recently our hard drive crashed ,and we had to purchase a new one .most programmes are re installed ,and so is our printer,but though we've calibrated everything the screen and our printer don't match colourwise at all ,and our prints are no longer competition quality. we're begining to think we must have missed a vital piece of software ,or a magazine article which we used to fine tune last time .
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 Do you use a monitor calibration tool or do you do it by eye? It's surprising how difficult (read impossible) it is to calibrate by eye. Also check that you have the latest driver from your printer manufacturer.
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 You say you calibrated your Monitor and Printer, you then suggest you did this previously by using a magazine article. Start again and unless you have an Hardware Calibration tool (Spyder) then download http://www.hex2bit.com/products/product_mcw.asp (Calibration Wizard)
and http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html (Gamma Calibration) Now initially use the printer setting "Let Printer Determine Colours" This will get you pretty close to being accurate And as AJ says Make sure you have the correct printer drivers
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 One other pointer - paper surface, type and quality will shift colour also... Pro inkjet papers often have advice cards to suggest fine tuning +/- output of ink types that you can set up for your printer. Of course if things are drastically different following the HD crash, then it's down to something along the setup being different than before. It may be worth uninstalling printer, starting from scratch using all the print software and colour calibration software that you have to get things right. Colour is one of the fine arts of photography, and it's damn hard to get it exactly as you want it - be that traditional or digital print outs. Make sure that you're observing under good sunlight also...tricky at this time of year! All the best...
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Many thanks for your advice,it was really appreciated . Dave (hubs)has had time to concentrate over the christmas break,the printer has been uninstalled , everything has been checked and re installed ,and we're finally happy with the results . Happy New year and thanks again wendy
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Can anyone help? Please. Have just bought a Canon IX 4000 printer. The colour printing is fine but I cannot produce a good black and white image; it`s almost sepia. Can someone please tell me how to get it to print a decent black?
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Can anyone help? Please. Have just bought a Canon IX 4000 printer. The colour printing is fine but I cannot produce a good black and white image; it`s almost sepia. Can someone please tell me how to get it to print a decent black?
Thomas,
It's quite possible that when you're printing 'black and white' that you're still using the colour cartridge that tends to caste a green or blue colour and makes prints muddy. Best way around this is to firstly ensure that you're image is Grayscale and not RGB, and secondly to check with your printer's options if you are able to select a 'print black and white' or similar option... If it's something else then we can try and figure it from there.
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Mike. Many thanks for your advice. I can select "monochrome" but didn`t think to check "greyscale". Will try it out asap and let you know. Tom.
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Hi Mike, Re monochrome problems with Canon IX 4000. Checked colour settings and selected grayscale as you suggested. The result is still a definite sepia print. Repeated printing on my old Epson 890 and produced a really nice b/w. Don`t tell me I should have chosen the 1400!! Can you please suggest anything else? Tom.
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But if the printer's only using the black cartridge then it can only achieve scales of gray... Hm. Could go drastic and take the colour cart out temporarily to see what happens. I gather you're not using unusual paper?
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