Printing suc**

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George_Dagis
Oct 1, 2003
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OK. I know I sound dumb but here goes: I have no problem doing all sorts of things with photoshop. The pictures I end up with are sometimes breathtaking. My BIG problem is that when I send them to my Lexmark X5150 they come out very dark and very muddled.I am quite aware that the printer is cheap but the quality, or should I say inaccuracy, is bad even for THIS printer. I mean it’s nowhere in the ballpark. In fact I must say that beautiful pics aren’t just not beautiful; they are downright UGLY. I am aware of callibration type things in photoshop but I set what I know in colorpace as they suggest in "Photoshop Artistry". Could the problem be in my OUTPUT somehow? I thought I had that covered. My settings are:

WORKING SPACES
RGB: Adobe RGB (1998)
CMYK: US Sheetfed Coated V2
Gray: Gray Gamma 1.8
Spot: Dot Gain 20%

COLOR MANAGEMENT POLICIES
RGB: Preserve Embeddded Profiles
CMYK: Preserve Embedded Profiles
Gray: Preserve Embedded Profiles

Profile Mismatches
Ask when opening
Ask when pasting BOTH CHECKED

Missing profiles
Ask when Opening CHECKED

Engine: Adobe (ACE)
Intent: Perceptual

Use Black Point compensation Unchecked
Use Dither (8-bit/ channel images) Checked

ADVANCED CONTROLS
Both Unchecked

Please help me figure out WHY my pics are so darn ugly. I would sincerely appreciate ANY and ALL help.

Thank you,
George

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Robert_Blackwell
Oct 1, 2003
What about the printer settings, are you putting those on high quality? Usually default is "normal" quality on most printers but it depends on how many quality modes there are. Have you tried high quality, and "photo print" if the option exists?
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YrbkMgr
Oct 1, 2003
Also, a 15 minute readd at Ian Lyons’ site should have you on your way in no time.

<http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps7-colour/ps7_1.htm>
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dave_milbut
Oct 1, 2003
a 15 minute readd at Ian Lyons’ site should have you on your way in no time.

or in 15 minutes… 🙂
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YrbkMgr
Oct 1, 2003
Doh! Point taken.
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Gary_Hummell
Oct 1, 2003
Try a test print from another image editing application like Irfanview. If the print is equally bad, then it is probably a printer issue.

Gary

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