[Mageia-discuss] HP Printer

Sat Jun 23 09:21:20 CEST 2012

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+On 22/06/12 19:24, AL13N wrote:
+> Op donderdag 21 juni 2012 17:02:10 schreef Paul Simon:
+>> "Gary Montalbine" <gmontalbine at cox.net> wrote in message
+>> news:4FE374BA.50303 at cox.net...
+>> 
+>>> On 06/21/2012 02:51 PM, Paul Simon wrote:
+>>>> Getting "good color" depends on what you mean by good color.
+>>>> It's subjective.  Most color problems are due issues in color
+>>>> management, a not easy subject.  The least of if has to do
+>>>> with device calibration and profiling.  I do high quality
+>>>> digital ink jet printing and it took me about five years of
+>>>> study and $1500 to get it right.  Your time and expense is 
+>>>> going to depend on what you consider "good color."  Let me
+>>>> know if you want more info.
+>>> 
+>>> I consider good color to be a close copy of what I have on my
+>>> monitor. From past experience my printer does not work well
+>>> with mageia. I would like to replace it with a HP printer that
+>>> does work in mageia. Thanks, Gary
+>>> 
+>>>> Paul "Gary Montalbine"<gmontalbine at cox.net>  wrote in message
+>>>> news:4FE3178F.9030502 at cox.net...
+>>>> 
+>>>>> I would appreciate a recommendation for an HP
+>>>>> printer/scanner that produces good color prints. I
+>>>>> currently have a HP Photosmart Plus B209a that does not
+>>>>> produce good prints. Thanks, Gary
+>> 
+>> All I can tell you at this point is that if the printer prints
+>> well with other applications there is a Magiea printer driver
+>> that is misbehaving. Buying a new printer will probably not make
+>> any difference.
+>> 
+>> Good luck!
+>> 
+>> Paul
+> 
+> We should nuance this a bit.
+> 
+> When comparing monitor with print, it's not only the printer
+> driver's responsibility.
+> 
+> there is: - printer itself (or it's age) - ink availability -
+> printer driver - graphic driver - monitor color calibration -
+> monitor itself (or it's age)
++ "original inks" - cheaper ones will never give the best colour
+
+Anne
+
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