Datacolor User to User Support Group.

>>I have purchased Datacolor Spyder Studio S4SSR100 and I have installed all the software that came with the product. After I have calibrated the monitor according to the software instructions I proceeded to print the color the color targets so I can have my printer in sync with the monitor. I deactivated the color management in the printer dialogue, and inserted the appropriate icc. The result is a dark color targets page.

Let's see if I am following you correctly. Calibrated your monitor, SpyderProof images looked okay at the end of that process, correct?

Next you planned to profile your printer, which is a more complex task. You deactivated color management in the driver (this can be tricky, we may need more details, starting with your OS, OS version, printer, driver version, and application you are printing from, and its version). You inserted the appropriate ICC. Do you mean you have skipped entirely describing the process of printing the charts, reading term back in, and building the profile, and jumped to using the profile? Can't do that, and expect assistance. 

Or do you mean you turned off color management in the driver, then printed your choice of targets, and the target prints look dark? If thats the case, that is correct, targets printed with color management off will look dark. 

This can be a complex issue to troubleshoot, or even describe in detail, and support ticket assistance, complete with sending measurement sets and profiles, is the best way to troubleshoot it. But if you insist on working on it here, please provide all the info requested above, plus any other info that you have, and we'll see if we can help you that way.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Imaging Color Solutions
Datacolor inc. 
cdtobie@...
www.datacolor.com

On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:56 AM, "JorgeG" <jorgegaj@...> wrote:

> I have purchased Datacolor Spyder Studio S4SSR100 and I have installed all the software that came with the product. After I have calibrated the monitor according to the software instructions I proceeded to print the color the color targets so I can have my printer in sync with the monitor. I deactivated the color management in the printer dialogue, and inserted the appropriate icc. The result is a dark color targets page.