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10/27/2007 01:46:25 PM · #1 |
Hello I have a color issue I cant resolve. When I try to print a test photo with my HP it is almost desaturating the colors. The photo is of a bright orange train, and when I print the train the colors wash out.
What settings should I use to handle the colors? Thank You.
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10/27/2007 02:10:35 PM · #2 |
Only the orange washes out, or all the colors wash out? How do normal scenes look on that printer? bright, fluorescent oranges are really hard to print on inkjets, as a rule. So are purples, for that matter...
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10/27/2007 02:17:21 PM · #3 |
| thanks for the reply. looks as if just the orange washes out. The photo is a really complicating photo with lots of shades and the orange is the only color that seems to be giving these problems. I do most of my printing on Kodak Metallic paper through mpix so I don't think it will be a problem for them but I was wanting to print a test shot before ording. |
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10/27/2007 05:01:07 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Snake:
thanks for the reply. looks as if just the orange washes out. The photo is a really complicating photo with lots of shades and the orange is the only color that seems to be giving these problems. I do most of my printing on Kodak Metallic paper through mpix so I don't think it will be a problem for them but I was wanting to print a test shot before ording. |
Photographic paper is based on the RGB system and can usually reproduce several million colors. Inkjet printers work with CMYK inks, and have a (theoretical) maximum gamut of about 7000 colors. Many colora, expecially vibrant reds/oranges and purples/blues simply cannot be reproduced using CMYK inks. |
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10/27/2007 06:13:35 PM · #5 |
Thanks I think that explains my problem.
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Snake:
thanks for the reply. looks as if just the orange washes out. The photo is a really complicating photo with lots of shades and the orange is the only color that seems to be giving these problems. I do most of my printing on Kodak Metallic paper through mpix so I don't think it will be a problem for them but I was wanting to print a test shot before ording. |
Photographic paper is based on the RGB system and can usually reproduce several million colors. Inkjet printers work with CMYK inks, and have a (theoretical) maximum gamut of about 7000 colors. Many colora, expecially vibrant reds/oranges and purples/blues simply cannot be reproduced using CMYK inks. |
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