Question about Printing - DPChallenge Forums

03/10/2006 04:34:55 PM · #1

You are all probably going to cring when i say this but, when i print from windows print manager my prints turn out better then they do if i were to print from photoshop, i have used a CS2 tutorial on printing and everything, and they still dont turn out as well as widows does.
I have an Epson R1800 printer

so my question is, How do you print ?

and when i print from windows print manager am i losing detail, like DPI or is that embeded into the file itself.

Kaups

Canon EOS-50D

03/10/2006 04:39:39 PM · #2

My MPIX prints turn out a great deal better than anything in Windows. I'll stick with that. :)

03/10/2006 04:41:26 PM · #3

Originally posted by Kaups:

My MPIX prints turn out a great deal better than anything in Windows. I'll stick with that. :)

do you mean MPIX like you pay for it, send it out to get printed,

jenesis

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/10/2006 04:57:31 PM · #4

I never print from photoshop. Is it supposedly better to do it that way? I just assumed it would look the same anyway you printed it. Hmmmmm, guess I'll have to test it out now. I usually just print it from the folder I've placed it in. I guess that's considered printing from windows. Yes, I'm clueless about techincal computer stuff like that. I'll admit it. :-)

FotoMunki

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

03/10/2006 04:59:09 PM · #5

Hey Troy, there's a whole slew of things to think about when printing - first of which is to calibrate your monitor with a calibration software/hardware package (like Spyder Pro 2) - which I have not done, but still manage to get great monitor/printer color management. Here are just a few things to look into:

1) you could use Adobe Gamma to calibrate your monitor visually - not the best, but good for the cheap budget.
2) make sure your source file and printer color gamuts are the same (Adobe98 to Adobe98, sRGB to sRGB)
3) I don't have Photoshop here at work, but there are options from "Print with Preview" like "Relative/Perceptual" and "Black Point" that should be set... (check out a good Photoshop book for more detail)

I am not a print expert, but you need to do some reading of the Photoshop print facilities and the R1800 print manual and do some experimenting to get what you are looking for. I do not have the Epson, but the Photoshop/Epson combo should produce MUCH better prints than Microsoft.

Message edited by author 2006-03-10 16:59:56.

03/10/2006 05:06:17 PM · #6

i dont have the money to by calibration software, i did the gama thing,

i have a cs2 book with step by step printing guid, i did that and it turned out like crap, and i tried a few other options within cs2 to print and they didnt turn out,

so im really not sure where to go, or if i should change at all, printing from windows has given me the best results, thus far, but i feel that my printer capabilities are not being met using windows,

so what settings do you all use inside your photoshop to print with, so that i can try that,

thanks

FotoMunki

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

03/10/2006 05:21:13 PM · #7

See if this helps R1800/Photoshop printing

PS - it's Mac based, but the workflow and PS windows are the same.

Message edited by author 2006-03-10 17:22:14.