On 07/06/11 17:56, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > On 03/06/11 00:29, Konstantin Svist wrote: >> On 06/02/2011 03:14 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote: >>> I have an HP Photosmart 8400 printer which can be accessed from both a >>> linux box >>> and a windows box. When printing the same image from the two boxes the >>> windows >>> print is far superior to the linux print. I have used for testing an image >>> scanned by a flat bed scanner (HP ScanJet 7400c) and the colours from the >>> windows print are very close to the original document. The linux print looks >>> somewhat misty. How can I change the printing software so it will produce >>> more >>> natural colours? >>> >>> HP PhotoSmart 8400 Foomatic/hpijs >>> kernel-2.6.35.12-88.fc14.x86_64 >> >> Check printing options to make sure you don't have options like "ink >> saver" and that the DPI is reasonably high. >> If that doesn't help, check if windows driver installed a color profile >> for the printer - you'll want to install it in Fedora, too. >> > Thanks for replying. > > There is no "ink saver" option or the like and DPI is set to 600. > I can't find any colour profile in windows and I don't know where to look for > similar file in Fedora. > > However, I find in the printing settings values like Saturation = 100%, Hue > adjustment = 0 and Gamma = 1000. Tweaking these values does change the colour > impression somewhat but I haven't found the "correct" combination. So I assume > I'll have to continue tweaking until I am satisfied. I wish there were a > description on how to. > Changing Saturation to 200 did the trick.
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