Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hi everyone,

I hope the group can clarify my workflow here.

I am trying to calibrate my Epson 3880 with non Epson Ink using Spyder3.

It seems to me that when I print the tagets from Spyder software (with no color management) or from Windows 7 or from LR 4.2 or from Picasa I get slightly different results. Therefore the remaining of the process is a little off.

The best result I have achieved is:

1) print, no color management from Spyder 3
2) Calibrate (Classic 15 row target, only Page 1)
3) Create my calibration file

Then if I print from LR the output is a bit yellowish, so is the soft proof in Spyder3. The best I have achieved is to print from Picasa after setting the printer driver to ICM HOST input Screen default icm and the printer to the icm I just produced after printing from Spyder.

All other prints even from W7 are worse, the result printing from LR gave a horrible red output. No wonder the target did not look good at all.

Has anyone had a similar problem ? Any advice is welcome.

For information, I have calibrated the screen with Datacolor.

Many thanks.