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simon24447303nngw
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May 14, 2022
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TRANSPARENCIES LOOK WASHED OUT.

  • May 14, 2022
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Hi there!! I've got some JPG pictures that mostly have been scanned, and when I print thwm out as transparencies, they look very unsaturated, and washed out! I light them from behind, with 5500K flurencent lamps, and it looks better putting a white piece of paper  behind it, and lighting it up from infront of the imagr.

I've also lit the transparency from infront of a white background LED TV, and again very washed out.

Should I darken the image, or what.

 

Thanks Simon.

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    Bob_Hallam
    Bob_Hallam
    Legend
    November 9, 2022

    Without White you need a Backlight to view the color properly.  In the absence of that backlight...You need White Ink.  

    ICC programmer and developer, Photographer, artist and color management expert, Print standards and process expert.
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      Traci2704705994pm
      Participant
      November 9, 2022

      yes currently using whiteout on the back of the film where the graphics are. Good thing I was an art major. I was hoping for some kind of setting that would make the output not adjust for a white paper background. I have not seen anything like that.

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      simon24447303nngwAuthor
      Participant
      February 9, 2023

      If you profile on a similar media, the images should be close but you may want to increase the printer density a bit to compensate if this work will be back lit.  If not Whit ink is what's needed.


      Hi there!!! How do you show the First Page of a PDF on a Adobe thumbnaik??

      Thanks Simon.

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      Traci2704705994pm
      Participant
      November 9, 2022

      Hi there. I'm not sure if you found your solution but I have a similar project. I am printing graphics onto transparency film. It's adhesive and I'm trying to make stickers (I am an adult and this is an actual work project). I should have known this, but this isnt what I normally do so I didnt think of it, BUT the printer doesnt print white. The base layer of color is not present to make your images clear and sharp and opaque. If anyone has a quick fix for that, I would love to hear it. 

      NB, colourmanagement
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      NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 16, 2022

      How are you printing the "transparency"? 

      A 'film recorder' is the traditional method, if you are working on a well calibrated & profiled display screen AND the film recorder [or your own printing method] is well calibrated and has an accurate ICC profile describing it's behaviour, then the process should automatically succeed. 

      The luminance of the display lighting will be part of this calibration process. 

       

      I hope this helps
      neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer:: co-author: 'getting colour right'
      google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management

       

        Bob_Hallam
        Bob_Hallam
        Legend
        May 14, 2022

        What output device? How is your output device calibrated?  Do you have calibrated patches on your transparency to check your printer?   Give us the basics of your process and we can help

        ICC programmer and developer, Photographer, artist and color management expert, Print standards and process expert.
        TheDigitalDog
        TheDigitalDog
        Inspiring
        May 14, 2022

        Print them to what device, with what output profile for the transparency material? 

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