bpw said:
Forgive me if I’m telling you how to suck eggs, but my printing improved immensely when I read somewhere that the printer must use the same colour profile as the monitor (as Paul states).
To check:
Right-click on your desktop and select Properties > Settings > Advanced > Color Management. There should be a list of colour profiles shown. The profile being used is highlighted.
Now select Start > Settings > Printers. Right-click on your printer and select Properties > Color Management. If the monitor profile is not shown, select Add, find the same profile used by your monitor (extension .icm), and set this as the default for your printer.
This worked for me, but I only did this after calibrating my monitor.
Thats interesting Paul. I must admit my understanding of this is different to yours.
For the monitor profile I use the profile created from my calibration software.
The default printer profile though is Epson's profile for their premium glossy paper. The way the printer profile page is worded to me implies that it needs a profile for the output from that device based on the media used, rather than a monitor profile.
Edit. Now I'm baffled. Whatever profile is used as default in the printer profile seems to be ignored and the profile set in the 'print preview' screen is used. I admit this is what I want because thats where I change the profiles but what is the Colour Management profile doing?
Mike,
A few good suggestions have been made but I hoped that if you answered the initial questions we my have been able to sort the problem, in some sort of order.
Having some sort of monitor calibration is, I think, essential before altering the settings in the advanced colour management settings in the printer.
I initially had a fiddle in there and used up loads of paper and ink attempting to bodge a solution. The problem is you can produce a print which won't look too bad after some messing around, but then the next, different, image could be miles out.
The only way I've found to get consistent printed images has been to calibrate the monitor, use the correct profile for the paper that I am using in the printer and to always use genuine Epson Ink.
Paul