[filmscanners] Re: Colormatching with Canon S820/S900

["" <bobkehl@kvernkehl.com>]

Gentlemen, I believed I've not been clear.  It seems you've missed my point.
I use both Vuescan and NikonScan 3.  My scans aren't the problem.  They look
good on my calibrated monitor.

My difficulty was getting them to print on my Epson 2000P with colors that
matched the way they looked on my monitor.  I tried Epson's color profile, a
variety of other "special" profiles, and a semi-custom profile.  Then I
tried one of the better custom profile maker software packages and still
what I saw on my calibrated monitor did not match what printed.  Finally,
with advice from this group, I manually tweaked the printer driver settings.
After a couple hundred hours, and at least as many sample prints,  I finally
got my Epson 2000P to match my calibrated monitor.

Now I'm wondering if anyone has tried the new Canon printers and if the
color matching is any better than Epson's.  I'd like to buy a new Canon
S9000, but I don't want to invest another 200 hours getting it to print
correctly.

Thanks for your input.

Bob Kehl



-- Original Message -----
From: "John Pendley" <jpendley@alltel.net>
To: <bobkehl@kvernkehl.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Colormatching with Canon S820/S900


Hello Thomas,

I am, in the parlance of the day, technically challenged.  What do you
think the chances are that I could master Vuescan?

Best,
John

At 10:33 PM 02/25/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>bobkehl@kvernkehl.com wrote:
> >
> > With the help of the filmscanners group I've spent about 200 man-hours
> > tweaking the color management profile in my Epson 2000P last year.  Much
> > thanks to all for your direction and encouragement in that seemingly
> endless
> > trial.!   No, seriously.  If it wasn't for input from this grouip I
> wouldn't
> > have known what to tweak.  I can now scan and print images that very
> closely
> > match my calibrated monitor.  Now that I am a experienced in tweaking
for
> > color amnagement, I've learned that I'd rather not do it again.  As was
> > stated on this list at that time, "Epson's colour management driver
> seems to
> > be broke".
>
>I could just use your text for my own experience report while replacing
>the word "Epson" with "Nikon". The soultion to the "color dilemma" is
>Vuescan. Try it, the "color tweak" will terminate.
>
>Thomnas.
>
> >
> > I'm considering upgrading to a Canon S9000 or the like.  Does anyone
have
> > any experience with Canon's new printers?  Is Canon's color management
any
> > better than Epson?  Can I buy a new S820, S900 or S9000 and just plug
them
> > in load the factory supplied color profile and have it match?
> >
> > Any comments appreciated.
> >
> > Bob Kehl
> >
>
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