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Printing problem

  • 13-08-2009 11:42am
    #1
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭


    I've been messing about with colour masks on a photo and ended up with this.
    P8062785small.jpg

    However when I tried printing it I end up with this.

    BWRedTint001.jpg

    The resulting print has an overall red tint. I've never tried printing "B & W" before so maybe I don't have the right paper / settings / or whatever.

    What am I doing wrong?


Comments

  • #2
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    without knowing details i would guess its a profile thing


    BUT

    your not doing a B&W print, its a colour print in this case


  • #3
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    stcstc wrote: »
    without knowing details i would guess its a profile thing

    What sort of details would you need?


  • #4
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    what printer, what inks, what paper etc

    how did you print, what settings both in photoshop and driver etc


  • #5
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    stcstc wrote: »
    what printer, what inks, what paper etc
    how did you print, what settings both in photoshop and driver etc

    I'll try -
    Printer - Epson Stylus Photo RX425
    Inks are genuine Epson Inks
    Paper is dodgy brand Premium Glossy Inkjet Paper.

    Printer Settings - now here's where things get tricky for me.
    The image is a jpeg processed in GIMP
    Printer is set to the correct size, orientation etc.
    Colour Controls are - Gamma set to 1.8 (options are 1.5, 1.8 or 2.2)
    Colour Mode set to EPSON Vivid - other option is Charts & Graphs
    Brightness, Contrast and saturation are all at 0 - never changed any of them.
    The three colours CMY are also all at 0 - default.
    High speed printing is switched off.

    To print the pic I open it in Ifranview and print it from there. The print preview is perfect, but the final print is red!

    Any help would be appreciated.


  • #6
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    yea sounds like a profile problem

    and its to do with the fact that your not controlling the colour the print driver is

    the way you should do it is

    in your photo software, get it to manage the colour, and select the profile for the paper your using (sounds like you dont have one and not likely to get one)

    then get the printer to not do any colour management etc

    this way the i do prints and would work for what your doing


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  • #7
    Anouilh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭Anouilh


    It looks as if the colour cast that covers the whole image and which makes the dress red is being picked up by the printer software.

    Did you solve this problem as it is one that many of us have come across?

    Something along the same lines came up recently in relation to colour casts and scanning:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61819046&postcount=64

    Fajitas might be able to help.


    I have started using Photofiltre for printing and it is quite subtle in the changes one can make.


  • #8
    Dublin_Gunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    You could try changing the image to greyscale so there is no possibility of colour info being sent to the print driver..


  • #9
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    Dublin_Gunner wrote: »
    You could try changing the image to greyscale so there is no possibility of colour info being sent to the print driver..

    if he converts to greyscale then whats the point in having the dress in red/pink ... why not just desaturate the whole thing? :rolleyes:


  • #10
    Dublin_Gunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    PCPhoto wrote: »
    if he converts to greyscale then whats the point in having the dress in red/pink ... why not just desaturate the whole thing? :rolleyes:


    I can't actually see the images in work (damn proxy server) and just picked up on him printing B&W.

    An incorrect assumption on my part that he was printing B&W.

    What method are you using for the colour masking?


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