----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam McKenty"
Subject: Colour laser printing issues
Hi folks,
I've put some photos together into a calendar (yes, a bit behind schedule), and I'm getting it printed by someone who runs a local news paper and offers printing services "on the side." Unfortunately neither I nor the person doing the printing know much about the complexities of printing colour images, and so far the test prints have come out looking quite shoddy. The first one was printed as an RGB PSD placed in an Adobe Indesign document, and the printout has large areas that are too purple, large areas that are too green, and is generally higher contrast than the original. We tried converting the image to CMYK in PS, which resulted in fairly accurate colour, but muddy and grainy looking printouts.
I've uploaded scans of a couple of the printouts, as well as the original image at http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/printfailure.html
The photo looks fine on all the screens I've looked at it on.
Anyone know what could be causing this problem?
Find out what colourspace the Xerox is operating in, and apply that to your image files.
That shoud get you closer to what you want.
Failing that, adjust the image until you get a good printout from the Xerox.
William Robb
