Newbie here with question

I’m working with CS2 and love it EXCEPT for getting the calibration right on monitor to printer. The monitor is an LCD and the printer is an Epson Photo 820. I’m having trouble getting the shadown and reds to be saturated enough in my photos. I’ve viewed them in proof settings…fine. I’ve calibrated the monitor (Adobe Gamma). I’ve calibrated the printer to the Epson Premium Lustre profile and let Photoshop manage the colors. It’s frustrating.

Oh, I’m not a puter techie but I am Philo’s gf so if it’s real technical talk to him.
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"Colleen" wrote in message

I’m working with CS2 and love it EXCEPT for getting the calibration right on monitor to printer. The monitor is an LCD and the printer is an Epson Photo 820. I’m having trouble getting the shadown and reds to be saturated enough in my photos. I’ve viewed them in proof settings…fine. I’ve calibrated the monitor (Adobe Gamma). I’ve calibrated the printer to the Epson Premium Lustre profile and let Photoshop manage the colors. It’s frustrating.

Oh, I’m not a puter techie but I am Philo’s gf so if it’s real technical talk to him.
c

Hi.

Suspect it is your Monitor Calibration that is the problem. Adobe Gamma does not really work with LCDs. They need to be calibrated using a Hardware device like an Eye One or Eye Two.

Roy G

I’m working with CS2 and love it EXCEPT for getting the calibration right on monitor to printer. The monitor is an LCD and the printer is an Epson Photo 820. I’m having trouble getting the shadown and reds to be saturated enough in my photos. I’ve viewed them in proof settings…fine. I’ve calibrated the monitor (Adobe Gamma). I’ve calibrated the printer to the Epson Premium Lustre profile and let Photoshop manage the colors. It’s frustrating.

Oh, I’m not a puter techie but I am Philo’s gf so if it’s real technical talk to him.
c

I don’t use a purse, I mostly carry my Camera with the neck strap just wound round my wrist.

I only ever dropped a camera once, and that was onto a concrete path, it still worked Ok, but they don’t build cameras like that Miranda F, nowadays.

If you don’t want to buy one, you should be able to get someone to come in and Calibrate it for you, for a fairly modest fee. Locally here, you can get the Monitor and one Printer / Paper Profile done for

Okay, I worked backwards from the image TO the monitor and it’s fine now. My monitor seems awfully pale to me but now what I see is what I get. c

"Colleen" wrote in message

I’m working with CS2 and love it EXCEPT for getting the calibration right on monitor to printer. The monitor is an LCD and the printer is an Epson Photo 820. I’m having trouble getting the shadown and reds to be saturated enough in my photos. I’ve viewed them in proof settings…fine. I’ve calibrated the monitor (Adobe Gamma). I’ve calibrated the printer to the Epson Premium Lustre profile and let Photoshop manage the colors. It’s frustrating.

Oh, I’m not a puter techie but I am Philo’s gf so if it’s real technical talk to him.
c

Suspect it is your Monitor Calibration that is the problem. Adobe Gamma does not really work with LCDs.

That’s what I was thinking. Argh! More money. I dropped my new Casio 7.2 megapixel camera the other day. Had to buy a new one. It was only a couple months old. Do NOT carry a camera that is in a case the same size as your wallet in your purse. (That is if you use a purse.)

I don’t use a purse, I mostly carry my Camera with the neck strap just wound round my wrist.

I only ever dropped a camera once, and that was onto a concrete path, it still worked Ok, but they don’t build cameras like that Miranda F, nowadays.

If you don’t want to buy one, you should be able to get someone to come in and Calibrate it for you, for a fairly modest fee. Locally here, you can get the Monitor and one Printer / Paper Profile done for