Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hi David et. al.:

Now I know I am truly out of my depth.  I got the following email from
David's company this morning (Hong Kong time):

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It looks like the Canon Pixma is a CMYK printer if that is so, then
PrintFIX Pro will not support it. Unless, the Canon comes with RGB
drivers.

Thank you,

Elana Leventhal
ColorVision US Customer Support
http://www.colorvision.com
1-800-554-8688
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So, it would appear that I cannot use PrintFIX Plus to get my printer
and my monitor in closer color agreement. I have no idea what the
difference is between a "CMYK" and a "RGB" printer but I damn sure
would have bought an RGB printer if I knew I wasn't going to be able
to get color matching prints from this set-up!  Too late now. It is a
brand new printer and I cannot afford to buy another one.

If anyone knows of anything else I can do to solve this problem aside
from making adjustments for each print I make by trial and error,
printing it, then making more adjustments, etc. etc. I would be very
appreciative to hear it.

Thanks,

Craig



-- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, David Miller <dm2363@...> wrote:
>
> Craig,
> 
> A new release of PrintFIX PRO and PLUS software, version 1.1.1, should
> be appearing on the ColorVision web site within the next few days,
> possibly as early as tomorrow. The set of pre-measured PLUS targets has
> been greatly expanded. We'll post a more detailed note about this
here on
> the list as soon as the installers have been moved to the web servers.
> 
> David Miller
> Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
> ColorVision
> 
> 
> >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
> >
> >
>