Printer settings, color settings in Photoshop elements 12

[Marni]

I have a CISS system that I purchased for my Epson 1400 from inkjet fly a few years ago. I recently changed computers and have downloaded a trial of Adobe Elements 12. I am running Windows 7. All of a sudden my CISS is not giving me the same good prints it used to . The flesh colors are purple. I have used the printer profile that Leo posted along with Costco paper, but the prints are awful. I have calibrated my monitor using a Spyder. I am told by the ink guy that it's not the ink, but he doesn't give me any suggestions, other than it's my "color space". I am using the setting that gives control over to photoshop and disabled the color settings in the printer. I am using "ALWAYS OPTIMIZE FOR PRINTING>PHOTOSHOP MANAGES COLOR>PRINTER PROFILE IS THE ONE HE GAVE ME>(however I have tried others)RELATIVE COLORMETRIC. My working space is srgb IEC 61966-2.1, (which can't be changed in this window) The Epson settings are ICM and color management off. Interesting thing is I printed a page with bright yellow and on my screen it showed bright yellow, I printed it, and it came out gold instead, I then scanned the print and when I opened it back in a few programs, it was perfectly colored with my monitor, so I think I have eliminated my monitor. Can anyone tell me what they think the problem is? using anything but a CISS system for me is not possible. I teach scrapbooking and people must print paper etc. Thanks so much!!!!!

 

[Droppingin]

I have a CISS system that I purchased for my Epson 1400 from inkjet fly a few years ago. I recently changed computers and have downloaded a trial of Adobe Elements 12. I am running Windows 7. All of a sudden my CISS is not giving me the same good prints it used to . The flesh colors are purple. I have used the printer profile that Leo posted along with Costco paper, but the prints are awful. I have calibrated my monitor using a Spyder. I am told by the ink guy that it's not the ink, but he doesn't give me any suggestions, other than it's my "color space". I am using the setting that gives control over to photoshop and disabled the color settings in the printer. I am using "ALWAYS OPTIMIZE FOR PRINTING>PHOTOSHOP MANAGES COLOR>PRINTER PROFILE IS THE ONE HE GAVE ME>(however I have tried others)RELATIVE COLORMETRIC. My working space is srgb IEC 61966-2.1, (which can't be changed in this window) The Epson settings are ICM and color management off. Interesting thing is I printed a page with bright yellow and on my screen it showed bright yellow, I printed it, and it came out gold instead, I then scanned the print and when I opened it back in a few programs, it was perfectly colored with my monitor, so I think I have eliminated my monitor. Can anyone tell me what they think the problem is? using anything but a CISS system for me is not possible. I teach scrapbooking and people must print paper etc. Thanks so much!!!!!

Is the profile being used with the Costco paper made for that paper? That is the only thing I see that could cause it since you do calibrate your monitor.

I will say that you are using the least desirable color space though that is not causing your issue. Are you capturing in sRGB?

I am on a Mac so "Always optimize for printing" is an unknown to me.

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[Marni]

Thank you so much for answering me. Yes, I was using the profile that Leo gave that he claims was for the ink and the Costco paper. It prints purple, so his profile is wrong. I know one other person who I called who used the profile and said he had the same problem.

What I ended up doing was to take a suggestion from a tech who told me to use the printer to manage the color instead. I found that the prints were actually much better, I used ICM, Driver ICM Basic, RGB 1998 for the input profile, Intent Perceptual, printer profile Epson Standard, Printer profile description SP1400 1410 PGPS. The print was MUCH MUCH closer to the monitor, but still too much red and too saturated. The yellow tube doesn't seem to be laying down the proper amount of yellow, which might be an issue with the cart from the CISS.

I am going to have a printer profile done for the printer so I can at least use up the rest of the ink that I bought for my CISS and then go to the CISS from inkjet republic instead.

Leo at inkjetfly was terrible to work with, he was rude and wouldn't answer any questions. I found this to be odd as he was always responsive in the past with questions, but this time. WOW, rude to the max. He would not answer a simple question telling me it was my "color space and nothing was wrong with his profile" "He was not a IT man, and he only answers questions about the CISS" blah blah blah. The tubes have come apart from the CISS and he wouldn't even answer that question about how to fix them, or offer anything helpful. I don't need his CISS or his attitude anymore.

Hopefully this profile will help, I only use Costco papers for printing so it should at least work until I replace the system. Now, I have to figure out how to stop the tubes from hanging up on the printer.