How to Adjust Colors on Printer

[james hickox]

Hello All,

I have an Epson CX7400 (don't laugh too hard, it was a freebee). I am trying to get the colors printed on it to match what I see. My questions are:

!. Can I view the printed photo through a set of colored filters to determine what I should adjust as far as Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are the print inks used?

2. Is there any software that will allow me to take a photograph, make a copy of it, place it side by side with the origional photo on the screen, and manipulate slider bars to see what colors need to be adjusted?

The rationale for doing this in software is that I have tried to use the printer controls to adjust the colors of the photograph, then printing a test page, adjusting the controls again, and repeating. So far, I have printer 6 photos, and I am getting close. I just want to speed the process up for the next set of pictures.

Thanks for the replies
James Hickox,
Abilene, TX