p.1 #1 · Help! Printing to an R1800 - what profile?
Yet another emergency question from me. (sorry)
I still can't get my Epson R1800 to print the correct colors & saturation.
I'm working in PS CS2, on a Mac.
I have learned to change all my pics to embedded sRGB, so they look correct on friends' Windows pc's. I bought a calibration kit for my LCD, so I am close enough for my needs.
I'm using an Epson R1800, with Epson Premium Luster paper
I found that Epson finally came out with a new Leopard-compatible driver this year, so my old printer woes are gone. I also downloaded / installed the Epson premium profiles, which are specifically for PS.
So far so good.
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However, while my prints are a lot closer to correct than last year (driver issue) they are still far from correct. All pics are printing over-saturated, and have a slightly bluish shading.
I simply chose the "print using embedded profile" command in CS2, which obviously was a mistake.
What would be the safest method to follow, printing from within CS2?
p.1 #4 · Help! Printing to an R1800 - what profile?
Well, I TRIED to follow my manual exactly.
It says to change CS2's working space to RGB. But then it says to print with the embedded profile of the image, if a profile has been embedded. OK, my pics are embedded with sRGB.
So, I set the working space to RGB and printed sRGB, JUST LIKE IT SAYS, and the pics still look fine on the screen, but they print even worse than before.
p.1 #6 · Help! Printing to an R1800 - what profile?
When you print, you MUST 'print with preview'. THAT's where you set the printer's profile output space.
It -IS- difficult to understand (hell-you -wont- understand it, you'll do what I do, and just blindly follow the correct steps. It IS worth it, when you figure it out.
