Color/tone of photo changes when printing...

I'm trying to print a photos for an invitation, its a black and white photo with a pink background. The black and white levels have been adjusted to a very light tone since I have to put vellum paper on top with the invitation wording... When I send the picture to be printed at the pharmacy photo lab the picture does not look the same as on my screen. Its always darker than the work I created. Am I saving this in the wrong format??? Should I try something different? Any tips will be greatly appreciated
Thanks!
Valerie V.G.
Using
*Windows Vista
*PSE7

Also, the best way to do this is not to adjust the black and white levels but to adjust the opacity of the image. You will need to make the background layer into a regular layer (double click it in the layers palette and say yes to the dialogs), then use the opacity slider to lighten it.
Or alternatively you could add multiply layers till you reach the required lightness, then flatten the image.

Similar Messages

Color toner consumption on M476dw when printing only black pages?

I purchased a M476dw about a month ago. After printing the color demo page a few times and one or two color prints, and then until I changed the default settings there were a few pages printed with "accent color". Other than that, I've only been printing black pages since then.
The supplies report says I have 70% left on my black cartridge (pages printed 310 estimated remaining 750), and 90% remaining on all three color cartridges ( (pages printed 33 estimated remaining > 1000)
I realize these are just estimates, but I am surprised that 33 pages of printing almost all of which were just accent color has resulted in 10% of the color cartridges consumed.
I have printer plugged directly into the wall and leave it on all of the time, so no surplus cleaning cycles are being generated, and my default printing mode is: black & white / Print in grey scale.
I realize the supplied cartridges are "starter" cartridges but still are there any other factors under MY control on color toner consumption?
Thanks!
Jim

I have the same problem that you. I have a spool order in SAP (Purchase Order) and when the user try to print it a column appears in black boxes.
The printer model is Esker Fax Server and the Device Type is SWIN.
The Purchase Order layout have been created with a smartform, I have review the shading for this field and it's correct (0%). And when I preview the PO in me23n the column is correct, without black boxes.

Can't figure out why colors don't totally change when you select type with curser? It looks like it has by looking at it, but when you highlight the area after the old color is still there. It happens with objects to. Driving me NUTZ. Help!

Can't figure out why colors don't totally change when you select type with curser? It looks like it has by looking at it, but when you highlight the area after the old color is still there. It happens with objects to. Driving me NUTZ. Help!

Select the text, and open the Appearance palette (Come on guys, text highlight is irrelevant, it happens to objects too says the OP), and see what's listed there. For a simple text object, there should only be a line item "Type", followed by "Characters", and when double-clicked the Characters line item expands to tell you the stroke and fill color. For a basic object, there should be a fill and/or stroke.
What happens sometimes, is that you end up adding extra strokes/fills to objects or text, and the appearance palette is where that will be noted. Especially when you are dealing with groups, and/or picking up a color with the eyedropper, you may inadvertently be adding a fill or stroke on top of something. You can drag those unwanted thingies from the Appearance palette into its own little trash can.

Color covering the whole pager when printing

My color laserjet 4600dn, the Magenta color cover the whole paper when printing, and some yellow color spots on the paper too. Is something wrong with the transfer belt? Please help!

Also, the best way to do this is not to adjust the black and white levels but to adjust the opacity of the image. You will need to make the background layer into a regular layer (double click it in the layers palette and say yes to the dialogs), then use the opacity slider to lighten it.
Or alternatively you could add multiply layers till you reach the required lightness, then flatten the image.

How might I get photos centered when printing? OS 10.7.5

How might I get photos centered when printing to Lexmark Pinnacle Pro 901 from OS 10.7.5? I either get a huge border on right for horizontal or on bottom for vertical.
Thank you,
Sheila

Thanks for that Lanny & Lex, What I have done so far has got me back to some extent.
My MacBook also has a login for my wife so I went there and copied Mail to a USB drive then back to my own login and dragged the mail app onto Desktop and put it into Applications. Then I was able to delete the original Mail app, which previously could not be done. My email is now working again via iCloud as previously. I still have to reinstall my gmail account but if that works then all is well.
I think your solution is the better one (more orthodox) and if I have further problems I will do as you suggest.
Thanks again, Richard S,

Photo size changes when printing

This is my problem. When I view a photo in my event, I am happy with the image. When I go to print, I find that parts of my image are cut off. It looks like the image zoomed in a little. How can I print the image exactly like it is displayed in the event? Also, this doesn't seem to change when I print different sizes, parts of the original image are always missing on the print.

