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Problem Printing: things print out to faint
palmer6strings:
--- Quote from: Dr.Agon on July 18, 2012, 03:00:56 PM ---thats odd, im using the same photoshop as you and all mine print out black, it should print black if the other program does...
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Lol it is odd but that's what it does. :D
--- Quote from: wiggy on July 18, 2012, 03:04:47 PM ---^^^ Printing is serious business.
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I'll have to quote that. ;D
--- Quote from: wiggy on July 18, 2012, 03:04:47 PM ---There should be a pull down option for "let printer determine colors" or "let Photoshop determine colors" or, if you're feeling ballsy and wanna setup your own print profile, there's "no color management".
If it's on Pshop determining colors, then try letter the printer do so, and vice versa if the opposite is true.
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Thanks Wiggy, I'll have to try that. That could be my problem. ;)
Dr.Agon:
--- Quote from: wiggy on July 18, 2012, 03:04:47 PM ---^^^ Printing is serious business. You could literally go through a ream of paper getting the settings just right. When I made the mistake of using aftermarket cartridges at one point it totally fucked my printer up. My blacks and grays went from gray, to pink, to green, etc. It took me a good 20 prints to recalibrate it after flushing the whole damned thing twice >:(
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sorry to hear that wiggy, ive never had any such problems, and i always use Non-OEM cartridges...
palmer6strings:
Yes! I finally got it to print correctly! (color wise)
Thanks guys!
Now... to fix my scaling problem...
(Update)
Ok... so I didn't, it looks exactly the same. The colors are all nice and pretty, just black is still a dark hazy gray. Could it be my paper?
I'm using Kodak gloss photopaper.
wiggy:
--- Quote from: Dr.Agon on July 18, 2012, 03:48:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: wiggy on July 18, 2012, 03:04:47 PM ---^^^ Printing is serious business. You could literally go through a ream of paper getting the settings just right. When I made the mistake of using aftermarket cartridges at one point it totally fucked my printer up. My blacks and grays went from gray, to pink, to green, etc. It took me a good 20 prints to recalibrate it after flushing the whole damned thing twice >:(
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sorry to hear that wiggy, ive never had any such problems, and i always use Non-OEM cartridges...
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Well, you may just not be as picky as me too. I'm REALLY particular about that sort of thing. I can post some of my covers that have the "pink" grays versus the proper neutral grays to show what I mean. It's not terribly noticeable, but it's one of those things that makes ME nuts :/
zakurowrath:
--- Quote from: wiggy on July 18, 2012, 09:33:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dr.Agon on July 18, 2012, 03:48:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: wiggy on July 18, 2012, 03:04:47 PM ---^^^ Printing is serious business. You could literally go through a ream of paper getting the settings just right. When I made the mistake of using aftermarket cartridges at one point it totally fucked my printer up. My blacks and grays went from gray, to pink, to green, etc. It took me a good 20 prints to recalibrate it after flushing the whole damned thing twice >:(
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:(
sorry to hear that wiggy, ive never had any such problems, and i always use Non-OEM cartridges...
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Well, you may just not be as picky as me too. I'm REALLY particular about that sort of thing. I can post some of my covers that have the "pink" grays versus the proper neutral grays to show what I mean. It's not terribly noticeable, but it's one of those things that makes ME nuts :/
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Hey least your printer doesn't have a magenta tone problem, no matter how many times I adjust my laserjet the pictures come out more "red" than usual especially on N64 covers, and the toner for that printer isn't cheap. Makes me really wanna go back to my trusty inkjet which would yield better results in the long run anyway.