Re: Color laser printer prints colors much darker than screen colors

Peter Olcott wrote:
> I want to be able to print the standard basic colors**
> exactly the same way that they appear on the screen. A
> specific instance of this is that cyan*** is printed as a
> much darker shade of blue than appears on the screen.
>
> I have found this exact same problem exists across several
> laser printer brands and models, and is likely an issue with
> all laser printers. How can I correct this problem?
>
> ** (Defined by combinations of RGB values at their maximum
> value of 255 and half of their maximum value of 128) .
>
> *** cyan--->Red(0), Green(255), Blue(255)
>
>

What you describe is called "calibration" and is something everyone who
does publishing or photo work must learn. But don't get your hopes up -- it
is always going to be a hit-or-miss proposition -- screen and paper are
just too different for it to be otherwise. And get used to the requirements
that you never as much as adjust the brightness or contrast of your monitor
to make it look "better". And get used to touching up the settings
regularly. And be prepared to viewing your prints only under a single
well-controlled lighting condition and source.

There are many articles online that tell you what to do. This is a very
low-level introduction:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/11007...r_monitor.html

If you are serious about matching colors then you'll need hardware
assistance in the end:

http://spyder.datacolor.com/index_us.php

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John McGaw
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