Crop the photo to 11 x 14 before printing. That will insure that what you see in the cropped image will end up in the printed 11 x 14 image.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

How do I prevent the Darker Shade Box (color shift) around Vector Objects when Printing

Sorry in advance for the novelette. I am absolutely mystified and frustrated and would love some help! I've been working on this problem for about 30 hours over the last 4 days to figure out what the heck is happening and cannot find an answer through various forms of research.
Basically, when I print a JPEG, I am getting this area (a box) of darker shaded coloring around my heart and love text. I've tested it a million different ways and am at a loss as to what the problem is ... is it an application problem, a color profile problem between my applications and printer, an improper way that I saved my file, etc.
Here is a photo I took of the image printed out (so it is slightly skewed from camera distortion):
The details:
(1) I create graphic art and sell it online. I save all of my printable art as JPEG files because of my customer base (diy hobbyists that print on their home printers without much knowledge base nor graphic design software).
(2) I use both Adobe Illustrator (AI) and Photoshop Elements 11 (PSE11) to design and save my artwork.
(3) I insert JPEG images into Microsoft Word 2003 documents to "test print" since most of my customers use home printers to print. Since most people have this basic software, it is a good gauge of the kind of print out they might get using the same or similar software.
(4) My PSE11 color profile setting is the default sRGB. I have test printed many times and I get the truest colors with this color profile.
(5) My AI color settings are normally also an sRGB color mode, but on occasion, I use a CMYK color mode if I am creating a larger document that I know the customer will need to take to a professional printer to print out.
(6) I do my home printing (for proofs) on an Epson Stylus Photo 1400 (which has the 6 color ink cartridges).
(7) Until this printing problem occurred on this test print out, I always used the "photo enhance" option when I designate settings for my printer via the Microsoft Word documents.
IMPORTANT: This is when I have the color shift?? or color rendering issues?? and it is the only time. If I use the regular ICM/ICC color profile of sRGB, the printing issue doesn't occur. Instead, I have a solid color background instead of this one with the strips of lighter color on the top and bottom. However, I can't control how the customer prints, so I need to feel confident that whatever color profile setting they use, they will not run into this problem. I even test printed the documents over at FedEx and the darker box/color shift did not occur.
(8) The document in question only has 3 sets of objects: the heart, the solid colored rectangle colored background and the text. All 3 objects are vectors, they are at 100% opacity and there are no "special effects" applied.
(9) The image was entirely created in AI this time and exported as a maximum quality JPEG file, although you will see below that I tried many ways to create and save the file so that I didn't have the color band borders on top/bottom.
(10) I regularly use AI for part of my art, then I drag it to my PSE11 open document and it becomes a Vector Object (it cannot by copying/pasting into a PSE11 document). I also regularly export AI images as PNG files, then insert them into an open PSE11 document. This printing issue has not occurred until recently. Here is an example of a very complex AI image I created, then inserted into PSE11 just to add the background (the Teddy Bear and books are AI vector objects) that were exported as PNG files then inserted into PSE11 to integrate with the background image - I test printed with Photo Enhance and had no printing issues:
So, from the research I have done, it looks like it is a color rendering or color space issue with conflicting color profiles in the same document. I checked my color profile settings and both sRGB and CMYK were set to embed ICC color profiles.
I tried changing AI settings to Preserve Numbers (ignore linked profiles) for CMYK, but that didn't work.
I also checked and made sure that not only the document setup showed the sRGB color profile, but that all the objects within the document also were converted to sRGB as well for consistency. That didn't work.
I tried converting the document to CMYK along with the vector objects. That didn't work.
I tried saving the heart image as a PNG file alone, the "love" text as a PNG file alone, both the heart and text together as a PNG files alone. Once saved as PNG files, I inserted them into an open empty PSE11 document - as I normally do. I then added the background color I wanted. That didn't work - the print still showed the color changes.
I tried dragging each vector object separately and even as a group and got the same color change issue when printing.
I tried "expanding" and "outlining" the text before exporting as JPEG, before exporting as a PNG and before dragging as a vector object into PSE11. Expanding the text did not help the situation.
I tried exporting as Adobe PDF, then opening in PSE11, then resaving as JPEG. That didn't work.
I tried flattening transparency (even though there is no transparency in the AI file). That didn't work.
I tried rasterizing the image. That didn't work.
Thinking that the file might be corrupt, I started from scratch and redesigned the same heart and love text. Unfortunately, I had the same problem as before. At this point, my AI started becoming buggy and would not open new files. It happened repeatedly and I decided it was best to uninstall and reinstall AI (and maybe that would fix the problem).
I created just the heart in AI, then inserted it into an open PSE11 document (both after exporting as PNG and also by dragging as Vector Object from AI). It seemed to work. I could both drag the vector into PSE11 from AI and export from AI as a PNG, then insert into open PSE11 document with a background color - and it printed a solid background.
So, I thought that reinstalling and setting back to defaults worked. But, then I added the love text around the heart and tried exporting as JPEG files and the same problem continued to recur. Whether I dragged as a Vector object into PSE11 (the heart object and love text separately and also another time with the vector objects dragged as a group) or saved them as PNG files and inserted into PSE11 - I got the different shades of color on what should be a solid background. I even tried saving the PSE11 as a PSD file first, then resaving as JPEG and I tried saving as PNG and printing and this didn't help solve the problem.
I really think it is some color conflict issue but I can't figure it out. I am definitely not very knowledgeable about color profiles and how to sync all my devices, however, as I mentioned, this was not an issue until recently (and I think??? I recall changing the CMYK setting from Preserve Numbers to embed color profile a month or so ago - however, it should have been solved when AI went back to its defaults upon reinstall).
The reason I believe it is a color rendering/color space issue is because I could see the color output when I saved the JPEG with CMYK color profile versus sRGB color profile and the sRGB colors were much richer, not surprisingly. The top and bottom colors matched the sRGB printout and the middle darker box section matched the CMYK printout.
I am sure it is something fundamental or simple and I am completely overlooking it. I wish it were just a transparency issue, because people know how to fix or do workarounds for it. But, there are no vector objects with any transparency ...
If I missed some detail, I apologize. Any help would be a dream come true at this point! lol
Thank you!

