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I have trouble getting proper skin tones when I print eventho the color looks great on the screen. On print w/ preview, I have checked "Let photoshop determine the color". Skin tones look colorless when I print w/ my Canon Pro 9000. If I print using Automate, East Print, the colors are OK but the size can't be adjusted. Any suggestion?

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1. Jun 6, 2009 6:19 AM in response to: 1000girl
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1000girl wrote:

 

On print w/ preview, I have checked "Let photoshop determine the color"

 

Why? Unless your system is fully calibrated, that is utterly pointless and from your description that seems the whole source of evil. Just let the printer driver do the rasterization and color sep and you should get much better results, especially when it is a model with extra inks that PS has no clue about. It's whole management is based on astandard RGB to Lab to CMYK process without special recognition of dedicated photo inks. If you wanted to sue them correctly inside PS, you'd need the proper profiles or build a manual per-channel separation for each ink...

 

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2. Jun 6, 2009 10:54 AM in response to: Mylenium
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thanks, i will give it a  try.

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3. Jun 8, 2009 11:15 PM in response to: Mylenium
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Hi Mylenium

 

I took your advise and switched "Let photoshop  determine the color" to let

the printer driver determine the color. The results  were much better when

I printed the photo in Adobe Photoshop CS 2 and went into  File, Automate,

Easy Photo Print Pro. I was able to control the size of the  photo and rotate

it.

 

However, why does the same photo not print as  well when I do not use the

Easy Photo Print Pro and just print using  the command control P? I have a

PC, Windows xp and use a Canon Pro 9000  printer. (When I do that, use just

Control-Print, the faces are very  tan with no natural color ...in spite of

the fact that the screen is showing me  a perfectly balanced colored portrait.)

 

Any help with this problem would be  appreciated.

Linda

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4. Jun 9, 2009 12:39 PM in response to: 1000girl
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Linda--

 

I'm confused. Did you print it from CS2 and then edit it with the printer software?

 

It sounds like a issue with the printer and PS using different color profiles. Remember, just because it looks correct on screen doesn't mean it will print the same. Printing and screen rendering are often not even close to matching unless you've had everything calibrated.

 

I would double check all of your other output settings as well  (in addition to letting the printer manage the color profiles). I find I correct a lot of output problems with by fiddling with the output settings (it's also a great way to learn what all the output settings control!)

 

Drew

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5. Jun 11, 2009 11:43 PM in response to: Drew@RU
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Drew,

 

I have Color Vision date color that is supposed to  color calibrate.

However, I don't think it does a thing.

I printed from Photoshop CS2, Automate, Easy Photo  Print. The color was

very good in the portraits. It had already been edited in  CS2. When I do the

same picture without using the Automate, Easy Photo Print,  but just using

the command, print, the faces are muddy. Can't get them to look  any better.

 

Any ideas?

Linda

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6. Jun 10, 2009 1:01 PM in response to: 1000girl
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Can you post screenshots so I can get a better idea of how its changing?

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7. Jun 11, 2009 11:43 PM in response to: Drew@RU
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I have a problem printing. When I print my Photoshop  CS2 thru File,

Automate, Easy Photo Print I get a picture that has very good  skin color. When I

don't go that route, and just use the command-print, the skin  color is

beige with no colors in it.

 

Please see the  attachment which has two pictures:

one done w/ the Automate, Easty Photo Print

and the other done w/ Command  Print.

I use Premium matte paper ...same paper used for the  following pictures. I

have set the CS2 to Let the Printer select the color and  used that with

both pictures. I have Color Vision to calibrate the color but I  don't think

it does a thing!

 

I have a Canon Pro9000 printer.

 

Linda

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8. Jun 12, 2009 7:22 AM in response to: 1000girl
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Linda--

 

I don't see the attachments

 

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9. Jun 12, 2009 9:23 AM in response to: Drew@RU
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send attachment again.

linda

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10. Jun 12, 2009 9:04 AM in response to: 1000girl
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I'm still not seing them. Are you using the attachments control at the bottom of the post window or the camera icon in the top controls?

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11. Jun 12, 2009 9:16 AM in response to: Drew@RU
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Judging by that annoying message footer, Linda is not using the web interface! 

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12. Jun 12, 2009 9:18 AM in response to: John Joslin
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Yeah I think she's replying to the email notifications...which I tried one time and it didn't work, so I thought you couldn't do that

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13. Jun 13, 2009 5:14 AM in response to: Drew@RU
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Hi,

 

I am sending this again. I tried sending to myself and  it worked. Attached

are the 2 photos:

one printed with photoshop cs2: file, automate, east  photo print which

gives good color.

the other is straight from photoshop CS2:  Control-print. The color comes

out tan and not skin colors at  all.

Why?

I use the same paper: premium matte and the printer is  Canon Pro 9000.

Regards,

Linda

 

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14. Jun 12, 2009 6:16 PM in response to: 1000girl
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I have the same printer and no complaints at all. One solution would be to buy a monitor calibration device, down to $79 now. (see Spyder at http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-mc-s2e.php). Over print out a large portrait and fix it alongside the monitor. Now adjust the monitor colours until the display matches the print. This is what I did with a laptop. Now if you correct the image to look "normal" it should print out with good results.

 

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15. Jun 13, 2009 5:14 AM in response to: OleRhino
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Hi David,

 

That won't work...I already have a Spyder color  calibrator. Since it looks

good on the desk top and prints fine in the Easy  Photo Print why is it so

lousy when I use the command  Control-Print????

Linda

 

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