Printing

[N01Chris]

I have a EPSON STYLUS PHOTO PX700W and i tried printing one of my photos today, it came out quite a bit more blue that the photo on the computer screen, before i waste more photo paper and inks is the solution as simple as just increasing the white balance ratio from blue to yellow a bit on each photo?

im using 4 by 6 inch glossy paper and printing from lightroom

 

[nikon.norm]

Hiya NO1Chris
You could look at the same image on 3 different screens and see 3 different colour renditions - what you see on your screen doesn't always equate to what you're going to get on a print. Have you calibrated your screen? if not that may be the way forward and will probably save you lots of money in paper and inks

 

[N01Chris]

thankyou, i found a solution without syncing my screen, i went into the printer profile settings and reduced the cyan output by -3 and they came out perfect

 

[Steelmagnet]

The proper way to do this is to calibrate your screen as previously mentioned. Everything else is a workaround.

 

[N01Chris]

I don't really have £100 to spare for a calibration thing so Ill just stick to this I guess, it could be that I'm using 3rd party inks

 

[Bristolian]

Without doubt the quality of the inks and the paper will have a visible effect on the quality of your prints. I have the PX710W and never have any problems BUT I have calibrated screens and only use Epson inks (or Fotospeed bulk inks).

Whilst you may baulk at the cost of a calibrator you'll soon spend that on ink and paper if you have to guess the tweeks you need for each print you make.

 

[Nod]

The proper way to do this is to calibrate your screen as previously mentioned. Everything else is a workaround.

Very true but as long as there's a match between screen and printer renditions, the OP should get decent results. In an ideal world, screen calibrators could be hired from camera shops (will try to remember to mention the idea next time I visit my local favoured store) since the full purchase price is a bit steep for some of them.

I am lucky, my monitor and printer are close enough for my needs, straight out of the box, so I've never felt the need to calibrate either. The printer's a Canon iX 4000 A3, so, as you can imagine, wasted prints are an expense I can live without! I always use genuine Canon inks and a mix of Canon, Ilford Galerie and Lidl papers. The Lidl paper gives surprisingly good results and is dirt cheap compared to the others but I never go over A4 on it just in case, besides, I've never seen it larger! Most of the time I use it for proofs at 6x4.

 

[Nod]

Whilst you may baulk at the cost of a calibrator you'll soon spend that on ink and paper if you have to guess the tweeks you need for each print you make.

With the 3 calibrators in the WEX ad in the current issue of AP ranging from £85 (Spyder4 Express) to £112 (ColorMunki Display), I reckon you can do a hell of a lot of 6x4 prints before you reach those costs! There's another ColorMunki product that costs £301.37, the ColorMunki Photo, which also calibrates printers http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pantone-CMU...N0BK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1348336304&sr=8-3 .

 

[Tugster]

To the OP, why not visit the local camera club and ask for help.... They may have one that you could borrow.

I use the colormunki photo, it is expensive but I never have any waste.