Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hi Chris:

Thanks for the information.  Do you have a URL for the services that
provide profiles?  Do you need just one or one for every paper you
use?  The printer I'm using is a Canon Pixma MP800.  I bought it about
2-3 months ago.

Thank you,

Craig


--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Kris" <km-yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> Craig, PrintFix Pro certainly will do what you're wanting to do, and the
> price is great compared to some of the high-end color management
packages.  
> 
> You might also check into having a profile made by a service.  They
range
> from $50 to $100, and you basically print their target file and send
them
> the print(s).  They generate a profile and email or mail it to you.
 Maybe
> some others here can recommend a good place to have this done.  
> 
> If you took the time, you would probably find a 'close' profile as
another
> printer model, but it might take a bit of ink, time, and there's no
> guarantee that another profile will work with your printer.
> 
> What printer do you have?
> 
> -kris
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of craigblurton
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:34 PM
> > To: colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [colorvision_group] Baffles me
> > 
> > First of all, I am a complete novice at this and may be in the wrong
> > place to ask this question.  If so, let me know and I'll try someplace
> > else.
> > 
> > I have a six-month-old iMac and a three-month-old Canon Pixma MP800.
> > I purchased Spyder2 Suite and calibrated my monitor without problem.
> > Spyder2 Suite comes with PrintFix Plus, not Pro, and I think the idea
> > is that instead of actually calibrating your printer you use
> > approximations based on "ICCs" provided by Colorvision in the
software.
> > 
> > From the documentation: "Users will typically select the PrintFIX PLUS
> > target choice that most closely matches their printer, ink, and paper
> > combination, and use the media type setting associated with it."
> > 
> > So, for instance, you pick an ICC like "Epson Model XYZ" used with
> > "Really Really Glossy No. 888" and that sets your color. Is that
> > right??
> > 
> > Anyway, that would be great except that they do not provide an "ICC"
> > for my printer.  I contacted the local (Hong Kong) dealer about this
> > and he basically told me to just experiment with those ICCs
provided in
> > the software. Since you must print multiple examples to check each
> > result for each paper you use, this would be very expensive and time
> > consuming which I pointed out to him. No answer since, so I went
to the
> > Web site and looked but couldn't really find any information to help
> > me.
> > 
> > What can I do now? Do I need to buy PrintFix Pro? I'm not doing
this as
> > a professional printer so I don't want to spend a fortune.  I just
want
> > my prints to look somewhat like my screen, or vice versa.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Craig
>