color white

"Ross" wrote in message

Hi,
I would like to have white print as neutral. Currently when my background color is set to pure white with Adobe photoshop 7.0, when I print white prints as slightly offwhite. I can find no setting either on my printer (Epson 880 color stylus) or in in Phontoshop. Ross Deforrest

White will actually be the color of the paper. So, if you want pure white, select pure white paper.
Jim

Ross,

Are you printing RGB or CMYK?
Have you used the eye dropper tool to verify that what you see as white, is white (255,255,255 in RGB or 0,0,0,0 in CMYK) any other value in any of the channels will impart a slight hue.
Also check you monitor and printer calibrations. Have you tried to print with a transparent background? As Jim said, the white you see on the print is dependant on the colour of the media.

HTH
MH

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:44:39 -0000, "Mike Hyndman" wrote:

Ross,

Are you printing RGB or CMYK?
Have you used the eye dropper tool to verify that what you see as white, is white (255,255,255 in RGB or 0,0,0,0 in CMYK) any other value in any of the

wrong head on ;-(
Should be 0,0,0, in RGB.

channels will impart a slight hue.
Also check you monitor and printer calibrations. Have you tried to print with a transparent background? As Jim said, the white you see on the print is dependant on the colour of the media.

See http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps9_print/ps9_print_1.htm for printer profiling. This an excellent site for PS calibration info.

HTH
MH

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"Ingratitude is never having to say thankyou".

I went to that site, but that does not refer to 7.0 when I look at the print preview dialogue box the choices on 7.0 are not the same as those in the picture on that web page.
Ross
"Mike Hyndman" wrote in message

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:44:39 -0000, "Mike Hyndman" wrote:

Ross,

Are you printing RGB or CMYK?
Have you used the eye dropper tool to verify that what you see as white, is
white (255,255,255 in RGB or 0,0,0,0 in CMYK) any other value in any of the

wrong head on ;-(
Should be 0,0,0, in RGB.

channels will impart a slight hue.
Also check you monitor and printer calibrations. Have you tried to print with a transparent background? As Jim said, the white you see on the print is dependant on the colour of the media.

See http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps9_print/ps9_print_1.htm for printer profiling. This an excellent site for PS calibration info.
HTH
MH

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"Ingratitude is never having to say thankyou".

Yes,
That is as it should be, I know that. White should not put out any ink at all, but it does, it produces an off white, sort of beige color on the paper. In Adobe, the background color is set for pure white, but it doesn’t print that way. The thing is, using the same version of photoshop, it didn’t used to do that.
Ross

"Jim" wrote in message

"Ross" wrote in message

Hi,
I would like to have white print as neutral. Currently when my background color is set to pure white with Adobe photoshop 7.0, when I print white prints as slightly offwhite. I can find no setting either on my printer (Epson 880 color stylus) or in in Phontoshop. Ross Deforrest

White will actually be the color of the paper. So, if you want pure white, select pure white paper.
Jim

1. In both RGB and CMYK sliders, the numbers indicate pure white
2. How do I check the monitor and printer calibrations?
3. How do I print with a transparent background? Searched Adobe help for this and nothing came up(never much help there — they tell you to do something, but never where in the damn program to do it) Yes, I know about the color of the media, I am using pure white paper. What is happening is a pure white background is printing as slightly beige. Thanks
Ross
"Mike Hyndman" wrote in message

Ross,

Are you printing RGB or CMYK?
Have you used the eye dropper tool to verify that what you see as white, is white (255,255,255 in RGB or 0,0,0,0 in CMYK) any other value in any of the channels will impart a slight hue.
Also check you monitor and printer calibrations. Have you tried to print with a transparent background? As Jim said, the white you see on the print is dependant on the colour of the media.

HTH
MH

"Ross" wrote in message

1. In both RGB and CMYK sliders, the numbers indicate pure white
2. How do I check the monitor and printer calibrations?
3. How do I print with a transparent background? Searched Adobe help for this and nothing came up(never much help there — they tell you to do something, but never where in the damn program to do it) Yes, I know about the color of the media, I am using pure white paper. What
is happening is a pure white background is printing as slightly beige.

Ross,

The web link I gave you will give you all the information you need for calibration, the versions may differ but the principles do not. To calibrate your monitor you use Adobe Gamma which you will find in Control Panel. The printer method will differ depending on manufacturer
To print with a transparent background. How many layers does you image consist of? If only one, the background, you will need to rename this layer to something else, as the "background" does not support transparency. When you have renamed the layer select all the white (magic wand) and hit delete. The magic eraser should take it out also. Make sure your tolerances are set pretty low as either method can encroach into areas that you want to keep If you are happy with the colours you see on the screen it seems likely that it’s the printer that is introducing the colour shift, are you using the manufacturers inks? For some reason white (0,0,0,) is being sent to the printer, which should result in no ink being delivered, but it is.

HTH
MH

"Ross" wrote in message

I went to that site, but that does not refer to 7.0 when I look at the print preview dialogue box the choices on 7.0 are not the same as those in the picture on that web page.
Ross

Ross,

Try http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps7_colour/ps7_1.htm

HTH
MH

I agree with the previous poster but would suggest a slightly different twist.

I use Elements, so your steps might be slightly different. Open PS and go to File>New. Create a workspace of any size smaller than a page, say 3×5". Select all and fill with pure white. Print it. It should print exactly as the rest of the paper and you should not be able to see it. If the box is visible or the whole page prints off white, then report back to Mike or someone because it might be a printer problem or something. If the box is invisible, then the would answer some questions as well.

You’re not trying to run inkjet paper through a color laser or anything are you? Just making sure it isn’t a heat issue.