On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:39:01 -0800, wrote:
I have bought a huey device and calibrated my monitor, but I still cannot get my canon pixmapro 9000 to print accurate, everything I print on the printer comes out darker and muddier than the view on my monitor, any suggestions?
I noticed that your printer has plugin software for PhotoShop that is supposed to give accurate colors, so I would imagine that your problem lies there. If it didn’t have that software, then it most likely would be that the printer is not calibrated to your monitor, but not knowing how the software works, I’m not sure.
You may want to obtain a profile for your printer. They can be gotten for around $40 each.(one profile for each type of paper you use.)
I’ve mentioned her site before, but Cathy’s Profiles is one of many online sites that offer this service. What you do is to download the three profile targets, then print them out on the type of paper you want a profile for, setting your printer to the settings the site tells you to use. You then send the printouts with a check to them, and they analyze what your printer printed out against what it should have printed out, and they create a profile that corrects the mismatch. They e-mail the profile to you.
When you go to print, you select "Print with Preview", and at the bottom, you select the profile they sent you.
I’ve had good success with Cathy’s service (
http://www.cathysprofiles.com/ ), but there are many other services out there.
Talker