Okay, I got motivated to try again. From doing a bit more research on troubleshooting AI printing problems, the Adobe article talks about print drivers. It was advised to uninstall and reinstall the print driver if the printing issue persists. So, I did. Unfortunately, I still had the same result after reinstalling and trying a test print! Ugh.
So, as Jacob said upfront, I seem to have an overactive print driver that is trying too hard (and it is a non-postscript printer which I realize is part of the problem).
There are so many variables in my situation as to how I create art and save/export art. I sometimes work solely in AI, sometimes solely in PSE and sometimes I use both programs to create. Consequently, I will:
(1) export directly from AI as JPEG if I am not adding PSE11 artwork.
(2) export directly from AI as PNG if I plan on inserting that image into PSE11 to add to artwork I have created in PSE11.
(3) drag vector objects as a Smart Objects directly from AI to PSE11 to add to artwork I am creating in PSE11 if I know I will playing with the vector object and resizing in PSE11.
So, I did a test print using scenario 2, where I inserted the heart and love text PNG (AI created vector object) into an old PSE11 document. This old document already had a vector object from AI with a solid background and I knew it printed correctly. So, after inserting this new PNG from AI into this old document, it printed correctly using the photo enhance mode.
However, I haven't had a chance to actually create new art in the older AI files (that I know print properly), resave as something else and try another test print (either by exporting as JPEG and printing in Word or by exporting as PNG file and inserting into PSE11 document, then saving as JPEG and printing in Word).
After testing the different possibilities of ICM settings within my printer, I found that the JPEG images printed out with the truest colors and best quality if I simply selected "no color management" from the printer. Shocker, huh? lol
MY SOLUTION: So, what I think I will simply do is add an instruction sheet with the printables I sell, explaining that the color profile setting should never be handled by the printer so make sure to turn off color management by printer (and if they feel they must use the printer for color management, make sure the setting is sRGB since I embed that color profile in my JPEG's).
Edited to add: Since my issue was never about how I could print a successful image (I knew I could simply change the color profile settings), but rather about how to make sure that customers would get consistent and high quality print outputs of my digital images, this seems like the best approach.
I don't think I will every really know exactly why I am now getting color shifts in the "photo enhance" mode when I did not have this problem a couple months ago - applying the same methods of creating artwork. I was concerned that I was saving/exporting using incorrect or mismatched color settings or something of that nature. However, since I went through the process of making my color spaces the same for everything, and I still have issue, clearly that is not the culprit. The only thing I can do to solve the problem and it is a straightforward solution anyway -> is to educate the buyer on how to print successfully (don't use photo enhance! ha ha).
Thanks again to everyone who chimed in and offered advice!

