BetterPhoto Q&A
Category: Problems with Photo Equipment - Tips & Tricks

Julie M. Cwik		New Epson Printer I bought a Epson Stylus Photo R320 printer a few days ago, and I heard that sometimes they need to be calabrated.. (i know that's not the word I'm not thinking of, but it's the closest right now that I can remember) so that what I see is what I print, right now everythign is overlly saturated and color shifts are everywhere! Please help! To love this question, log in above April 02, 2006

Pat Worster		Hi Julie I bought an Epson R200 last year and the color was terrible, I took it back and got another one and it did the same thing, I went online to Epson and found out that for that model I needed to download a printer driver from that site. After doing that my printer did a great job. Check it out at Epson .com Pat To love this comment, log in above April 05, 2006

Christopher A. Vedros		Julie, Have you aligned the print heads? This is the procedure where it prints several series of lines or boxes and you look at the print and click on the one with no banding? This made a HUGE difference when I set up my Epson printer. You should repeat it any time you change an ink cartridge. Chris To love this comment, log in above April 05, 2006

John G. Clifford Jr		I have an Epson R300, which uses the same print engine, and it produces fantastic shots. I'm assuming you're using a PC and Windows. In the 'advanced' tab of the print setup box, use a gamma of 2.2, and choose 'Epson standard' instead of 'Epson Vivid'. Make sure all of your color controls are set at '0', and that the choice of paper matches what you're using. Since you are starting out, use only Epson paper designed for this printer, e.g., Epson Photo Gloss. Given that the image looks good on your monitor and your monitor is close to being correctly calibrated, this should result in a nice image. To love this comment, log in above April 05, 2006

Bob Chance		Hi Julie: I have both the R200 & R1800 Epson printers and they have done excellent work for me. Balancing your monitor and printer is a tricky business. I found that I have better results by not using the ICC of color matching profiles. I've found that by having a color profile enabled, my prints come out way oversaturated and sometimes darker than what I want. Most pros will tell you ICC profiles are the way to go. And there are programs out there to help calibrate your monitor and printer. One of the more popular ones is called spyder. With a little gizmo device that meaures the light from your monitor, you can custom tailor your monitor and printer, even for different veiwing conditions. For the time being, try this. In your printer settings box, click on the advanced tab. On the right hand side, under color management, click on ICM and check the box that says 'no color adjustment'. Click on 'Color Controls and set your sliders to zero. Try a test print at these settings. Hopefully that will put you close enough and you can fine tune using the sliders. Best of luck. Bob To love this comment, log in above April 05, 2006

Julie M. Cwik		Thanks so much!!!! Yeah I have the Eye One color (Greg McBeth) so I set my own "controls" on it... it seemed that when I changed the Epson Vivid to Epson Standard that made a HUGE difference....Thanks so much everyone! Great Help! Jules <>< To love this comment, log in above April 05, 2006

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