Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On Jul 30, 2010, at 5:35 PM, mageseeker52 wrote:

> Problem:
> Measured and printed target versions are not even remotely close?
> 
> System: Mac pro 17in with Snowleapord
> Monitor calibration 2.2 / 5800 with Spyder3elite: (recommended)
> Spyder3print SR:
> Printer: Epson 2200 OEM ink
> Paper: Moab Entrada Rag bright white 190GSM
> 
> Settings: Epson color controls - color adjustment set to "off" - Enhanced Matte @ 1440 highspeed.
> High Quality Targets plus Grays
> everything cleaned after first reading.
> 
> I get the same readings regardless whether the targets are printed through print3 SR, Photoshop CS4 or Lightroom 2. To the eye, all the printed targets look the same. The measurements display as a muddied grey with a hint of color tone with. Absolutely horrid!
> 
> I cannot find any information or direction on this matter.
> 
> Are the measured colors suppose to match the printed version? 
> 
> Watching datacolor video's on this topic shows both the printed and the measured are simlar in appearance but the original is much brighter. Mine are not even close?
> 

That sounds to me like you're doing everything "right"! The target prints
are supposed to be dark, and when you measure them (particularly on matte paper),
the measurements are going to look exactly as you've described.

If you look at the video (I made it...:-), I'm doing a test on an Epson R800 on
glossy paper, if I recall correctly. Glossy target prints are also dark, but
don't look (or measure) as "muddily" as matte. That's really the only difference.

If you'd like me to check your measurements and give them an "OK", I'll be glad to.
Send an email to me directly at dmiller@... and I'll tell you how
to locate and email me a copy of your measurement file.

(So: "horrid" here is just in the untrained eye of the beholder...:-) Target prints
are uncalibrated and they "should" be like that. They're not supposed to look pretty...:-)

Best regards,


David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Datacolor