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Joe,

What are the parameters you used to calibrate your monitor? (ie, white luminance, color temp, gamma, and if your software allows....black luminance).

Lou

Also, to what Lou is asking, I would add:
What are your settings in the printer driver that comes up right after Photoshop's own Print dialog box? Have you checked "No Color Adjustment" in the "Color Management" tab of the driver? Have you selected the correct media type, as well as Mode > Advanced Settings in the "Print Settings" tab?

Lou and Marco.. thanks for the response.. this is driving me crazy..

Lou.. I calibrated the monitor with a white luminance of 100, color temp of 5000, and gamma of 2.2.. .i am using eye one pro and do not see an opprotuintiy for black luminance...

Marco.. great quesions as well.. in the photoshop print dialog box I have selected "color management" with "document" selected. Color handling is "photoshop manages colors". Printer profile is my custom profile from the i-1 pro printer profile. Rendering intent is "perceptual". Black point compensation is checked.

When i then click on page setup, i go to the "epson stylus pro 7800 properties. On the "Main" tab, I have selected the following: for "select setting" i have "current settings"; for Media type "photo quality ink jet paper"; for "color" i have "color"; for "print quality" i have "quality"; for "mode" i have clicked "automatic" and under that is "epson Standard (sRGB)... hence there is no "advanced button" to select..

as i reviewed this i am wondering if the "mode" should be "no color adjustment" ... so i just tried this and still dark prints...

thanks,

Joe

      for Media type "photo quality ink jet paper"




Is that appropriate for the 7800?

Because, for a printer like my Epson 2200, "photo quality ink jet paper" is substandard, low-quality paper, far below the quality I need to buy, such as Premium Luster, Premium Photo Glossy, Enhanced Matte or Watercolor papers.

Maybe the nomenclature for other series of printer is different?

I would expect the prints from the 2200 on "photo quality ink jet paper" to look like unmitigated cr@p.

      When i then click on page setup, i go to the "epson stylus pro 7800 properties.




I don't have your same printer, but it sounds like you are describing the printer driver, not "Page Setup".

      On the "Main" tab, I have selected the following:




You must try to use the exact same terminology that you encountering. There is no "main" tab that I know of in the printer driver.

      for "select setting" i have "current settings";




I've no idea where that would be.

      for Media type "photo quality ink jet paper";




Fine, as long as that is exactly the kind of paper you are using.

      for "color" i have "color";




You mean for "Ink" you select "Color"? Again, you must be precise if you want to receive help.

      for "print quality" i have "quality"; for "mode" i have clicked "automatic"




That is incorrect. You should choose "No Color Adjustment", both when printing the testchart which you measure to create the profile and when you print after you have created the profile and are using it in Photoshop's "Print" dialog box.

If you don't do that, your results will be invalid.

      and under that is "epson Standard (sRGB)... hence there is no "advanced
      button" to select.




Yes, there should be, in the printer driver's "Printer Settings" tab.