At 06:52 PM 11/17/2002 -0800, R. Jackson wrote:
I'm not sure how close to on-topic this is, but since I plan on scanning
negatives and slides I shoot with my Oly stuff and then print the results
it's at least tangentially related. ;-)
Anyone had any experiences with film scanners or "photo" printers they'd
like to share? Also, I'm a Mac user running OS-X, so drivers are an issue.
Any Mac people blissfully happy with some gear you're using currently?
...
Heh, after pulling out my hair for over 6 months, I can finally say I am
getting something similar from the printer than what I see on the monitor,
so perhaps my experience will help.
First of all, if you really care about color matching, you have to ask
yourself, are you ready to go though a journey in hell... Many people have
lost their sanity in color management, so be warned! So you have to ask
yourself what is good enough. Also, I have heard that Mac is a little bit
easier, but I sort of doubt it. My wife is running OSX, but she mainly does
web graphics stuff so can't tell you from personal experience there.
So instead of repeating some good online instructions, check out the site
www.color-darkroom.com. That's basically what I do, plus
1) Make sure you get good profiles for your printer. I have an Epson 1280
and bought profiles from www.inkjetmall.com but they aren't very good. I
end up using the freebies converted from Mac's ICM profiles as they seem to
be better. I have heard but do not know for sure that the Canon 900/0 do
not have profiles. If so, I'd stay away from them.
2) When you do a View->ProofSetup, also turn on Gamut warning. This last
step took me forever to figure out. I kept wondering why certain pictures
look like cr*p on the Epson Photo Paper even though the View->Proof looks
OK. Turns out that the Photo Paper has a very narrow color space and I
basically have to punch up the brightness by about 30%.
3) Get at least a 2800 DPI scanner if you can. Higher than that and you
will be scanning grain a lot but I personally think it is worth it to get a
4000 DPI scanner. The cost differential is very high though so you have to
decide for yourself.
// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
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