Bob, I don't have the 870, and i never had any success printing from Elements, but, my Epson 2400 came with paper profiles for a ll of the various Epson papers. I select the paper i want in LR print. Also when i do a print page setup i make sure i let PS colour manage.
I can say, that for about 75% of the time LR prints out pretty well, especially my IR shots. I have your problem the other 25%. I printed off some Santa claus parade shots of a friend grand kid, and the jacket colour was different in all 3, but was correct on screen. Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've always had difficulties with colors in printing on my old Epson > 870 photo printer. > I don't do it very often, and learned how to 'get along' with > Photoshop Elements for prints. > Now I would like to make my new system easier and more foolproof. > I've calibrated the monitor, but was very disappointed printing out of > Lightroom. > The steel gray minivan I photographed showed up like it was under a heatlamp. > I had a red or magenta cast on a photo taken in sunlight. Not at all > close to the original. > > The Epson 870 might be 5 years old? Resolution is satisfactory, but > colors wander. > Depending on what glossy photo paper I put in the printer, I get > different cast & shades. > HP & Epson glossy papers are not the answer and I have a bunch generic > glossy paper > from Staples (because the first 50 sheets I bought from them worked > out so well). > > I hear you guys talk about selecting a paper profile from the printer > and I'm jealous. > I don't have any profiles to select from and I suspect the printer is too old. > I've recently looked into creating some profiles, but thought I'd ask > for your collective wisdom. > > Regards, Bob S. > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
