I need help with color profiles!

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October 11, 2017
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I created a navy blue passport looking document in photoshop. It prints out great from Photoshop, but I when placed into Indesign, the blue looks purple. I am using U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 in Photoshop. I went into Bridge and made sure my CC applications were synchronize. I have even tried saving my photoshop document into several different file types, .eps being my preferred file type. What am I doing wrong?

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D Fosse

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First of all, remake the file as RGB. Forget CMYK.

In the print dialog, choose "let the printer manage color". Open the printer driver and make sure all settings there, for paper quality and so on, are correct and identical. In PS that's "print settings", in ID it's setup > preferences. These settings are application- and file-specific, they are stored as metadata in the file. You need to do it in both apps.

D Fosse

Community Expert

OK, I googled Xerox WorkCentre 7855 - if that's what this is - and it's a standard office multifunction inkjet printer.

There won't be any icc profiles for this printer. Which means you cannot let InDesign manage color. You need to set it to let the printer manage color.

And the file needs to be RGB, not CMYK of any kind. These printers usually expect sRGB, but Adobe RGB should probably also work.

Oh - and don't expect much color accuracy from these printers. That's not what they're built for. They're built for high volume, speed and reliability.

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robertf285822Author

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I agree. it isn't a very good printer. It is a color laser though. I just wish that there was a way for two different adobe products to send the same color info to the printer. I'm sure there is. What is my next step? I can't seem to get either a chat, or a phone number with adobe. -R