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tmac
27th November 2003, 12:15
Having problems with ATI vivo. My display has always been unrealistic for photo printing, i.e. what I see is nowhere near what I get. I am blaming my video card and would like advice on a card I can pick up cheap on ebay. No longer need vivo and don't do any game playing. Have a newish monitor and no calibration settings gets rid of the problem.
Would be grateful for any advice
Happygolucky
27th November 2003, 14:32
Originally posted by tmac
Having problems with ATI vivo. My display has always been unrealistic for photo printing, i.e. what I see is nowhere near what I get. I am blaming my video card and would like advice on a card I can pick up cheap on ebay. No longer need vivo and don't do any game playing. Have a newish monitor and no calibration settings gets rid of the problem.
Would be grateful for any advice

How do you know it isn't your printer that is the problem? I had a Xerox inkjet that consistently, no matter what settings I chose, messed up the colors. I finally bought an Epson Stylus Photo 820 (was $60US at Circuit City) and it prints exceptional quality photos with correct colors. I have an ATI All-In-Wonder 9000 Pro video card. What I see on screen is what I get in print.
tmac
27th November 2003, 15:05
Had a HP photo printer and have moved on to Epson Stylus 900 with same result.
Happygolucky
28th November 2003, 17:40
Originally posted by tmac
Had a HP photo printer and have moved on to Epson Stylus 900 with same result.

Have you loaded the ICM file for your monitor? Most new monitors come with a disc containing Windows ICM files which are the color profiles particular to that monitor. The ICM files help insure that what you see on the screen is the same as what is printed. If you didn't get a disc, you might go to the manufacturers website to see if there are any downloads. You can look under your Display Settings on the Color Management tab to see what available color profiles (ICM file) are available or loaded.
tmac
28th November 2003, 19:11
Yes, using the monitor specific colour settings. It's just something that is very noticeable when doing photo work. My laptop display is much more real and that is an ancient model.