Jeko
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Sep 30, 2005, 2:05 PM
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Re: [Storm Crow] Best Paper to get to print my own pictures?
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Sam's carries Ilford paper at a good price. It has worked well for me with a Epson R320 (and Epson ink).
Print might be due to poor translation from file to print... Unfortunately, it's a little bit more involved to fix that. Read on if your interested in going to next level.
Color gamuts need to be correlated first. I prefer and suggest adobe RGB 1998, which you can synchronize in your 20D camera and on Adobe Photoshop. This way, if all are using the same color gamut, they are speaking the same "color language".
That is just the start though.... you should adress two more things for accurate color output:
Calibration of your monitor (I bought a simple ViewSonic A91f+, calibrated with Spyder2Pro and it seems to hold calibrtation well).
Color profiling for the printer/paper/ink combination. This is what tells Photoshop how to manipulate colors on screen to show more nearly how printed colors will look with my printer/paper/ink combo. When the icc profile is engaged by Photoshop, it shows a darkening/greying of all my images which I adjust back to normal before printing. I used ICC factory to get the profile.......... you simply download/print their colorbar/test image and mail it to them. They will creat icc profile and alert you when it is available for download.
Jeko
Sony VX2100's, iRivers, M-audio 24/96, Canon 5Ds/20Ds (and too much glass), Vegas6, PhotoShop CS3, Lightroom, etc.
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