Hey all,
To make a long story short, my hard drive crashed and I formatted and re-installed Windows 7.
Since the format, my colours are off. Some are not as deep and saturated as they should be, others are casting magenta, not dark whacked out reds, but rather a subtle, murky looking haze.
Before the format this was my set up and it was bang right on what I saw on the screen.
Epson 7600 printing on canvas.
Printing from a Dell 1501 laptop.
Photoshop 7
RGB 1998 profile.
I do have Photoshop CS5 and several desktop computers with larger 24" monitors, however, with the setup above my prints were right bang on. All my Photoshop settings remain the same as before.
The thing I can't figure out is why the prints are turning out differently. You would think they'd all cast magenta, or would all be too light, etc... but this is happening at random.
I did change the light magenta cartridge right away after getting Windows installed again, ran a nozzle check after a couple of prints and it was clogged already (and yes, it is Epson ink).
I'm stumped. I'd like to return to my previous setup because of the accuracy I had. I don't want to experiment with new profiles, larger monitors or printing from CS5. Although I have newer software and equipment, I believe if it ain't broke don't fix it.
Any ideas?