Rhino1616

Hi,

Im recreating a fancy letter I saw with Photoshop 7. Everything seems pretty easy except some of the paragraphs are in baby blue. When I try to recreate this color in Photoshop using the PS7 color palate, on screen it seems baby blue, but when I print it(Epson C62)the end product looks light greenish. I scanned it & printed it, and the color didnt match the original copy. I tried RGB & CMYK & Im having a hard time trying to match to the original. How do people match colors?

Thank you

Sanby

I am not an expert on this at all, and do not claim to be but the problem may not acctually be PS but rather your printer or printer settings.

Check to make sure that your ink carridge isn't low. I am assuming you have already check this, or know that it is full but check just to be safe.

Also, check the print settings. Make sure there isn't anything fishy happening in there.

Sanby

wbiss

First and foremost, Rhino, make certain that your monitor is properly calibrated! http://www.photoshopgurus.info/forum...pic.php?t=1864
Then, look within your printer's documentation to find a "test print" option. Don't bother with CMYK as it is only used for commercial printing purposes. Stick with RGB. The colours that you see on your screen (CMYK cannot be displayed on screen) should be able to accurately be reproduced on paper with proper monitor calibration and printer setup.

Part f it has to do with PS's colour managment;

Read more about it here:

Basic principles of Photoshop color management (904 K)
http://www.photoshopforphotographers...7fp_color1.pdf

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 color management (744 K)
http://www.photoshopforphotographers...7fp_color2.pdf

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