I feel your pain. I'm having the same problem with 2000p. Comments in
line below are to be taken with a grain of salt :>)
Mike.
> From: "Jim L'Hommedieu"
>
> I have carefully setup my monitor so it has a wide range of tones from deep
> black to nearly-white, based on a standard image I found at the digitaldog
> site.
>
> Based on my experience of balancing C-41 printers, I have tweaked the
> screen's flesh tones based on the National Geo, cnn, and Playboy sites. My
> judgment at this point is that the monitor is RIGHT.
>
RIGHT doesn't matter. I held up a print that was close to what i wanted
and tried to adjust the monitor to match that. I do my color matching in
my head. i.e. I know I have to add more saturation and less brightness
than looks RIGHT on the monitor.
> I'm using Windows 98, second edition. I have tried making prints with these
> settings:
> ICM, EE153__1, sRGB. I have made all of these test prints with Epson's
> "PhotoEnhanced" feature turned off.
>
I think ICM is the one to use for scanned images. And you are right to
leave off the so-called Photo Enhanced feature
> None of them are "fine" prints. The midtones are no where close to the
> screen values. Worse, I don't know where to go from here. Is this a "color
> management" topic? I don't even know the name of the topic I need to learn
> about.
>
> I'm using genuine Epson inks. (By the way, after making 2 full-sized test
> prints, the color cartridge' gauge dropped from 20% to 10% and then gave me
> a warning after *one* more full-sized print. Does this mean that I can
> expect to burn up a $40 color cartridge makes about 10 test prints?)
>
> I can't afford to work "stupid" anymore. Besides making 4"x6" test images,
> what else can I do?
>
Buy the cheap packs of Epson Photo paper at Costco and cut full sheets
into four. Go into the printer "Properties" box and under "Layout"
choose "User defined" and set up the 1/4 sheet size. Now you have cheap
trial material. I do the final print on Archival Matte. And color
cartridges should be costing around $25 and give about 40 full size
prints or over a hundred of trials.
> I don't have ANY setup tools. Does anyone have a tool to make a density
> "ring-around", and a color ring-around? Do I tweak the Printer> Properties>
> Main> Custom Settings>Advanced>Color Controls section?
>
> Is it possible to create multiple virtual printers, with different settings?
> I have to write down my settings because after the print is made the OS, or
> Elements, or the printer driver "throw away" my settings.
>
>
> My experience is so very far from having superior results out-of-the-box, it
> makes me sick. I've spent a fortune in ink and paper and have no idea how
> to get out of this! *HELP*
>
> Lama
>
>
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