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francescag54179982
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June 8, 2024
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Art prints are printing cropped and dark despite setting changes in photoshop

I am trying to print my digital art onto 8 x 10 paper. I have done this before and have had no issues but when I'm trying now the image is printing out cropped and the colors are all significantly darker. My printer can do edge to edge printing so that isn't a problem here. I've changed paper settings, color management settings, borderless vs border... and I keep getting the same results. I've reinstalled the printer and software too. I just don't understand how I'm using the same files/paper/printer/settings as I usually do but am not getting the same result. Any insight would be SO helpful!

 

The photo below is an example. Print on the right is what it is supposed to look like, print on the left is what I'm getting right now (darker colors and cropped on the bottom).

 

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francescag54179982作成者
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June 8, 2024

Some additional info:

My printer is an Epson ET 8550

I'm printing on red river 60lb premium matte plus 

These prints were created on a canvas size of 8 x 10

 

Print settings I usually use and have been trying:

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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June 8, 2024

1 - Why is the document untagged? You always need to make sure there is an embedded color profile. Without it, the file is undefined.

 

2 - Why are you using a generic gamma 1.8 printer profile? You need to use the correct profile for that specific paper/printer/ink. Red River will provide this profile. They will also tell what to set as media type in the printer driver with this paper. That controls the total amount of ink. Finally, turn off color management in the printer driver to avoid double profiling.

 

3 - You need to calibrate your display to match printed output. Monitor white needs to be a visual match to paper white. The actual numbers will vary with your working environment, but is usually somewhere in the vicinity of 100 - 120 cd/m². You set this target in your calibrator. But it can also be done manually - if it looks right, it is right. They just need to match visually, so that you see paper white on screen.

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    June 26, 2024

    Hi, thanks for the advice. I'm new to this. So I followed a couple of your recommendations so far but when I selected the RR printer profile specific for my printer, photoshop says that it can't print without any color management and that I need to use Adobe Color Printer Utility to print. When I looked into that it says its not supported by the latest Mac OS.

     

    When I was looking up how to set up color management the Adobe recommendations talked about selecting an option under Color Settings (no color management, optimize for screens, optimize for printing etc) but when I go into that I don't have a drop down selection like its describing.

     

    Where can I find the settings for my monitor so I can calibrate it?


    Turn off color management in the printer driver. Photoshop's color management obviously needs to operate.

     

    To calibrate and profile a display you need a colorimeter and profiling software. Any serious Photoshop user will have that. Photoshop's whole architecture revolves around this.

     

    This is a short answer because I'm on my phone and can't type too much 😉

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