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Hello
I have been using Photoshop CS with color mode set to RGB. I use Adobe 1998 colour profile and color managed workflow.
My output is to Epson 4000 printer.
Now the confusion…. Although in theory the printer is CYMK I understand that it actually prints RGB.
I was told to produce documents with color mode set to RGB for output to typical "high street" ink jet printers such as Epson as they are really RGB printers as opposed to commercial printing which uses CYMK.
I now have a copy of Illustrator which seems to suggest that I should use CYMK as "it gives a better screen to print match" (I use Gretag Macbeth Eye One for monitor and print profiling).
Can someone confirm that I should be using RGB as my working color mode and not CYMK, even though my output is to print and not intended primarly for viewing on a monitor. Obviously I need to be consistent between both applications.
Thanks
Les
I have been using Photoshop CS with color mode set to RGB. I use Adobe 1998 colour profile and color managed workflow.
My output is to Epson 4000 printer.
Now the confusion…. Although in theory the printer is CYMK I understand that it actually prints RGB.
I was told to produce documents with color mode set to RGB for output to typical "high street" ink jet printers such as Epson as they are really RGB printers as opposed to commercial printing which uses CYMK.
I now have a copy of Illustrator which seems to suggest that I should use CYMK as "it gives a better screen to print match" (I use Gretag Macbeth Eye One for monitor and print profiling).
Can someone confirm that I should be using RGB as my working color mode and not CYMK, even though my output is to print and not intended primarly for viewing on a monitor. Obviously I need to be consistent between both applications.
Thanks
Les
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