HP officejet Pro 8000 Can't print when color cart is empty enven when printing in grey scale

I do not use color in my printing. Nonetheless when the printer says my color cartdridge is empty I can not print. I spent a $100 on color cartdridge and never used them. They now show empy and I can't print. Is there a work around or should I just junk this printer. Thanks for your help.
Bob

Hello Bobmcclammy,
I can understand the frustration when the printer, in your case the Officejet Pro 8000, stops and tells you to change inks you are not even using. I too have fought with this in the past. Unfortunately, there is no "work around" for such an issue, at least that I have been able to find.
Even when printing black text only, for example, a resume, the printer will be using a subtle amount of color as a base. Printhead maintenance also will chip away at the ink, this is to ensure the ink is not drying up within the print system. This information will explain more: Ink Usage in Inkjet Printers.
What I have done in order to get the most out of the printer ink is, set the printer in a black only grey scale mode. This needs to be set in the printing preferences in the print driver installed on the computer.
The inks will still need to be replaced, but it should help for the future.
JERENDS
I work on behalf of HP
Please click “Accept as Solution” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" to the left of the reply button to say “Thanks” for helping!

White color of RGB image changes when exporting to CMYK PDF

I'm used to work as long as possible in RGB. Even my images placed in InDesign stay in RGB. I only convert to CMYK while exporting to PDF. This always worked fine. I now noticed that RGB images with a white background changed in the CMYK PDF.
The white wasn't white any more, but C=1/M=1/Y=1/K=0 !
Result is a very light-grey background when printed on an offset press.
If I convert the image to CMYK in Photoshop first, I don't have this problem. I always thought InDesign and Photoshop used the same conversion-tool? Guess not ...
I didn't have this problem in CS2, I think. So my guess is it got something to do with CS3, but I'm not sure.
Someone got an idea?
I use Adobe creative Suite CS3 5.0.4
Mac Os 10.5.5
Color Management is set to European Prepress (I already tried to change this --> no effect)

I've noticed that there are slight variations between Photoshop and ID, but I think it's just a rounding error. Photoshop's CMYK readouts are always integers, while ID swatches can readout numbers. So obviously it's possible to output 1.67% cyan, but Photoshop's info readout rounds that up to 2%. Try making an 253|253|253 RGB swatch in ID, then open Swatch Options and convert the swatch mode to CMYK. You'll get a conversion something like .78|.39|.39|0 depending on your profiles, yet the Separation Preview reads out 1|0|0|0 with the total ink as 2%.

Need help separating colors in a photo for screen print

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to Photoshop but I know most of the basics. I have a design here that a band would like to print on a shirt in 2-3 colors: black, grey, and white. Technically I only need the grey and white because it is being printed on a black shirt. I need to first convert it to black/grey/white, then I need to separate the colors into layers, but I'm just not sure the correct way to do so. Could someone please help me with this? I would greatly appreciate it. Here is the design: http://i50.tinypic.com/dpk8r9.jpg

Your image is at 72ppi. Which is not recommended for print.
Anyway, coming to your actual question, this is a mixture of color tones across the image - not just one place.
If you're looking at printing it in 3 shades, why don't you consider making the image 'Greyscale' in Photoshop?
Another suggestion would be to talk to the printer who is going to print this to a t-shirt and explore possibilities.
-ST

Look of photos change when import from D40 into iPhoto 6

I'm using iPhoto 6 and have a Nikon D40. I'm having a problem when I import my photos -- the image quality changes when they go from the camera into iPhoto. The images look more contrast-y, more saturated. I mean, the reds and oranges are so intense it's crazy. They definitely did not look like that when I viewed them in the camera LCD.
I've tried checking in preferences, but can't seem to find anything that would alter the images during transfer. Would this be a camera problem? Anyone using iPhoto 6 have the same problem as I am with their D40?
Any help would be much appreciated!

I am having the same exact problem... iPhoto 6 and Nikon D40. If I import the photos to a folder first, then import from the folder to iPhoto, I can open the iPhoto version and then open the folder version using Preview, just by clicking on the original. I then compare the two side-by-side on the computer screen. The original always looks fine in Preview, so it is clearly a problem with iPhoto over-saturating the photos. I have no solution, but only this observation.

