[Mageia-discuss] HP Printer

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Op donderdag 21 juni 2012 17:02:10 schreef Paul Simon:
> "Gary Montalbine" <gmontalbine at cox.net> wrote in
> message news:4FE374BA.50303 at cox.net...
> 
> > On 06/21/2012 02:51 PM, Paul Simon wrote:
> >> Getting "good color" depends on what you mean by good color.  It's
> >> subjective.  Most color problems are due issues in color management, a
> >> not
> >> easy subject.  The least of if has to do with device calibration and
> >> profiling.  I do high quality digital ink jet printing and it took me
> >> about
> >> five years of study and $1500 to get it right.  Your time and expense is
> >> going to depend on what you consider "good color."  Let me know if you
> >> want
> >> more info.
> > 
> > I consider good color to be a close copy of what I have on my monitor.
> > From past experience my printer does not work well with mageia. I would
> > like to replace it with a HP printer that does work in mageia.
> > Thanks, Gary
> > 
> >> Paul
> >> "Gary Montalbine"<gmontalbine at cox.net>  wrote in
> >> message news:4FE3178F.9030502 at cox.net...
> >> 
> >>> I would appreciate a recommendation for an HP printer/scanner that
> >>> produces
> >>> good color prints. I currently have a HP Photosmart Plus B209a that does
> >>> not produce good prints.
> >>> Thanks, Gary
> 
> All I can tell you at this point is that if the printer prints well with
> other applications there is a Magiea printer driver that is misbehaving.
> Buying a new printer will probably not make any difference.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Paul

We should nuance this a bit.

When comparing monitor with print, it's not only the printer driver's 
responsibility.

there is:
- printer itself (or it's age)
- ink availability
- printer driver
- graphic driver
- monitor color calibration
- monitor itself (or it's age)