Help me with color please - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 22-55mm f/4.0-5.6 USM

09/26/2005 11:15:14 PM · #1

Hello,

The following photo is printing to my canon with a "purple" hue to the water. On my screen the water looks blue/cyan.

Can you gurus take a look and tell me if you see purple or blue water on your screen?

Thanks,

Kenskid

Tammer

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

09/26/2005 11:17:27 PM · #2

I'm seeing mostly blue, but there is some "purple" around the edges of the swirl. It could be what your printer is picking up on. Are you able to calibrate your printer?

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

09/26/2005 11:17:31 PM · #3

Mostly blue/cyan but a tiny bit of purple.

JeffryZ

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

09/26/2005 11:17:48 PM · #4

Looks blue on my LCD.

09/26/2005 11:24:04 PM · #5

Thanks all...

Well it seems you guys are seeing the blue/cyan water as I see it. I do see a tiny bit of purple also. However, the printer is printing a sure puple hue for most of the water. Since you all are seeing blue, I will assign the blame to the printer and work on it....

Also...I failed to mention that just b4 the print, my "yellow" ink message came up saying "low". Could this be part of the problem?

KS

09/26/2005 11:39:16 PM · #6

Bump for more input b4 bedtime....

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

09/27/2005 09:44:55 PM · #7

bump for me tonight...

Sunniee

Canon EOS-40D

09/27/2005 10:00:41 PM · #8

I see lots of purple....

Ozzie

Nikon D90

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR

09/27/2005 10:14:24 PM · #9

I see blue.

savannahjames

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

09/27/2005 10:19:32 PM · #10

Low ink could be a problem. I would check all of your printer settings first to make sure something didn't get bumped accidentally - it's very easy for that to happen (at least with me, lol).

If everything looks fine and it still prints purple, I'd change the yellow cartridge and see if that helps.

~Savannah

RockBruise

Pentax *ist DL

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

09/27/2005 10:23:59 PM · #11

Are you able to calibrate your printer?

I have no Idea why it is printing purple, Sorry, But I saw this post and was wondering if someone could tell me how to calibrate my monitor, I have seen something about that on here before.

RockBruise

Pentax *ist DL

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

09/27/2005 10:25:08 PM · #12

Sorry, trying to quote tammer, didn't work so well !!

09/27/2005 10:44:40 PM · #13

ok gang...I printed on another printer...an HP and the water came out "blue" and not a hint of purple. So...my college education tells me that my printer is making purple for some reason. I know my yellow ink is low....could this be it? Can low yellow edge "blue" into "purple"? I don't know that much about color mixing.

Opinions???

KS