Default printer on domain computers changes when print spooler is restarted

Hi.
It has been brought to my attention that all of my Windows 8.1 machines on our domain change their network default printers when the print spooler is restarted. Printers are being assigned by group policy, using the print management tool, as Branch
Office Direct IP printers.
A little bit of research indicates that the default printer is changing "BY DESIGN!!!???" to the last printer being assigned in the OU. Gotta say....if this is by design, it's a bad design! As well as unacceptable. Then I discover
that the default printer precedence is something like 1. Locally installed printers, 2. Software installed printers, 3. Network printers in reverse order that they are assigned in the OU. COME ON!! I.e., changing the order of assignment in the
OU is useless because local printers and software installed printers are still taking precedence, and on every log in the users default printers are being changed to something as useless as WebEx Document Loader.
I know this is a radical thought.....but how about if the default printer stays set to whatever the user sets it to?? That way, they won't hate me and curse me. Selfish, I know.
I am shocked by the lack of information that I am finding for this simple and sensible option, and am accordingly loosing faith in Microsoft by the day, and beginning to feel that the end really is nigh for this platform, because I seriously don't appreciate
absorbing hostility that is better directed at them, and self-preservation instincts do eventually kick in.
Can somebody tell me how to prevent user selected default network printers on domain computer's from changing when the users log off, before the lynch mob gets here?
To be clear, these are domain computers. Users are not administrators. Printer assignments are made via group policy. Users do not wear glass slippers (so solutions requiring manipulation of special footwear will not be effective).
THANKS

Hi,
Please refer to this similar thread Althornin's solution to add the registry to see if it could be fixed.
Go and edit the users registry hive:
HKEY_USERS\USERS_SID_HERE\Printers\Connections
Found old printer connections there that were no longer valid. Upon clearing those out, after a reboot, the problem went away.
I also cleared out the HKEY_USERS\USERS_SID_HERE\Printers\Settings key - the users had old printer setting sid there also.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/316fd408-4957-43b1-92e3-8dda96dcdded/default-printer-keeps-changing
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

Document changes when printed

When printing a pdf a date in my file is changing. On the screen it shows 2006 when it prints it is 2007. How can I get it to print correctly?
Thanks for your help.

And in English? If you're referring to PDF's in Acrobat, you need to enable the "Markup" option in teh print dialog to print comments, redaction or text changes. Some of that wil lrequire saving the document before printing, too.
Mylenium

Color-tone of photo / bckgrnd changed in FCExpress

Photo or bckgrnd-color used in FCExpress project (imported from file or a Live Type rendereing) is lighter (in tone) in the exported movie than in the unfinished project. Darkening it then re-exporting doesn't help. Anyone have an explanation or solution, please? --- TMP-MAC

Hi(Bonjour)!
May be a gamma setting problem. See this link for some info about this issue:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2516136&tstart=50
Michel Boissonneault

Color tone of photo book is off

I recently ordered a photo book from iPhoto and the flesh tones are way off. Everyone looks very pink compared to what I see on my screen, and I don't have any weird color calibrations set up or anything like that. I've already filed a complaint with Apple, but does anyone know what the cause of this might be? Just a bad book, or is this par for the course?

I too just recently received my 100 page book from iPhoto which also had some colour quality issues. I know that the true colour quality is magnificent, as these images have been printed before, both at home on an Epson Stylus Photo R300 6 colour ink system, and in photo labs for larger prints. They are also vivid and vibrant on my computer in iPhoto. When I complained to Apple, I learned from Apple that they are using a 4 colour ink system for their prints. My opinion is that this cannot accurately reproduce the true colours in an image, especially skin tones.
From my experience, 4 colour ink combinations were outdated long ago, and most printers now use at least 6 colours. I remember when I used a 4 colour printer, and flesh tones IN PARTICULAR were never accurate! Since upgrading my own printers, that problem is gone. I have advised Apple of my concern with the colour in their prints, in a feedback to iPhoto. I recommend that you do the same, as the more of us who bring this issue to light may eventually result in better overall prints.
Go here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html
Hope this helps. We all want the best possible prints in our books, especially when they are beautiful images to begin with.

Color/tone of photo changes when printing...

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for