Adobe Photoshop/Printing wrong colors

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Expert: - 12/30/2009


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New laptop windows 7.  Photoshop Elements 7. Canon PIXMA MP 620 all in one printer. Printing tif scrapbook pages on glossy photo paper and black is either green, blue or purple. All new ink and they are in the correct position. I know it has to do with the color profiles, but there are so many different selections that I don't know which to select.  I am going crazy, have wasted so much ink and photo paper and nothing works.

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Hi Judy,

Make sure your black in Photoshop is 100% black and 0% Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. This should come out black, if not then the printer needs to be calibrated. Follow your printer documentation for this. Once the printer is calibrated it should store it's profile in a place where Photoshop can access it.

I'm sorry, I'm not real familiar with windows or canon so I can't get more specific, but the Canon control panel should help you get calibrated.

Hope this helps,
Glen Demers
Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop 7
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
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I am an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop 7 and can answer any questions dealing with images for print; resolution, color correction, color space, sharpening and retouching. I am a prepress technician for Best Printing Online and if you want to know how to prepare your image for offset reproduction, I can help.

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I've been working in the prepress aspect of printing for 25 years and am currently a prepress technician for Best Printing Online
I've worked with Photoshop since 1994 and have used all versions from 3 to CS3. I'm an ACE (Adobe certified expert) in Photoshop 7.0

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I graduated High School and took 1 year of College level offset printing course. I've attended 2 Photoshop World conferences and taken numerous seminars pertaining to Photoshop and the print industry.

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