Does anyone have any experience with the 'dark print' problem with Aperture and, especially, the HP9180 printer?
I've come across a lot of people on other websites omplaining about this problem, but have yet to find any solutions. The basic problem is that prints (especially b&w) are printed out at least 2 stops darker than what is displayed on screen - to the point they actually blow-out most of the detail.
This seems to be a problem with Aperture, or rather Apertures interaction with the HP9180 print driver on the Mac. I can print from iPhoto - these prints come out *slightly* darker, but this level of difference I put down to monitor calibration (I have so far used the open-loop monitor calibration routines, not a spyder). However, for Aperture, we are talking about a serious change in contrast.
I've tried a lot of combinatons of print driver settings, to no avail. I've also tried changing the monitor gamma settings (as suggest on another board). Finally, I actually tried calibrating the monitor to the print - but it was actually then too dark to use!!
I know there is a current problem with the HP drivers not saving their settings between runs. My theory about this problem is that perhaps Aperture thinks it's doing colour management, and the HP driver thinks it's doing colour management - I'm not convinced that turning either one off actually turns them off!
Anyone any ideas??
Full setup is Aperture v2 running on OSX 10.5 Leopard, with the latest HP 9810 drivers installed. Tried different makes of paper, with and without custom profiles, to no avail.
Thanks,
Mat
I've come across a lot of people on other websites omplaining about this problem, but have yet to find any solutions. The basic problem is that prints (especially b&w) are printed out at least 2 stops darker than what is displayed on screen - to the point they actually blow-out most of the detail.
This seems to be a problem with Aperture, or rather Apertures interaction with the HP9180 print driver on the Mac. I can print from iPhoto - these prints come out *slightly* darker, but this level of difference I put down to monitor calibration (I have so far used the open-loop monitor calibration routines, not a spyder). However, for Aperture, we are talking about a serious change in contrast.
I've tried a lot of combinatons of print driver settings, to no avail. I've also tried changing the monitor gamma settings (as suggest on another board). Finally, I actually tried calibrating the monitor to the print - but it was actually then too dark to use!!
I know there is a current problem with the HP drivers not saving their settings between runs. My theory about this problem is that perhaps Aperture thinks it's doing colour management, and the HP driver thinks it's doing colour management - I'm not convinced that turning either one off actually turns them off!
Anyone any ideas??
Full setup is Aperture v2 running on OSX 10.5 Leopard, with the latest HP 9810 drivers installed. Tried different makes of paper, with and without custom profiles, to no avail.
Thanks,
Mat
