Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "grnskl" <grnskl@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 8:56 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Keeping levels, slightly OT


> Printing from Windows XP out of Photoshop 7 onto my gnarly old Epson
> Stylus Color Photo 750, I cannot seem to get the levels on the print
> to match what I get on my screen, despite mucho calibration measures.
> To get it to match, I have to cut the levels by 30 points or so in
> PS, and then the print matches well enough. (These are color prints.)
>
> I wish I didn't have to do this. In Windows 98, I could solve this
> problem by adjusting the advanced preferences values, but it's all
> different in XP, and the old measures don't work.
>
> I can't seem to get the old driver back, and this is the onboard XP
> driver.
>
>
> Can anyone point to a solution?
>
grnskl,

Go to the group homepage and in the Files section go to folder:

Files > Image Processing

Open up the file:

Matching Your Monitor view to Your Prints.pdf

This should give you the info to create a soft proof view to use in
Photoshop so that you have a good monitor to print match.

Martin Wesley