Re: [Gimp-user] Printing out Greyscale on Photo Paper is very dark.. ideas?

[David Woodfall <dave dawoodfall net>]

On (23:20 23/09/12), Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com> put forth the proposition:
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:50 PM, David Woodfall wrote:
> > Hi, I've been printing out a lot of black and white photos on photo
> > paper on a HP Photosmart 7510e.
> >
> > The printouts are very dark so I've had to boost the brightness levels
> > in GIMP prior to printing. The problem is that this takes extra time
> > and I also don't want to save these levels in the XCF file. I would
> > say that (going by the Gamma Display Filter) the printouts are around
> > 40% of the brightness they ought to be.
> >
> > My question is, does anyone else have this problem and what can be
> > done about it? I've googled for an .ICC for my printer but it hasn't
> > really helped, unless I'm setting it wrong.
>
> Googling for arbitrary ICC profiles isn't such a great idea. Color
> reproduction doesn't depend on just the printer. It's a combination of
> printer, inks and paper.
>
> I wouldn't print from GIMP either. Try PhotoPrint:
> http://www.blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint

Thanks - that looks very useful.