>>I'm a new user of GIMP 2.6.11 for OSX, and I can't figure out how to make >>photo colors print correctly. My printer is an Epson 2200, driver version >>8.37. When I print one of my old photos from Mac Preview, colors come out >>the same as they did when I used this printer from Photoshop 6 on my old >>Windows PC. When I print the same image from GIMP on the Mac (using the >>Print command, not Gutenprint, and selecting photo quality and specifying the >>right paper, etc), the colors are too far off for a simple CY, MAG, Y level >>adjustment to get back to what I expect. Under image properties GIMP says >>the color profile of the image is sRGB IEC61966-2.1, and the image appears >>the same on my monitor in GIMP as it does in Preview. But it appears GIMP >>may be using a different color profile for printing than for display. is >>that possible, and if so, how can I change it?
>Why don't you use gutenprint? >I have an Epson RX560. >Gimp + gutenprint give me very good prints. >Gerard. I tried Gutenprint once, but it seemed to ignore my instructions on what size to print. I'll try it again and see if I can sort out the sizing problem. Thanks for the idea. -- dmclean (via gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
