Magenta Colour Cast on Photos

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andym
Sep 26, 2004
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Although my monitor shows crisp mono photos , I am getting a magenta-like shade to my printed photos.

I am currently printing on a cheap Canon i250 (it used to occur also on my Canon s820). However, even if I get a lab to print them, I still have the same problem.

Is the problem:
a) my Colour Settings or
b) the way I turn my colour shots to mono?

which I do by Channel Mixer usually set around the 60% red, 40% blue mark (give or take), and the monotone box checked.

There was a day when I had no problems, but my PC has changed, my version of PS has changed, and my printers have changed. I don’t know which of those variables have caused the the cast to move in!!!

any help would be appreciated…..

andym….
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Hecate
Sep 26, 2004
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 23:30:18 +1000, "andym"
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Although my monitor shows crisp mono photos , I am getting a magenta-like shade to my printed photos.
That is almost always caused by a colour management problem. You don’t say what colour management you use, if any at all, so it’s impossible to give any advice.

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Sep 30, 2004
"andym" wrote in
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Although my monitor shows crisp mono photos , I am getting a magenta-like shade to my printed photos.

I am currently printing on a cheap Canon i250 (it used to occur also on my Canon s820). However, even if I get a lab to print them, I still have the same problem.

Is the problem:
a) my Colour Settings or
b) the way I turn my colour shots to mono?

which I do by Channel Mixer usually set around the 60% red, 40% blue
mark (give or take), and the monotone box checked.

There was a day when I had no problems, but my PC has changed, my version of PS has changed, and my printers have changed. I don’t know which of those variables have caused the the cast to move in!!!
any help would be appreciated…..

andym….

The quickest way to solve your problem is to calibrate your monitor to your printed output. That is, adjust your monitor to mimic the print, using the controls on the front of your monitor. When you’ve done that, you can semi-trust what you see on your screen. But you can never rely on it entirely. Get to know color a bit and you’ll be able to color correct images on a grayscale monitor if you have to!

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