Epson EB-W8 Settings- Color Mode:sRGB, Brightness:0. Example for setup 30 inch Apple Cinema Profile under Mac OSX 10.5.8. Download Free Printer Profiles. The profile contains the standard linearized Bradford D65 to D50 chromatic adaptation tag (this tag was often not present in older sRGB profiles), and the media white point tag is set to D50 (as is required for ICC v4 display profiles and recommended for v2 profiles). This avoids the inappropriate color casts that older sRGB v2 ICC profiles.
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My best online COLOR MANAGEMENT TUTORIAL sets up these five PhotoDisc reference photos on a brilliant Web tutorial and explains the nuts and bolts of embedding, stripping and targeting ICC profiles while effectively demonstrating these top RGB color profiles in action — why sRGB is the ONLY profile you should be using on the Web.
See my BASIC PHOTOSHOP COLOR MANAGEMENT THEORY for more detailed information covering easy-to-understand concepts about how to use the PDI color targets to test and rule out various color management system (CMS) settings and about HOW TO MAKE PRINTS MATCH MONITOR in professional desktop publishing and multimedia production environments.
DARK PRINTS — One of the most common complaints is 'my prints are too dark' and most people recommend 'your monitor is too bright (turn down your display's brightness).' Well, I like a brighter monitor (luminance 120 to 140 cd/m2) and setting brightness below 100 cd/m2 luminance appears unappealing to my eyes.
- One known Epson bug that causes dark prints using PHOTOSHOP MANAGES COLORS, COLOR MODE OFF (No Color Management) has to do with checking '16 bit output' in the print driver....
While brightness is certainly one area to look at, I would think a monitor would have to be extremely bright for that to be the main culprit — more likely a monitor problem rests in your source file(s), it actually is on the dark side (or your settings or profiles are off).
OUT OF GAMUT COLORS — Another common complaint is 'some colors in my prints look dull or changed compared to my monitor.' Source images typically contain 'out of gamut' colors or contrasty characteristics that a monitor or printer cannot possibly reproduce 100 percent... (or your settings or profiles are off).
These PDI reference images greatly reduce these two common variables because they have been professionally optimized for correct brightness, contrast and minimized gamut issues.
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IF YOUR PRINTER IS NOT PRINTING YOUR DIGITAL COLOR CORRECTLY, AND YOU WANT TO TEST IF IT IS YOUR FAULT OR THEIRS:
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Include a copy of the Tagged sRGB.jpg image in the print order to check if they are printing sRGB correctly. If it does not come back printed proper, then I know the printer has a problem. If it is printed proper — but my Photoshop monitor looks off — then I know I have a bad monitor profile to troubleshoot.
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My small local neighborhood photo printer consistantly delivers excellent printed color from my sRGB images — so should Costco, Walmart, Walgreens, Target, Snapfish, SmugMug, Shutterfly, Mpix, AdoramaPix, and any of the best online photo services (if their calibration is good).
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Just be sure to Convert your images to sRGB (if they are not already in sRGB) — and if you want YOUR color — instruct your printer to 'turn off all auto color settings in their software, and just print the photos as is with no adjustments.'