Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On May 31, 2009, at 11:56 AM, malodiver wrote:

>
>
> I bought an Apple 23" Video display. Now despite callibration with  
> Spyder II, Photoshop CS4 managing color, my prints are coming out  
> dark and the shadows are all blocked up. I have been printing  
> without problem for years with this sytem and a CRT. I know all the  
> correct settings on printing with Photoshop.
>

Maybe you do; but then again, you may be making a mistake here.

Photoshop Manages Colors: yes, that's correct, but what do you have  
selected
in the popup beneath that?

If you choose a profile that's not a printer profile that's  
specifically for your
printer: your printed colors won't be right.

If you choose a working space (sRGB or Adobe RGB) then you're 100%  
wrong and your
prints will be much too dark. Those aren't intended to be used as a  
destination
space for printing. This choice would essentially give you an  
uncalibrated print.
(very dark)

You MUST choose a profile for the 7600 and/or 4880 here. If you don't  
have
Spyder3Print, then you need to choose the corresponding Epson profile,  
and also,
the one that's appropriate for the paper that you're printing on.


David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Datacolor