5 Replies Latest reply: Oct 23, 2014 2:47 PM by saltayky

Colors off when printing on Epson printer from Indesign

saltayky Oct 21, 2014 6:37 AM

I'm new to Indesign. I'm a photographer trying to print a booklet for a handmade book.

My question is about preparing photographic images for use in Indesign.

I have JPEGS, saved as RGB files at 300DPI. I'm printing on an Epson R2000 using a custom paper and custom ICC profile. In my Color Management dialog I have Let Indesign handle colors and the correct printer profile selected. Output color is Composite RGB. The colors are really off so obviously I'm doing something wrong. I'm no expert so any advice much appreciated!

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jdanek Oct 22, 2014 5:07 PM (in response to saltayky)

You may have to experiment with different settings. InDesign is not a photographic application per se; like Photoshop is. InDesign is an app that prints CMYK, not RGB. Try disabling "Let InDesign choose color" or similar, and let the printer determine color based on your profiles and paper choice.
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Test Screen Name Oct 23, 2014 3:29 AM (in response to jdanek)

Well, if it's not a PostScript printer and we're in Windows, InDesign is going to have to send RGB like every other app....
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saltayky Oct 23, 2014 11:32 AM (in response to jdanek)

Hi - I disabled the custom profile for my Moab paper and whilst the green hue is gone, the colors are dull. My question is should I save my images in Photoshop to CMYK? As opposed to RGB?
Should I change the color profile assigned to Indesign to Adobe RGB? This was the original color profile of the image in Photoshop.
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Test Screen Name Oct 23, 2014 12:12 PM (in response to saltayky)

Perhaps we could compare. You say the colours are wrong but what is your comparison?

The screen - in what app(s)? And is it calibrated?
The printer - from what app(s)?
Something else?
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5. Re: Colors off when printing on Epson printer from Indesign

saltayky Oct 23, 2014 2:47 PM (in response to Test Screen Name)

I Printed more of the images and it looks great. I think it was that one image that appeared a little dull but I tweaked it in PS.
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