On 06/23/2012 10:25 AM, Gary Montalbine wrote:
I copied a color photo on my printer. The printed copy was darker in the
red areas and slightly lighter in the yellow green area. A scan into
gimp showed a slight darker red than the original. The specs for the
printer indicate there is no color calibration available. In fact a
check of other Hp printers also shows no color calibration avail.
Thanks, Gary
Scanner bulbs age. Ink also ages, different colors at different rates.
That's probably why your prints look different than the originals.
Software like GIMP can compensate.
But beyond that, monitors come with a lot of adjustments, and printers
don't. It's a simple fact of computing that if you want to see the same
thing on your printer that you do on your monitor, it's usually easier
to calibrate the monitor with the printer than calibrate the printer
with the monitor.
TJ
