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Help me understand color management

Mar 20, 2015 12:04PM PDT

Was working on a W7 with an Epson NX400 printer. Every attempt to print a color photo resulted in a red picture (red as in no other color except perhaps black). Went into color management and changed the device from the monitor to the printer and all was well. It defaults back to the monitor after each use. Have never dealt with this in the past - what am I missing? Doesn't the monitor auto-calibrate at install and then you forget it?
I reloaded the driver/software for the Epson. Epson does not indicate any issues - B&W is fine.

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Google cleaning the print heads.
Mar 20, 2015 12:11PM PDT

Uses a lot of ink. print a test pattern and compare to what epson says.
Dafydd.

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Have to write no.
Mar 20, 2015 1:41PM PDT

My son needed color calibration so we used a Pantone Huey. I've yet to find a better way.
Bob

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Help me understand color management - 2
Mar 21, 2015 6:43AM PDT

I apologize as my original post was not as clear as I could have made it. Once I changed the device name to the printer (from the monitor) - everything thereafter printed beautifully - colors were correct. However after each use of the printer, the color management went back to the monitor and every time a color picture was printed, it was red again. in repairing many computers to date, I have never had to deal with color management and my logic tells me that the device being the "monitor" should mean my printed picture should mimic the screen image/colors - yes? When I change it to the printer - how does it determine the coloration? I am missing something. Do I want to change the default to the printer name or is this just a bandaid?
Regards

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Oh yes, that's how windows works.
Mar 21, 2015 7:07AM PDT

Windows takes cues from the default printer to deliver WYSIWYG along with color management. As to deeper discussions than this, we'd have to start a class on Windows internals.

But color management is a fairly new idea to Windows. Nod to better solutions like a Pantone Huey.
Bob

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A short guide into color management
Mar 23, 2015 11:25PM PDT