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> Problem:  Can't get decent color matching between monitor and printer.
> Prints are generally too dark, not enough yellow, too much red and
> magenta, esp. in flesh tones.  Greens are darker in general, and
> sometimes bluish.

> Factors:  The printer is older, and not listed in printer profiles of
> PS4.  I've tried setting up Printing Inks manually with marginal and
> inconsistent results. I'm using win95, and recently tried using
> Colorific Color Matching software to help in solution of this problem.
> I've been reading everything I can, but still need some help short of
> purchasing better hardware.

> Steps I've Taken:  Installed colorific, which seemed to do a good job
> calibrating my monitor and windows 95 ICM.  Updated Diamond Stealth 64
> driver to Win95.  Obtained updated version of Epson Driver and compared
> that to the driver within Win95.  So far the Win 95 driver seems to work
> a little better.  I understand that this method of color matching works
> better in RGB mode with PS's internal KPCMS disabled.  In the Separation
> Tables I've tried building the separation profile with KPCMS, but I'm
> not sure which input/output options to select since my printer isn't
> listed as an option.  I've also tried calibrating the Printing Inks
> setup manually and converting to CMYK for printing, but that's pretty
> darn frustrating.  That's why I went with colorific.

> Summary:  Some methods work better than others, but none are quite right
> for me.  I know I need a newer printer and better video card, but until
> then, can someone help me.  I've found previous posts to this group very
> informative.

> Thank You

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>Chris

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>> Problem:  Can't get decent color matching between monitor and printer.
>> Prints are generally too dark, not enough yellow, too much red and
>> magenta, esp. in flesh tones.  Greens are darker in general, and
>> sometimes bluish.

>> Factors:  The printer is older, and not listed in printer profiles of
>> PS4.  I've tried setting up Printing Inks manually with marginal and
>> inconsistent results. I'm using win95, and recently tried using
>> Colorific Color Matching software to help in solution of this problem.
>> I've been reading everything I can, but still need some help short of
>> purchasing better hardware.

>> Steps I've Taken:  Installed colorific, which seemed to do a good job
>> calibrating my monitor and windows 95 ICM.  Updated Diamond Stealth 64
>> driver to Win95.  Obtained updated version of Epson Driver and compared
>> that to the driver within Win95.  So far the Win 95 driver seems to work
>> a little better.  I understand that this method of color matching works
>> better in RGB mode with PS's internal KPCMS disabled.  In the Separation
>> Tables I've tried building the separation profile with KPCMS, but I'm
>> not sure which input/output options to select since my printer isn't
>> listed as an option.  I've also tried calibrating the Printing Inks
>> setup manually and converting to CMYK for printing, but that's pretty
>> darn frustrating.  That's why I went with colorific.

>> Summary:  Some methods work better than others, but none are quite right
>> for me.  I know I need a newer printer and better video card, but until
>> then, can someone help me.  I've found previous posts to this group very
>> informative.

>> Thank You

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>in addition to what Chris has suggested, check your system's gamma. Work
>through Timo Autikari's brilliant site about it. Before I knew what was
>going on, my printer used to give me a hard time printing everything
>much too dark, even in RGB mode.

>The reason was that I had configured Photoshop for gamma 1.8 without
>thinking about it, but my DJ 690C's driver expected gamma 2.5 input.
>Thus, the pictures were much too dark. In addition to that, you can
>download and print calibration sheets that enable you to set up a dot
>gain compensation curve. It's some hours of work, but it has well paid
>off for me.

>Hope this helps,

>Sven

>in addition to what Chris has suggested, check your system's gamma. Work
>through Timo Autikari's brilliant site about it. Before I knew what was
>going on, my printer used to give me a hard time printing everything
>much too dark, even in RGB mode.