Color & Contrast Issues When Printing
Hello, Thank you for reading. I'm a graphic artist with about 30 years of experience. I've done a tone of printing both at home & through print shops. For a couple of years now, I've had an impossible time Trying to get my prints at home from various Epson printers (Currently An Epson ET 2720).
No matter what paper I use or what quality setting, all of my prints come out muddy, lacking contrast. The lighter colors are dark & over-saturated, the darks are lightened & lacking definition. The problem is isolated to Photoshop as other adobe apps & other apps generally print colors more true to what I see on the screen. It happens no matter if the source file is in RGB or CMYK.
Generally I have the "Color Sync" option turned OFF in the printer driver & the Photoshop Print Settings set to allow the printer to manage colors. If I set it to allow Photoshop to manage the colors ten things go really crazy & everything becomes extremely dark & the colors are waaay off. It is my understanding that for home printing from an inkjet printer you would not usually use the "Photoshop Manages Colors" option though I do understand that using it would require settings for you exact printer, paper ink etc...
In the past, with previous PS versions & previous printers I never had this issue. I did massive amounts of printing with excellent color but for years now I've been unable to produce any acceptable prints from home.
I've spent endless hours messing with every imaginable setting both in Photoshop & the printer driver with no luck. Any clue would be greatly appreciated. I'm on the latest version of Mac OS.
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