Re: Color synch issue?

Isn't this one of the older Epson printers? They used to drive me
crazy with trying to "true" the color. However, the Epson software
allows for a couple of options that should tone down the
orange/yellow. One of these options is "Vivid." I can't remember
the name of the other. You might try experimenting with the color
options in the print screen, Bond.

Also, print from within Photoshop (with CMYK option) to fiddle with
the colors. I don't think Word is responsible for the color quality
in this situation. It's the computer display/printer color match
that is the challenge. And color synching display to printer is a
pretty painful process, especially with the older printers.

Word does very well with jpg, gif and best of all tiff (though the
tiff certainly makes for big files). We haven't used png much; one
would think that Word would handle that. But there's little use
editing any graphic once it is in Word or Powerpoint, other than to
resize or crop. One seems to lose a lot of information once it's
dropped into the Word bitmap format. Resolution drops too.

- Marilyn

At 8:47 AM -0800 11/28/06, Michael Rimar wrote:
>Bond:
>
>Since you're using the image for print, working in CMYK mode would
>require less "interpolating" when printing than from an RGB image.
>Just another thought.
>
>I'm curious what folks say about Gary's suggestion to use a format
>other than png - I don't know how Word or print operations work
>differently with various file types.
>
>michael
>
>At 4:18 PM -0800 11/27/06, E. Bond Francisco wrote:
>>Hello Magnet folks,
>>
>>I have an image that I've manipulated in Photoshop CS2, added some
>>text to it (in Photoshop CS2), saved it as a .png file. and then
>>imported it into a word document. On the screen, the image appears
>>very golden and yellowish, which is perfect. When I print it out,
>>it shows up very magenta and pink. I did my best to tweak with the
>>color settings, etc. from Word's print dialog boxes, but nothing
>>seems to corret the color.
>>
>>I'm thinking MAYBE i needed to working in a different color space
>>in Photoshop. I think I was using RGB, but I can't remember at the
>>moment. How can I guarantee that the color I see in the photoshop
>>image, and in the word document, is going to print at least close
>>to that same color. It's an Epson 300 printer, printing in Epson
>>Standard mode.
>>
>>Never had to deal with this issue before, and I'm kinda lost as to
>>how to proceed. Any clues greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Bond
>>
>>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>E. Bond Francisco
>>Principal Analyst
>>UCB, Physical Plant
>>510-643-5523
>>
>
>
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>Michael Rimar
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>Center for Integrative Genomics
>University of California, Berkeley
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