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Problem with printing photos.
When I import a photo into Corel and print that out the colours are usually darker than the photo. If the photo is mainly blue then it prints bluer, if its mainly brown , it prints browner.
I have just had a colour profile especially made for my printer setup (Epson 1400, Bulk system). The firm where I bought the system have checked my setup and can see nothing wrong.
When I print a design I have made in Corel it prints out perfectly. So the problem must be in the importing.
Any ideas??
Earl. -
6 Replies
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It could be the same problem from the other day on this thread
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … highlight=
hope it helps
cheers
Warren
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Thanks Warren,
I have been importing a photo as a tiff. Changed the photo to a jpeg and a bmap. Also scanned photo direct into Corel. Printed all out together and the Jpeg gives better colours. This was a "brown" photo. Hope it works with other colours too. Never thought of that solution.
Thanks Earl. -
Out of interest what are the settings for colour management in Corel and what version are you using.
Alan D -
Hi Alan,
I am using version 12. The settings are as set out in the Artainium ink instructions. Import/export using Internal RGB Frazer, Scanner is Generic and the printer uses an ICC profile which my supplier has made specifically for me from a colour chart he sent to me.
Earl. -
The darker colours may be due to many factors apart from the colour profile. The hotter the press when sublimating or the longer the press time can cause the image to become darker. I tend to increase the brightness within Photoshop (or Corel) by 15 – 20% and this gives a brighter image reproduction and one which is less dark when compared to the on screen image.
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After much experimenting I have found that the problem is when I scan a photo and print this. In Corel the scan is terrible. So now I scan into another program , Micrografix PP , then import into Corel as a jpeg.
Cant find a colour profile for the scanner so I cannot put that right.
Happily most customers bring in photos on disc or USB.
Earl
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