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Hi im realy new to printing i have a Epsom r265 printer i use only epsom inks and paper .I edit my photos in Adobe elements 6 .Now my problem is my prints dont look as good as thay do on my HANS 19in monitor the colours arnt the same some times a bit dark or a bit to red how to i go about seting it all up to work well ive seen things that click on the monitor ect im im lost to how it all works and what i need to buy can any one help me
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Fen
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Have you profiled you monitor? If you haven't then there is no way you can guarantee you're seeing the correct colours on the screen
[being padantic]
Also, can you please find the 'space' key on your keyboard and put it after the fullstop rather than before it as your posts are damn hard to read!
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Tacker
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OK how do you profiled a monitor. I have no idear. lol
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Fen
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Four ways...
1 - By using Adobe Gamme. Free is you have photoshop, but not all that good. Depends on how good your eyes are.
2 - Buy the hardware/software and do it yourself.
3 - Borrow the hardware/software from a friend or your camera club (if a member)
4 - Pay someone else top do it for you.
This PDF file has some good pointers for beginners
http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/pdf/Colour%20profiling%20pdf.pdf
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Norman
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Colour management is a big subject and requires some study if you are not to jump in the deep end and possibly make things worse. There are some good books on the subject but may be overkill for your purposes. As Fen says, getting your monitor properly calibrated and profiled is the first step. There are some tutorials on my photobox.org.uk site (see signature) but this page in particular explains colour profiles and what they are for.
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Lounge Lizard
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Colour management is a big subject and requires some study if you are not to jump in the deep end and possibly make things worse.
Actually, colour management in practice isn't too bad. I just profile my monitor, use the right ICC profile for my printer and paper and job done. If you want to understand colour management in terms of colour spaces, rendering intents, conversions, 8-bit vs 16-bit then it takes a lot more study. Just use the bits that are relevant to you and getting the job done.
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Monobod
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My wife has an Epson R265 printer and she gets very good prints from it. You say you use Epson ink and paper. Providing you are selecting the correct paper in the printer driver, you should get good results. I might add though, that it is pretty hopeless at greyscale printing.
If not, it sounds very much as if your monitor is well out and profiling it is the best option as your first priority. With the right tool for the job, this is a very easy process and should make a big difference.
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