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In article <6s43oj$puq$1@news.eli.net>, Amy <goodsign@ctaz.com> wrote:
>    I think I am getting alot closer to my answer....
>I have managed to establish that the colors in (the sky) my design are
>"beyond my printer's profiled color gamut". OK...
>    so what I need now is help finding my Cannon BJC4300 printer's
>color profile...


    The Corel website has color profiles for most of the Canon models.
    If they don't have a profile for your printer [they don't] you
    can usually start by using a profile from the closest model 
    printer that uses the same ink cartridges as yours.  [Obviously
    I dunno if the 4300 uses the 600 cartridges, the 7000 "6 color"
    ones, etc.]  Perhaps the 4200 and 4550, using the same ink kits.

>I got the impression from the help files I printed ("Reproducing
>colors accurately") out of Corel that if I can get this profile
>plugged into Corel then it may be able adjust my on-screen colors to
>as close to the actual printed colors I wil get as possible.

    You can adjust your screen to match your printout.  Be warned
    that this will change every time you change papers, the lighting
    around your screen changes, the lighting you view your prints
    at changes, etc. etc.   

    If I am printing a photo, I usually waste [an expensive,
    unfortunately] a sheet and print it, then adjust the screen
    itself to give a pretty close match to the printout.  If
    the color differences aren't too big, this works reasonably
    well.  If there is a big shift, the difference in gamma of
    the screen and a printer makes this a time consuming, expensive
    process.    


    You can use the scanner, screen, standard target technique in
    Corel [calibrate your scanner, print the target, scan the
    printout], but I haven't had as good luck as just eyeballing
    it, YMMV.