mike_gss
VERY new birder
I've been taking digital photos for a while but have only recently entered the realm of more sophisticated post-processing. My camera+lens kit isn't particularly advanced but I now take all pictures in RAW and use Canon's DPP (and also wondering if upgrading to Lightroom should be a consideration).
I'm now beginning to see the rendition of colour between monitor and printer can also be "problematic" to say the least! I've been trying to get to grips with concepts like colour space, gamma corrections, gamuts etc. but it's pretty baffling for a novice. My computing set up is mainly for my work - my laptop screen plus a second, larger LG monitor and an HP Deskjet 4200 printer - so both the monitor and printer are run-of-the-mill, low end, budget models.
Prints from the printer come out with a distinctly warm cast compared to the image on the screen and I'd like to get the two looking more similar. I've tried the inbuilt Windows display calibration tools and have fiddled with the monitor settings a bit but without much success.
Is my cheap printer the main problem which might be helped by me buying a more photo-dedicated one? If so, what type(s) is/are best go for? I've heard Epson are generally considered the best for photo prints (I've used HP for general office work since forever but am happy to change).
Any tips much appreciated.
I'm now beginning to see the rendition of colour between monitor and printer can also be "problematic" to say the least! I've been trying to get to grips with concepts like colour space, gamma corrections, gamuts etc. but it's pretty baffling for a novice. My computing set up is mainly for my work - my laptop screen plus a second, larger LG monitor and an HP Deskjet 4200 printer - so both the monitor and printer are run-of-the-mill, low end, budget models.
Prints from the printer come out with a distinctly warm cast compared to the image on the screen and I'd like to get the two looking more similar. I've tried the inbuilt Windows display calibration tools and have fiddled with the monitor settings a bit but without much success.
Is my cheap printer the main problem which might be helped by me buying a more photo-dedicated one? If so, what type(s) is/are best go for? I've heard Epson are generally considered the best for photo prints (I've used HP for general office work since forever but am happy to change).
Any tips much appreciated.