Photo on monitor vs. printed photo

dpriest

OK, First of all I have searched for some answers already on the forum, so I apologize if the answer is there, but I did not see it. Second, I am not a professional photographer, just an enthusiast.

I have a Samsung 20 inch LCD monitor, which I calibrated with the i-one display2. I am using a PC and have photoshop CS4 that I am viewing and printing my photos in. I am printing them on an Epson stylus photo R320. Plain and simple...the color is different on the photo as on the monitor. I am printing on Epson Premium glossy photo paper. The color just doesn't seem accurate on the paper and has too much red in it. I know there are different options in whether to let photoshop or my printer manage the color. Right now, I am letting my printer do it, and when I let photoshop do it, the photo printed awful. But then again, there are different settings in photoshop color management that I don't know about.

Thoughts on this problem? Thanks for your help in advance.

pathfinder

Welcome to dgrin, dpriest

It is vital that you let Photoshop manage the color when printing - you edited your image in a color space aware program- Photoshop - and that is what you want to manage the printing. The print driver merely receives the data from PS.

Do you have the correct profile for your paper for your specific printer from Epson?


A few resources to looks at

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=88141

http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1123524

A great video on getting the prints you want from your own printer - http://store.luminous-landscape.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=164


Rocky Nook Press - "Fine Art Printing for Photographers" is an excellent resources also, complete with grayscale images to calibrate your printer