Printing from an iMac (Photoshop)

[ballroom_boy]

Hi Everyone,

I'm not sure which forum is the best one to post this, so I though I would try it here.

I have just purchased an iMac to replace my old Windows 98 PC (it kept crashing all of the time and was very slow). Printing in Photoshop (PS) on the PC was no problem... I have an Epson Stylus Photo 870 and when I printed from the PC, the colour reproduction on my prints was almost identical to what was on the monitor. However, after installing PS on my iMac and setuping up the same printer with it, printing from iMac yields prints where the colour is not accurate. They are washed out and not accurate as to what is on my monitor. From the print menu I have chosen the correct size and type of paper from the Epson print driver (like on the PC version)


Is there a colour profile I need to change someplace? I am a neophyte in colour management and still finding my way around PS. My iMac is a G4, 800MHz, 768 MB RAM, Mac OS 10.2.4.


THANKS for your help!
Roel
:D

[Tom V]

Ballroom Boy,

Sorry this response is so slow.

Congrats on the iMac. I am a 12-year Mac user, I don't use MacOS X much, but here are some things to do: (in this order (gosh I hope I have this right!))

Go to the Monitors Control Panel and selet the correct color profile for your monitor. You may be able to calibrate it using built-in software.

Go to the ColorSync Control Panel and select appropriate color profiles for your printer.

Go to the Color Preferences in Photoshop, and set up the color preferences for the type of work you do.

Make sure you have the latest software / drivers for your printer. MacOS X uses different drivers than MacOS 9.x.

[ballroom_boy]

Hi Tom

Thanks for your reply. I found this website:

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/home.htm

to be very useful in solving my problem and giving me the basics in colour management.

Take care
Roel :D

[ballroom_boy]

Hi again,

PS7 on my iMac keeps crashing when I print. This problem just started all of a sudden. When I go to print in PS7, I get the message "printing..." and then PS7 crashes. I've been to the Adobe website and found nothing on this.

Anyone have any ideas what may be causing this? I am using OS 10.2.4

Thanks
Roel