Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On Aug 13, 2009, at 2:39 AM, Rick Ryan wrote:

> I just purchased Spyder 3 Studio and when I printed the Media  
> Setting Test images the colors seemed very dark and the four small  
> pictures matched the "Clogged Shadows" example in the Help Screen  
> (actually my printed sample seem even darker than the Clogged Shadow  
> example).  I tried various printer driver settings (yes, I properly  
> turned off all color management in the print driver) but they didn't  
> seem to make any noticable change.
> I went ahead and printed the 225 sample page, let it dry for an  
> hour  and read the samples (a great many of the little color squares  
> were extermely dark - they looked black).  I created a profile from  
> the sample and printed a photo from Adobe CS4 (again properly  
> turning off color managment on the printer, letting CS4 manage color  
> and selected the profile newly created.  The resulting printed image  
> was darker and a little more contrasty than the same photo printed  
> using the enhanced Epson profile - which already seemed too dark


What type of paper are you using, and which black ink? What media  
settings have you tried? Have you printed the SpyderProof images  
directly from Spyder3Print? If so, do they show similar result to  
Phothoshop?

Have you made brightness and contrast adjustments to your measurement  
set, and made test prints with these profile adjustments?

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...