Hey, I'm working on a card for 52 card pickup. I've done a few cards before, but I can never get the color to match what's on the screen for me! What do you do? I have to up the saturation and darken it a little. I've tried different things and can't get it just right. Do you change it so it thinks it's printing a picture or anything? help!
Do you adjust color settings when printing digi-stuff?
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juliemarie
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My printer was far off from my monitor (and it wasn't my monitor - I have it calibrated with a monitor calibrator). I tried adjusting the saturation levels, contrast etc on the printer settings and it helped some but still not right. I was searching online and starting reading about printer profiles. The cheapest I found was from this person on ebay I have one for matte photo paper, and 1 for glossy photo paper, and now when I print with those profiles my monitor and printer match exactly.
newfiemountiewife
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You're supposed to print stuff?
rach3975
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When I got my printer, I picked a couple of test images and printed thumbnail sized versions with all different settings until I found the one that looked best. Turns out that I have to keep the yellow on my Epson printer turned all the way down or the color is way off. Now that I've figured that out I saved it as a profile and just click it every time I print.
What printer and paper are you using? That will affect what settings you need, too. For glossy paper you'd use one of the best photo settings, and for matte paper usually a mid-level photo setting will work.
What printer and paper are you using? That will affect what settings you need, too. For glossy paper you'd use one of the best photo settings, and for matte paper usually a mid-level photo setting will work.
Penny Springmann
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If you use PSCS3 (I don't know about elements or other PS versions) there is an option to let PS set the colors for printing. Something happened to my printer so this is the only way I can print now.
Anso
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Occasionally I do. My printer prints a little darker than my screen displays things in general (it only seems to affect certain colours)...so if I have items that are a little dark I might change them a little before I print. 
Oh and always make sure you pick the right printer setting for your paper of course - that can make a difference too
Oh and always make sure you pick the right printer setting for your paper of course - that can make a difference too