Links on colour management....

When you depart from the safety net of your printer manufacturers' branded ink and paper, and venture into the realm of custom inkjet printing, you are likely to encounter problems of incorrect colour rendition. You struggle with colour orrections in Photoshop, or colour setting adjustments in your printer, yet the results never seem consistent.  A 'colour managed workflow'  is the Final Solution and can save you costs.The subject may seem daunting, but it can be reduced to three things, and the knowledge of  how to apply them:-

(1) calibrate your monitor using Adobe gamma (free with Photoshop & Elements).
(2) obtain an ICC profile for your favourite combination of ink and paper, cost about £20.
(3) apply the ICC profile whenever you print a photo.

The Knowledge bit you will have to work at! Try these links on the internet.
Lyson Inks website includes a number of down-loadable documents on the subject of Colour Profiles.
http://www.lyson.com

Colour Confidence are leading suppliers of Colour Calibration systems, their web site is: http://shop.colourconfidence.com/index.php

You can download a guide to colour management from the Colour Confidence website using this link:
http://downloads.typemaker.co.uk/scripts/RequestDownload.php?DownloadType=CC000006

A comprehensive series of tutorials on photography by Norman Koren, includes  very thorough advice on colour management.  Does not include Photoshop tuition.
http://www.normankoren.com/index.html/Tutorials

Adobe Gamma help from PeakImaging :

http://www.peak-imaging.com/htmls/ical01.htm

Adobe Gamma help from Adobe

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=321608&sliceId=1

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