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I’ve been using an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 with Photoshop for a couple of months and have been generally very pleased with the results. I have just encountered a problem, though, that has me stumped.
I have a photo that includes a person wearing a very saturated magenta shirt. Whenever I print this image, the color reproduction is correct over the entire print, except that the subject’s shirt comes out blocked to a medium magenta tone (rather different than the actual color), and surrounding areas where there should be a slight magenta reflection on skin tones and in shadows are instead printed as shades of a bright, neon GREEN. This is not a subtle effect; these portions of the image are obviously, wildly wrong, even to the casual observer.
Turning on color proofing in PS revealed that the magenta shirt and some surrounding areas were out of gamut for the 2200 and the paper I am using. However, I dodged / burned the offending areas until PS showed them as within gamut, and the print came out identically. Ditto for switching from Relative Colormetric to Perceptual for the ICM intent. Finally, choosing "print preview" in the print dialog shows an image with a heavy magenta cast (as usual), but no trace of the neon green highlighting. Letting the print process proceed, however, reveals the rogue green.
I’ve wasted a number of sheets, and a bunch of ink, trying to get this one image to come out correctly. Has anyone seen anything like this with the 2200, or have any suggestions? I’m using PS 7.0 and my print dialogs say "version 5.40" on the "maintainance" tab. I’m printing with Photo Black onto Premium Glossy paper and using the ICM profiles that came with my printer. Other images come out fine, as does the entirety of this problematic image, except for this one area.
Any help appreciated!
I have a photo that includes a person wearing a very saturated magenta shirt. Whenever I print this image, the color reproduction is correct over the entire print, except that the subject’s shirt comes out blocked to a medium magenta tone (rather different than the actual color), and surrounding areas where there should be a slight magenta reflection on skin tones and in shadows are instead printed as shades of a bright, neon GREEN. This is not a subtle effect; these portions of the image are obviously, wildly wrong, even to the casual observer.
Turning on color proofing in PS revealed that the magenta shirt and some surrounding areas were out of gamut for the 2200 and the paper I am using. However, I dodged / burned the offending areas until PS showed them as within gamut, and the print came out identically. Ditto for switching from Relative Colormetric to Perceptual for the ICM intent. Finally, choosing "print preview" in the print dialog shows an image with a heavy magenta cast (as usual), but no trace of the neon green highlighting. Letting the print process proceed, however, reveals the rogue green.
I’ve wasted a number of sheets, and a bunch of ink, trying to get this one image to come out correctly. Has anyone seen anything like this with the 2200, or have any suggestions? I’m using PS 7.0 and my print dialogs say "version 5.40" on the "maintainance" tab. I’m printing with Photo Black onto Premium Glossy paper and using the ICM profiles that came with my printer. Other images come out fine, as does the entirety of this problematic image, except for this one area.
Any help appreciated!
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