Calibrating monitor and printer

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Paul Walker
Feb 3, 2005
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I have recently got an Iiyama ProLite E431S LCD monitor and an Epson Stylus Photo 950 printer and I am trying to calibrate them so I can print my photo’s from Photoshop 7. (I use Windows XP Home if it matters).

Starting with the monitor, I have selected sRGB from the on-screen menu and the Colour Profile is PLE431 (I think this is the default for this monitor). I have heard that Adobe Gamma is for CRT monitors, but is it still worth using or not? If not, is there an alternative or something else that I should use?

As for the printer, the Colour Management (on the Properties dialog) is set to Automatic with the profile called EE173__1. In the Printing Preferences, the Colour Management is set to sRGB.

Is there anything else I should do?


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Hecate
Feb 4, 2005
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:22:09 -0000, "Paul Walker" wrote:

I have recently got an Iiyama ProLite E431S LCD monitor and an Epson Stylus Photo 950 printer and I am trying to calibrate them so I can print my photo’s from Photoshop 7. (I use Windows XP Home if it matters).
Starting with the monitor, I have selected sRGB from the on-screen menu and the Colour Profile is PLE431 (I think this is the default for this monitor). I have heard that Adobe Gamma is for CRT monitors, but is it still worth using or not? If not, is there an alternative or something else that I should use?

As for the printer, the Colour Management (on the Properties dialog) is set to Automatic with the profile called EE173__1. In the Printing Preferences, the Colour Management is set to sRGB.

Is there anything else I should do?

Get a book which tells you about colour management (Try Photoshop Artistry). Don’t use sRGB if your intent is for printing. Get something like a Gretag MacBeth Eye One to profile your monitor. Don’t use Gamma, it doesn’t work on LCD screens.

When you’ve done all hat come back for some more advice <g>



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birdman
Feb 4, 2005
I would make two additional purchases.
A monitor calibration device (the Spyder is around $100 and has an LCD adapter).
$30 for the Epson print academy online course (demos of how to basically get started with color management and color manged printing in Photoshop and using Epson printers).
There is a learning curve to this stuff and it takes time and effort but once the light bulb goes off it becomes second nature and just part of how you do things. You have to read alot of stuff that can make your eyes glaze over but that is the way it is.
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howldog
Feb 4, 2005
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 01:20:37 +0000, Hecate wrote:

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:22:09 -0000, "Paul Walker" wrote:

I have recently got an Iiyama ProLite E431S LCD monitor and an Epson Stylus Photo 950 printer and I am trying to calibrate them so I can print my photo’s from Photoshop 7. (I use Windows XP Home if it matters).
Starting with the monitor, I have selected sRGB from the on-screen menu and the Colour Profile is PLE431 (I think this is the default for this monitor). I have heard that Adobe Gamma is for CRT monitors, but is it still worth using or not? If not, is there an alternative or something else that I should use?

As for the printer, the Colour Management (on the Properties dialog) is set to Automatic with the profile called EE173__1. In the Printing Preferences, the Colour Management is set to sRGB.

Is there anything else I should do?

Get a book which tells you about colour management (Try Photoshop Artistry). Don’t use sRGB if your intent is for printing. Get something like a Gretag MacBeth Eye One to profile your monitor. Don’t use Gamma, it doesn’t work on LCD screens.

When you’ve done all hat come back for some more advice <g>

I’m currently trying to read Real World Color Management by Fraser, Murphy and Bunting.

I have a difficult time staying awake with this one. Tedious, to say the least. I havent got very far, I’m hoping that when they finally do start talking about profiles and how to customize them, I’ll get something out of it.
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Hecate
Feb 5, 2005
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 11:21:16 -0500, howldog
wrote:

Is there anything else I should do?

Get a book which tells you about colour management (Try Photoshop Artistry). Don’t use sRGB if your intent is for printing. Get something like a Gretag MacBeth Eye One to profile your monitor. Don’t use Gamma, it doesn’t work on LCD screens.

When you’ve done all hat come back for some more advice <g>

I’m currently trying to read Real World Color Management by Fraser, Murphy and Bunting.

I have a difficult time staying awake with this one. Tedious, to say the least. I havent got very far, I’m hoping that when they finally do start talking about profiles and how to customize them, I’ll get something out of it.
LOL! OK give up now, you’re obviously not geeky enough – I *loved* that book and I’ve read it twice now 😉



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