Computer Graphics with Photoshop - printing on glossy paper gets "wrong" color

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printing on glossy paper gets "wrong" color

Anonymoose

2003-12-11, 8:09 pm

Hope someone can recommend a way to attack this. When I print on "normal"
inkjet paper, I'm getting the color I expect (which is purple), but when I
print on glossy paper, I'm getting violet...much, much too blue. I've got
an HP officejet printer and I checked to make sure the correct color
management profile is selected for it. Right now I'm dorking with the
Saturation, Brightness, and Tone to try to adjust it, but even at the most
extreme settings (Saturation Mutedest and Color Tone Warmest) I'm not near
the correct color.

Any ideas?

Scroobie

2003-12-18, 8:24 pm

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:53:51 -0600, Anonymoose <menolikeyspam> wrote:

quote:

>Hope someone can recommend a way to attack this. When I print on "normal"
>inkjet paper, I'm getting the color I expect (which is purple), but when I
>print on glossy paper, I'm getting violet...much, much too blue. I've got
>an HP officejet printer and I checked to make sure the correct color
>management profile is selected for it. Right now I'm dorking with the
>Saturation, Brightness, and Tone to try to adjust it, but even at the most
>extreme settings (Saturation Mutedest and Color Tone Warmest) I'm not near
>the correct color.
>
>Any ideas?

You failed to mention what brand of glossy paper you are using with
the HP. These and other inkjet dye-based printers can be sensitive to
the papers used, and this often leads to off-colors. I presume these
are due to chemical reactions between the dyes and the absorption
layer of the glossy paper. I have heard that Kodak papers are
compatible with HP, but can't verify that.

~^Johnny^~

2004-01-25, 1:29 pm

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:48:39 GMT, Scroobie <Scroogey@scryer.net> wrote:

quote:

>On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:53:51 -0600, Anonymoose <menolikeyspam> wrote:
>
>
>You failed to mention what brand of glossy paper you are using with
>the HP. These and other inkjet dye-based printers can be sensitive to
>the papers used, and this often leads to off-colors. I presume these
>are due to chemical reactions between the dyes and the absorption
>layer of the glossy paper. I have heard that Kodak papers are
>compatible with HP, but can't verify that.

What the heck - it's been a month waiting

It is a =fundamental= of color management that your devices should be profiled
once for each medium / brand of media / type ro style of media, etc.

Four paper types = four printer profiles, etc.

IF you do not do this, you will likely wind up ith ugly prints on three out
of the four types. :-)

--
-john
wide-open at throttle dot info

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