This is another area where Photoshop CS does a much better job than Photoshop 7 did. I now print directly from [EMAIL PROTECTED] color originals and the conversion to the HP printer driver has required virtually no printer-specific adjustment at all. In PS6 and 7, I had to made custom printer file versions with changes to transfer function and or different gamma, reduction to 8bit, etc.
Godfrey --- Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a wild guess - are your RAW files opening up as 16 bit > images, and does > that cause a problem for the printer or print driver? > > You mentioned that the camera generated JPG's print fine - and > the 8 bit vs > 16 bit seems like the biggest potential difference between the > JPG and RAW > files. (Of course, if you open RAW files in 8 bit mode, that > should not be > an issue.) > > - MCC > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:58 AM > Subject: Printing Raw Problems > > > >I have recently started shooting Raw files, I have the update > > browser and photolab. I convert raw files to tif and open > them in > > Photoshop 7 on a Mac in OS X. > > > > I cannot get accurate colour printing to an Epson 825, the > colours > > are overly bright an browns become solarized reds. The same > shot > > printed on an old 4 colour Epson 1160 are fairly accurate if > a little > > muted. > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion how to get the printed colour > > space into the correct range. > > > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/
