Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On May 14, 2008, at 3:53 AM, Vincent MacNamara wrote:

> I've recently bought a Spyder 3 Print, and I'm trying to calibrate
> two Mitsubishi dye-sub printers that I use for school photo packages.
> I'd like to get the output of the two as close as possible, as prints
> from each printer go into the same package of photos.
>
> I've created profiles for both, but I'm seeing dramatic differences
> in the output (through Qimage). There is a bit of a difference in the
> base paper tone, but the results seem to go far beyond this, with one
> printer very warm with a slight green cast, and the other shifting to
> cool / cyan. This is after several attempts.
>
> Because of the volume of images involved, I don't want to have to
> create different versions of the files for each printer.
>
> I've tried reading the help files, but they assume more knowledge of
> colour management than I currently have.
>
> I can currently get a closer match my tweaking the output in the
> printer drivers than I can by turnng off colour management and using
> the profiles. I'm a bit stuck as to how to proceed. Can anyone point
> me in the right direction?
>
>
>
First suggestion: try watching the demo videos, to make sure that you're
actually using Spyder3Print correctly, and not making any mistakes in  
the
process:

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


David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Datacolor