I have an RX500, which has the same printer as the R200/220/300/320. I had a horrible time getting good prints, even after monitor calibration and all manner of contortions. What seems to work is the Mac Colorsync option, which is =finally= giving me consistent results very close (but still not identical) to what I'm seeing on the monitor of my G5 iMac.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 8/13/08, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Fine Art Printing > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 7:00 PM > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Mike Hamilton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 13-Aug-08, at 12:57 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Mike Hamilton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > wrote: > >>> > > > >>> I'm just a little "printer-shy" > due to my R220 experiences... > >>> > >>> Mike > >>> > >> > >> I'm surprised you had issues with the R220, > it's been considered to be > >> one of the best printers ever put out in its price > range. I have the > >> sister R320 model (Same basic printer, bunch of > extra useless > >> features) and the output is excellent. You could > be seeing a workflow > >> or paper match issue. Try printing some sRGB > images on Epson Premium > >> Luster paper with the drivers set to let the > printer manage colours. > > > > Well, what I really need to do is buy a monitor > calibration device I > > think. I get excellent results when someone else > prints for me, and > > my screen output is identical to print when it's > done by my favourite > > printer. When I do it with the R220, colours are way > off. > > > > Mike > > > > Definitely sounds like a colour calibration issue, but > likely in the > print driver rather than your monitor being way off. > It's easy to mess > up the printer colour settings and end up with both the > driver and PS > applying profiles. > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
