Monitor calibration affects printer?

Manfr3dManfr3d Registered Users Posts: 2,008 Major grins
edited November 2, 2007 in Finishing School
Hi!

I just calibrated the displays of two G4 iBooks
and now whenever the corrected color profiles
are selected in the Systemprefs Monitorpane
the printer won't print black anymore and render
some other funky colors and patterns across the
page.

When I select a different color profile for the
monitors everything works again. As if the printer
was using the same color profile like the monitor.
This is super wierd because the printers do not have
a color profile assigned to them in the systems menu.
When printing the normal RGB mode is selected.

Is anyone else having this?

P.S.: I'm trying to print text files, so no edited images
that could be expected to look wierd on a non calibrated printer.
“To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.”
― Edward Weston

Comments

  • arodneyarodney Registered Users Posts: 2,005 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2007
    The display profile and printer profile are totally separate entities. One should not affect the other unless you've done something really odd like setup your color preferences in Photoshop to use the wrong profiles for untagged documents and are working with untagged doc's.

    You might want to launch the ColorSync utility and run Profile First Aid. Some profile might be corrupted.
    Andrew Rodney
    Author "Color Management for Photographers"
    http://www.digitaldog.net/
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