[Mageia-discuss] HP Printer

[Liam R E Quin]

On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 10:25 -0400, Gary Montalbine wrote:

> I copied a color photo on my printer. The printed copy was darker in the 
> red areas and slightly lighter in the yellow green area.

This may vary depending on the paper you use.

>  In fact a 
> check of other Hp printers also shows no color calibration avail.

Colour calibration is done on the computer, not the printer (although
you do print a test image as part of the process).

So it's something the operating system, and programs like gimp, support,
not the printer.

Best,

Liam

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