Printing Question?

[MikeeD24]

Just purchased Canon MX700 printer printed some photo packages from organizer not really happy with results. Can someone point me in right direction on settings or what to play with to get better results.



Thank you

[Tina_B]

Did your prints turn out cropped off on some of the sizes ? or what was it that made you unhappy with them.
When I do photo packages I try to resize them to the size I want before doing the picture package. Because of the ratio on some can not be printed with out parts of the photo being copped off automaticly.
I open the photo and then crop it to the size I want and then go to picute package to get the photos to all fit on one page. Do I make any sense? Perhaps some one else can explain.
Tina B

[MikeeD24]

No it was not the cropping more like the quality I don't know what should the settings be color management and so on should I let Photoshop or printer handle color is there a rule of thumb or do u have to just play with it? Forgive me I m sort of new to game.

Thank You

[ljameso1]

There are about as many opinions on color management as there are forum members. The key is to start with a calibrated monitor. I, personally turn off color management in both PSE and my canon printers, so it defaults to my calibrated monitor settings and have been pleased with the print quality. Bear in mind that you will never get an exact match as prints are reflective media, where as the monitor is akin to rear projection thus don't display light the same.

[Codebreaker]

If you need some help on printing there's some advice on my web site that I hope is simple enough to understand and is intended for Elements users.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/colin_w/colour%20problems.htm

Colin

[MikeeD24]

Thanks guys will post results after I fool around with settings.Any good free calibration tools out there?



Thanks again!

[genevh]

The only free program I ever remember hearing about was Adobe Gamma(??) and it was done by "eyeballing" your colors as you walked you through the calibration process. Problem with eyeballing is that we all see colors a bit differently and its not very accurate. To properly calibrate, you need to use a colorimeter which measures the colors produced by your monitor and will give you a much more accurate profile for your monitor without the guess work.

Check out Codebreaker's site. He's the foremost expert on this subject on the forum.

[fogdrip]

The only free program I ever remember hearing about was Adobe Gamma(??) and it was done by "eyeballing" your colors as you walked you through the calibration process. .

I seem to recall that Adobe Gamma was intended for CRT monitors and was unsuitable for LCD's. So use accordingly. But the price was right! :D

Steve

[Codebreaker]

Adobe Gamma and similar programs were certainly pitched at the right price but were only ever a partial solution and aimed at lower resolution dispays and relying very much on 'eye-balling' the adjustments. Incidently I believe its no longer shipped with the latest Adobe products.

There really is no substitute than to pruchase a Colourimeter - Huey, Spyder, Eye-one etc. But to be absolutely clear these devices will only ensure that what you see on your screen is rendered as correctly as possible. Printing brings its own set of problems.

Colin

[MikeeD24]

Thanks again guys one thing I m learning is there is a lot more to this than just hitting the print button but once again I came to the right place this got the ball running Codebreaker the website very insightful printed it because I will need as guide. I saw a decent price on spyder I believe on Newegg I think I will make the investment.Will take it from there.



Thanks Again!!