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I just got my Epson 2200 printer and so far, so good.

Now, I'm trying to get my prints as close as possible to what I am
seeing on my monitor. I know I need to do a little calibrating, but
what system should I be calibrating?

Should it be my monitor, my printer or should I get a calibration
system for my monitor and another for my printer?

In looking around the web, I came across this website:
http://www.imagingspectrum.com/cgi-l...html?E+scstore

Here they have the Spyder with OptiCal for Monitor Calibration as well
as the PrintFIX Inkjet Printer Profiler.

I will probably buy from B&H, but before I do, I want to get a little
feedback from people on their own experiences and such.

TIA

Jim

On 17-Jul-2003, Jim Dalton <> wrote:

> I just got my Epson 2200 printer and so far, so good.
>
> Now, I'm trying to get my prints as close as possible to what I am
> seeing on my monitor. I know I need to do a little calibrating, but
> what system should I be calibrating?
>
> Should it be my monitor, my printer or should I get a calibration
> system for my monitor and another for my printer?
>
> In looking around the web, I came across this website:
> http://www.imagingspectrum.com/cgi-l...html?E+scstore
>
> Here they have the Spyder with OptiCal for Monitor Calibration as well
> as the PrintFIX Inkjet Printer Profiler.
>
> I will probably buy from B&H, but before I do, I want to get a little
> feedback from people on their own experiences and such.

I just ordered MonacOPTIX (spyder) and MonacoEZColor (software) which will
build profiles for monitors (both CRT and LCD), printers and scanners. They
have a promotion going with Epson where you get $150 off the bundle if you
own or buy certain Epson printers (including the 2200). That brings the
price down to $399.

http://www.monacosys.com/solutions/desktop/index.html


--
Tom Thackrey
www.creative-light.com

"Jim Dalton" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I just got my Epson 2200 printer and so far, so good.
>
> Now, I'm trying to get my prints as close as possible to what I am
> seeing on my monitor. I know I need to do a little calibrating, but
> what system should I be calibrating?
>
> Should it be my monitor, my printer or should I get a calibration
> system for my monitor and another for my printer?
>
> In looking around the web, I came across this website:
>
http://www.imagingspectrum.com/cgi-l...html?E+scstore
>
> Here they have the Spyder with OptiCal for Monitor Calibration as well
> as the PrintFIX Inkjet Printer Profiler.
>
> I will probably buy from B&H, but before I do, I want to get a little
> feedback from people on their own experiences and such.

I assume you're using CMS aware software, such as Photoshop or PS Elements?
If not, profiles won't do you any good. As for profiling, you need a
monitor calibration system that will calibrate and profile your monitor, and
then you need profiles for each and every paper that you will use.

The spyder and Optical package is a very good monitor calibration
system...not as good as EyeOne, but then again it doesn't cost $600 either.


I can't speak for the PrintFIX Profiler since I use custom profiles. If
you're only going to use 2 papers (say Epson Enhanced Matte, and a
Glossy/Semi-Glossy paper of your choice - I'd personally recommend
Pictorico), you're better off spending $200 for 2 custom profiles which will
be *far* more accurate, and pocket the extra $100 that you'd have to spend
for the Profiler package. Either that, or spend it on another stick of RAM.

Just a thought.

"Jim Dalton" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I just got my Epson 2200 printer and so far, so good.
>
> Now, I'm trying to get my prints as close as possible to what I am
> seeing on my monitor. I know I need to do a little calibrating, but
> what system should I be calibrating?
>
> Should it be my monitor, my printer or should I get a calibration
> system for my monitor and another for my printer?
>
> In looking around the web, I came across this website:
>
http://www.imagingspectrum.com/cgi-l...html?E+scstore
>
> Here they have the Spyder with OptiCal for Monitor Calibration as well
> as the PrintFIX Inkjet Printer Profiler.
>
> I will probably buy from B&H, but before I do, I want to get a little
> feedback from people on their own experiences and such.
>
> TIA
>
> Jim
>

Before you spend all that money and time, try the procedure at
http://www.campratty.com/1faq/faqpages/b9a.html, with some fine tuning of
your printer settings as necessary. (The procedure is written for Paint
Shop Pro users, but it isn't hard to adapt it.)

Nothing you do will ever make an image on paper look exactly like an image
on a screen. What I aim for is to know that an image that looks right on a
screen will look right when I print it.