Adobe Illustrator - Photoshop - Illustrator : Getting a True Black?

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Photoshop - Illustrator : Getting a True Black?

2005-05-18, 7:16 pm

I'm making images in Illustrator 11 and rendering them in Photoshop 6 for
printing on a HP Deskjet 1220c

Previously I was getting rich dark blacks but now the black is coming over
as a dark blue.

I have tried various combinations of colour profiles in each program,
working in CMYK and RGB. There are a confusing number of options, I just
need to know what set up I need in each program to get the images to print
with rich, saturated colours.

With my current setup, black in illustrator is:

c0
y0
m0
k100

I bring it over to photoshop and it becomes

c95
m83
y82
k90

which I have thought would be a rich black buts it's not printing as such. I
managed to get it to print as a true black before but I can't figure out
what I did. I think the issue might be with the settings in the print
dialogue itself:

the source space is currently euroscale coated v2
the profile is working sRGB
intent is perceptual

I don't clearly understand the relationship between colour spaces and
profiles in the two programs and the
settings in the print dialogue..

Please help!

J

tnsmith44@sbcglobal.net

2005-05-27, 7:16 pm

It's going to depend also on the individual printer. If you're going to
postscript, there will be some trial and error in those settings. You'll
have some going to inkjet or laser, but it's easier and cheaper than with
postscript.

I've had good luck with the default rich black. But on occasion I set all
four plates at 100%. That's always worked too, but may be overkill.

Skywolf..

"Scotius" <wolvzbro@mnsi.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 16 May 2005 18:02:23 +0000 (UTC), "J" <idriv1@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Try putting a dark red under the black. That's what one of my
> instructors in a graphics class suggested. Also, you can change the
> values to make sure they roughly match once you get the images over to
> photoshop. And remember, you'll most often not get any more than
> around 270% when blending so one colour is under another. Just try the
> red under, and that should enrich the colour.
>