Monitor calibrated - RIP and Printer installed - How to WYSIWYG?

[bongobongo]

Hi

Okay... pretty new to the digital "darkroom".

Have now installed Epson 3880,  and have calibrated my Monitor using Spyder 3 Pro.

Now I would like to get consistent prints, matching what I see on my screen (as much as possible without emptying my bankaccount).

Using Windows XP PRO SP3 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 and ImagePrint 8 (RIP).

If I right click my desktop and select Properties... then Setup.. then Advanced button .. then tab: Color management (??)
... here I see my newly created color profile (using the spyder) beeing selected.

(Another thing... before I calibrated my monitor (Apple Cinema Display 20" Alu) I pushed the Backlight up to 100%.
And after calibrating the Spyder software told me to leave the display adjustments the way they where or I would have to
recalibrate the monitor again.)

Could someone give me some information about how to proceed.....
What do I need to do in Photoshop CS4 prior to editing any images in order to produce the "master" image to be printed?
Anything else I should tweak as well?

Regards from a printer nooooob....

[neile]

Honestly? Buy a copy of Michael and Jeff's "From Camera to Print" tutorial. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/videos/camera-print.shtml. It's 6 hours and 40 minutes long and only costs $34.95. It'll cover everything you need to know.

Neil

[Mike Boden]

In addition, pick up Real World Color Management by Bruce Fraser.

[neile]

In addition, pick up Real World Color Management by Bruce Fraser.

Yup, what Mike said.

[dgberg]

And Lightroom!

[AaronPhotog]

Also, Though it's written primarily for the 3800 (I imagine it will evolve to the 3880), you should navigate over to Eric Chan's website.  http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/

His recommendation for screen brightness is 100 cd/m2.  If your brightness is on full, you have a problem in that you can't emulate that on paper.

In my darkroom, the proof was the paper.  Nothing's changed.

Aloha,
Aaron