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Burt wrote:
>Rod - i960, MIS ink, Costco paper, and my prints are also not what I see on the
>monitor. I sometimes increase Magenta if the subject's face is more on the
>red side, but otherwise, many adjustments.
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>"Rod Williams" <rodw@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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>>birdman wrote:
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>>>Trying to convince myself for the umpteenth time that my investment in a
>>>Canon printer was not a big mistake I just created a set of prints using
>>>Canon's canned profiles and custom printer/paper profiles generated using
>>>a Monaco system for the Canon printer using Canon ink and Canon Photo
>>>Paper Plus Glossy. One can purchase and use higher end profiling
>>>equipment but then the profiling equipment starts costing a multiple of
>>>the printer, hardly a worthwhile investment for small volume, quality
>>>oriented printing.
>>>(The images originate in a D70 using the raw format, AdobeRGB color
>>>space).
>>>The Canon canned profiles: off color, off saturation, off contrast. A
>>>disappointing waste of paper and ink.
>>>The custom profiles: less off color, acceptable saturation, acceptable
>>>contrast. Acceptable print if you did not see the original monitor image.
>>>The same image printed using Epson canned profile and Epson Premium
>>>Glossy Photo Paper: more accurate color, more accurate saturation, more
>>>accurate contrast. Reasonable match to the monitor image..
>>>It is not clear to me if the problem is in the Canon ink formulations
>>>(?inadequate gamut), the software (probably the biggest factor) or both.
>>>I plan to add another high end printer soon--it will not be another
>>>Canon.
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>>Is your monitor calibrated? With my Canon i960 I get prints that look
>>exactly like what I see on the monitor. Mis ink and Red river paper.
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Burt wrote:
>Rod - i960, MIS ink, Costco paper, and my prints are also not what I see on the
>monitor. I sometimes increase Magenta if the subject's face is more on the
>red side, but otherwise, many adjustments.
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>"Rod Williams" <rodw@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>news😱o3ve.55$fM6.18@trndny04...
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>>birdman wrote:
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>>>Trying to convince myself for the umpteenth time that my investment in a
>>>Canon printer was not a big mistake I just created a set of prints using
>>>Canon's canned profiles and custom printer/paper profiles generated using
>>>a Monaco system for the Canon printer using Canon ink and Canon Photo
>>>Paper Plus Glossy. One can purchase and use higher end profiling
>>>equipment but then the profiling equipment starts costing a multiple of
>>>the printer, hardly a worthwhile investment for small volume, quality
>>>oriented printing.
>>>(The images originate in a D70 using the raw format, AdobeRGB color
>>>space).
>>>The Canon canned profiles: off color, off saturation, off contrast. A
>>>disappointing waste of paper and ink.
>>>The custom profiles: less off color, acceptable saturation, acceptable
>>>contrast. Acceptable print if you did not see the original monitor image.
>>>The same image printed using Epson canned profile and Epson Premium
>>>Glossy Photo Paper: more accurate color, more accurate saturation, more
>>>accurate contrast. Reasonable match to the monitor image..
>>>It is not clear to me if the problem is in the Canon ink formulations
>>>(?inadequate gamut), the software (probably the biggest factor) or both.
>>>I plan to add another high end printer soon--it will not be another
>>>Canon.
>>>
>>>
>>Is your monitor calibrated? With my Canon i960 I get prints that look
>>exactly like what I see on the monitor. Mis ink and Red river paper.
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