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 01/29/2005 03:53:45 AM · #1
I have a shot which in doin' very well in a current challenge. Looks great on my screen, but when I printed it to show it off at work, it's got a wierd yellow cast and is way too bright.

I'm thinkin' the gamma on my screen is all right, or the shot wouldn't be doin' so hot and my score would be down with my last few challenges. Could it be my printer? Or my color settings in PS...

Please help!

Message edited by author 2005-01-29 03:54:18.
 01/29/2005 06:23:55 AM · #2
I get this problem lots..
I have no idea to the perfect explanation but I can refer you to know your color management and understand it!!
lol (I am ducking out the way, I hope this dont sound out of the way to you as for some reason I have no room to talk when I need to understand it too)
Here is a site I have been reading some about printing, photography and Color works

Go here instead oops

....color works

Message edited by author 2005-01-29 06:28:06.
 01/29/2005 06:36:29 AM · #3
What printer are you using? It sounds like you need to find, or make, a color profile for the printer and then proof the print version with it.

David
 01/29/2005 10:03:41 AM · #4
It's a color management issue and probably nothing wrong with your equipment. An image that looks good on the monitor may not look good in print, unless the image is profiled by color management software. The problem here is that your monitor uses a RGB color space and the printer a CMYK color space. For example, say you have a red color in the image you are viewing on your screen with RGB values of: R=200, G=100, and B=100. Your computer needs to know how to convert those numbers to the printer CMYK values to get the same color that you are viewing on your monitor. It does this with the profiles that have been made with the color management software. Profiles have to be made for the monitor and printer. There are a few companies that make this software, such as Colorvision's Spyder; Gretag MacBeth; and Monoco Systems..
 01/29/2005 10:33:21 AM · #5
When I use my Epson 790 to print unprocessed photos I have the Photo-enhance and Digital Camera correction stuff set to on and it does a good job. But when you print a processed photo with those settings it doesn't look right anymore. When I turn off all the printer processing of the images it looks good (like my screen) again. Perhaps it helps a bit concerning the brightness. Some printers apply pretty agressive gamma corrections. :(

Same stuff happens with some print-facilities (you sent in online or deposit a CD -want to be clear, English is not my primary language) as well. You spent hours on curves, dodging, burning, leveling, deliberate exposure varieties but when you pick the prints up they have applied a standard correction curve on everything. :( I'm getting me one of those Canon SubDye printers soon.


01/29/2005 10:37:10 AM · #6
I'm using an HP Deskjet 5550 printer. As many of you MAY know, I've suffered a few crashes in the past and these issues didn't arrise till I reinstalled everything this last time... Win 98se, old piece of crap pc, PS 6.
 01/29/2005 04:30:44 PM · #7
Originally posted by TooCool:
I'm using an HP Deskjet 5550 printer. As many of you MAY know, I've suffered a few crashes in the past and these issues didn't arrise till I reinstalled everything this last time... Win 98se, old piece of crap pc, PS 6.

HP Support article "Printed Colors Do Not Match Screen Colors" may help. Since it didn't start until after a reinstall, the first thing to check are the latest drivers, but that is also covered in the article.

David
 02/02/2005 08:45:33 AM · #8
I had this problem with my epson, I had a horrible green cast on every photo and spent many hours trying to setup a good colour managed workflow. The thing that confused me was that if I printed using non-colour profile aware software (such windows picture and fax viewer), the prints seemed a lot better. I tried to get profiles for my printer, but the ones supplied were frankly rubbish.

I managed to get pretty good results in the end by selecting 'printer color manage' in the Photoshop print dialog. I also had to go into the printer driver preferences and de-select a checkbox that said something to do with 'Use ICC profile' or something like that.

I can't remember the exact details, but if I remember correctly, there were two colour space conversions happening, one in photoshop and one by the printer driver. They were getting confused and that was the problem.

Sounds unlikely, but I assure you my prints are much better now! I can check the exact details when I get home from work tonight if you like?
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