Marketing complains print colours don't match screen
An office MFP isn't a press and you'll never get perfect screen-match. For real colour management use ICC profiles and calibrated displays, or go to a print shop. Middle path: a colour template per MFP and calibrated screens.
Try this first
- 1First question: for what output? Client deliverables → print shop, internal → MFP is fine, prototype → calibrate with effort.
- 2For MFP output: keep the printer consistently in 'Adobe RGB' or 'sRGB', not switching. Set ICC profile in the driver.
- 3Calibrate marketing team monitors with a hardware calibrator (Datacolor SpyderX, X-Rite i1 Display). Without it you're comparing apples and pears.
- 4Make a 'colour proof' A4 with 20 standard colours and print monthly. Compare to last month for drift.
- 5For client deliverables where colour matters: use a print shop. Drukwerkdeal, Print&Bind or a local printer give consistent colour an MFP can't reach.
When to bring us in
For ongoing colour-critical output, calibration and ICC profiles on an office MFP is a losing battle. We help judge whether a dedicated production printer or outsourcing is cheaper.
See also
- Printer suddenly not foundFor everyone at once: print server or network. For one person: local Windows driver or expired authorisation.
- Print job stuck in queue, nothing happensA stuck queue blocks all subsequent prints. Cleaning takes two minutes.
- Scanner no longer sends emails (scan-to-email)Almost always: the account the scanner uses had its password expire, or the mail provider blocks old protocols.
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