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Calibrating RBG printer output
Apologies to the assembled multitudes for the cross-postings and the
probability that I am posting to the wrong groups. Perhaps a gentle reader can give me a shove in the right direction with this issue: I am having problems getting printer output of text and graphics driven by RBG code accurately reflecting the values used in some applicaitons. The colors reflected when printing photos or jpg images attached to documents is unaffacted, and these images are look fine. However, when using MSOffice2000 applications or WPOffice 12, I cannot get RBG- driven text (and images such as boxes, cell tints, lines, arrows, etc.) to print in the right colors. Interestingly, my PrintShopPro9 application does not have this issue. Printing in Black (e.g., rbg=0,0,0,) is fine. Yellow colors seem to be fine. But anything in the blue or green family skews to black very quickly, and reds nearly as quickly. For instance, text set at rbg=0,255,0 is green. But text set at 0,126,0 is black. Similarly, 0,0,255 prints blue, but both 0,0,126 and 0,124,117 look black. I have checked my inkjet tanks and they all have ink. Nozzle checks indicate that the printheads are all firing and aligned. My environment is: **Running Windows XP Home Edition SP2 **Printer is Canon i550 bubblejet with most recent driver updates (still dependably chugging along, after all these years!) **4 separate computers feed to this printer through Linksys Print Server (removing print server from chain does not help). Any educated guesses or tips on how I might go about tweaking the way my system translates rbg codes in documents into inkjet-firing instructions for the printer? Thanks in advance for you patience and consideration, Brian bdz321atsymbolgmaildotcom |
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Calibrating RBG printer output
yeh, not sure why you
did not include your question to the news:microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos. however, there are a number of variables that affect what you print out to what you see on the screen. when working with color there is more demand for memory. so color malfunctions would not be uncommon when memory runs low. also, it is not uncommon to load a color profile for use by certian programs. they are called icc profiles. it might be that for those programs that print correctly is due to them loading a color profile. you can try building a couple with the below. but maybe this might be a clue to further research the canon website as well: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...orcontrol.mspx one thing that comes to mind from long ago is that maybe there is "generic printer driver" that is compatiable for your printer and windows can use. but my guess is that your old printer is no longer compatiable to windows xp and the new technology, eventhough you get some results occassionally. these little hassles encourages people to buy updated equipment. for what it's worth i have an hp color printer and it worked right the first time. one hp is 5 years old and still prints perfectly. but i gave up using canon and epsons a while back. it seemed that after a couple of years, they were no longer a convenience and when i tried to get support, all i heard on the phone was a symphony of crickets. i now have three hp's and if you have the opportunity i would highly suggest to buy hp "printers". i can almost gaurantee you that if you went out an bought a new canon printer, it would work exactly right. also, just one more thought on this complex issue, "maybe" you might try to download adobe photoshop trialware. it includes a color profile as well and this might be helpful in over coming the issue - at least temporarily. just be weary to disable all the adobe startups that are installed, they are not needed. keep us posted and repost your question to the photos ng, where the experts that use color regularly may have first hand knowledge of your problem. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º¸. )))º·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. )))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º .. wrote in message oups.com... Apologies to the assembled multitudes for the cross-postings and the probability that I am posting to the wrong groups. Perhaps a gentle reader can give me a shove in the right direction with this issue: I am having problems getting printer output of text and graphics driven by RBG code accurately reflecting the values used in some applicaitons. The colors reflected when printing photos or jpg images attached to documents is unaffacted, and these images are look fine. However, when using MSOffice2000 applications or WPOffice 12, I cannot get RBG- driven text (and images such as boxes, cell tints, lines, arrows, etc.) to print in the right colors. Interestingly, my PrintShopPro9 application does not have this issue. Printing in Black (e.g., rbg=0,0,0,) is fine. Yellow colors seem to be fine. But anything in the blue or green family skews to black very quickly, and reds nearly as quickly. For instance, text set at rbg=0,255,0 is green. But text set at 0,126,0 is black. Similarly, 0,0,255 prints blue, but both 0,0,126 and 0,124,117 look black. I have checked my inkjet tanks and they all have ink. Nozzle checks indicate that the printheads are all firing and aligned. My environment is: **Running Windows XP Home Edition SP2 **Printer is Canon i550 bubblejet with most recent driver updates (still dependably chugging along, after all these years!) **4 separate computers feed to this printer through Linksys Print Server (removing print server from chain does not help). Any educated guesses or tips on how I might go about tweaking the way my system translates rbg codes in documents into inkjet-firing instructions for the printer? Thanks in advance for you patience and consideration, Brian bdz321atsymbolgmaildotcom |
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