought to blame it on was my monitor itself. When I Calibrated using Gretagmacbeth I was only able to obtain 94% Brightness and my Red Green Blue color settings were close but not ideal. I used the advanced settings. Any one who has used Gretagmacbeths Color meter probably knows what im talking about. What am I doing Wrong? Whats your best guess? Please help. Thank you in advance and Best regards, Justin <!-- #ygrp-mlmsg {font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg table {font-size:inherit;font:100%;} #ygrp-mlmsg select, input, textarea {font:99% arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg pre, code {font:115% monospace;} #ygrp-mlmsg * {line-height:1.22em;} #ygrp-text{ font-family:Georgia; } #ygrp-text p{ margin:0 0 1em 0;} #ygrp-tpmsgs{ font-family:Arial; clear:both;} #ygrp-vitnav{ padding-top:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;margin:0;} #ygrp-vitnav a{ padding:0 1px;} #ygrp-actbar{ clear:both;margin:25px 0;white-space:nowrap;color:#666;text-align:right;} #ygrp-actbar .left{ float:left;white-space:nowrap;} .bld{font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-grft{ font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;padding:15px 0;} #ygrp-ft{ font-family:verdana;font-size:77%;border-top:1px solid #666; padding:5px 0; } #ygrp-mlmsg #logo{ padding-bottom:10px;} #ygrp-vital{ background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:2px 0 8px 8px;} #ygrp-vital #vithd{ font-size:77%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#333;text-transform:uppercase;} #ygrp-vital ul{ padding:0;margin:2px 0;} #ygrp-vital ul li{ list-style-type:none;clear:both;border:1px solid #e0ecee; } #ygrp-vital ul li .ct{ font-weight:bold;color:#ff7900;float:right;width:2em;text-align:right;padding-right:.5em;} #ygrp-vital ul li .cat{ font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-vital a { text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-vital a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor #hd{ color:#999;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov{ padding:6px 13px;background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov ul{ padding:0 0 0 8px;margin:0;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li{ list-style-type:square;padding:6px 0;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li a{ text-decoration:none;font-size:130%;} #ygrp-sponsor #nc { background-color:#eee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0 8px;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad{ padding:8px 0;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad #hd1{ font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#628c2a;font-size:100%;line-height:122%;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a{ text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad p{ margin:0;} o {font-size:0;} .MsoNormal { margin:0 0 0 0;} #ygrp-text tt{ font-size:120%;} blockquote{margin:0 0 0 4px;} .replbq {margin:4;} --> ____________________________________________________________________________________Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/
