Calibrating RBG printer output

[bdz321]

Apologies to the assembled multitudes for the cross-postings and the
probability that I am posting to the wrong groups. Perhaps a gentle
reader can give me a shove in the right direction with this issue:

I am having problems getting printer output of text and graphics
driven by RBG code accurately reflecting the values used in some
applicaitons.

The colors reflected when printing photos or jpg images attached to
documents is unaffacted, and these images are look fine. However,
when using MSOffice2000 applications or WPOffice 12, I cannot get RBG-
driven text (and images such as boxes, cell tints, lines, arrows,
etc.) to print in the right colors. Interestingly, my PrintShopPro9
application does not have this issue.

Printing in Black (e.g., rbg=0,0,0,) is fine. Yellow colors seem to
be fine. But anything in the blue or green family skews to black very
quickly, and reds nearly as quickly. For instance, text set at
rbg=0,255,0 is green. But text set at 0,126,0 is black. Similarly,
0,0,255 prints blue, but both 0,0,126 and 0,124,117 look black.

I have checked my inkjet tanks and they all have ink. Nozzle checks
indicate that the printheads are all firing and aligned.

My environment is:
**Running Windows XP Home Edition SP2
**Printer is Canon i550 bubblejet with most recent driver updates
(still dependably chugging along, after all these years!)
**4 separate computers feed to this printer through Linksys Print
Server (removing print server from chain does not help).

Any educated guesses or tips on how I might go about tweaking the way
my system translates rbg codes in documents into inkjet-firing
instructions for the printer?

Thanks in advance for you patience and consideration,
Brian
bdz321atsymbolgmaildotcom

 

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yeh, not sure why you
did not include your
question to the


however, there are a number of
variables that affect what
you print out to what you
see on the screen.

when working with color
there is more demand for
memory. so color malfunctions
would not be uncommon when
memory runs low.

also, it is not uncommon to load
a color profile for use by
certian programs. they are
called icc profiles. it might
be that for those programs that
print correctly is due to them
loading a color profile.

you can try building a couple
with the below. but maybe this
might be a clue to further research
the canon website as well:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/colorcontrol.mspx

one thing that comes to
mind from long ago is
that maybe there is "generic printer
driver" that is compatiable
for your printer and windows
can use.

but my guess is that
your old printer is no longer compatiable
to windows xp and the new
technology, eventhough you get
some results occassionally.

these little hassles encourages
people to buy updated
equipment.

for what it's worth i
have an hp color printer
and it worked right the
first time.

one hp is 5 years old and still
prints perfectly. but

i gave up using canon and epsons
a while back. it seemed that after
a couple of years, they were no
longer a convenience and when
i tried to get support, all i heard
on the phone was a symphony of
crickets.

i now have three hp's and if you
have the opportunity i would
highly suggest to buy hp "printers".
i can almost gaurantee you that
if you went out an bought a new
canon printer, it would work
exactly right.

also, just one more thought
on this complex issue, "maybe" you
might try to download adobe
photoshop trialware. it includes
a color profile as well and this
might be helpful in over coming
the issue - at least temporarily.

just be weary to disable all the
adobe startups that are installed,
they are not needed.

keep us posted and repost
your question to the photos
ng, where the experts that
use color regularly may have
first hand knowledge of your
problem.

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