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Hi all,
I would appreciate any Epson C88 users to take this logo below & do a small print on your C88 (just plain white paper) & see if it comes out like the bright lime green in the graphic. For the life of me, I cannot get it even close. I have tried everything & they always turn out alot darker green. I am just curious, if the C88 can even produce this color? Anyones help would be much appreciated! If you are able get the colors right, please let me know & post the graphic if you can.
Thanks so very much!
Last edited by Ezekiel33Graphic; February 25th, 2007 at 08:28 AM.
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I'd be almost willing to guarantee you won't be able to get that color with your average desktop printer. It's probably way out of range. Is this for a T-Shirt?
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Hi guys,
I did this design in paintshop & I have it in a png file. I made it a jpg 72 dpi to add to this forum. Yes, it is for t-shirts & from the looks of it, I may need to go with plastisol, the only problem, is that it is a raster png file at 300 dpi 11x12 inch & not a eps or vector compatible file.
As far as resolution goes you should be good to go... Are you concerned about the color seperation? Your best bet is to talk to your printer and see if they can do a color seperation on a raster image (shouldn't be a problem). Have them get you a sample PMS spot color for the green and you should be on your way.
How'd you do the 3D text on your website it's pretty cool?
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I've had similar problems with other colors as well. Like trying to print a "hot Pink" and getting some form of red instead.
I guess this leads to a general question. How do we get the printer to print the color that is on the screen????
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Yehudah, In your printers dialogue, you should have a place to desaturate your colors. Cyan, Magenta and Black levels can be lowered so the the Yellow level dominates and you should get that bright lime green, That would also work for that hot pink Treadhead. You might also be able to do it in your program.
Hope this helps......
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First of all make sure your graphics are CMYK. RGB colors are mostly screen colors. You are not going to be able to match some screen colors with your desktop printer. Desktop printers are made mostly for average users printing things like photographs. However, like Greg said, try ramping up that one color and shutting down all the rest and maybe try your best print settings with glossy photo paper, that might help a bit. But, remember your screen is not the same as paper and your printer is not the same as a offset printing press. Good luck!
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You won't get even close to that Lime Green or a Hot Pink. Ink jets, offset, etc. can't cut it. It would take a long to time to explain, but basically your screen can produce a wider color range than printing can. I work for a printer, and we face this dilemma all the time. On a side note, if you stay in RGB and print on an Inkjet, you can actually get brighter colors than a traditional press.
If you really want to make sure you can print what you see on screen you may want to get a color matching system, but that is usually more money than it's worth to you. I've just learned over time what can or can't be done. Also if you use photoshop, there is one function which will make the colors appear more like they would print and also a function that let's you know which colors may not print.
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Last edited by prometheus; February 26th, 2007 at 07:49 AM.
I don't know about plastisol... ask T-Bot. But there should be a florescent green or some type of Spot color green that should be easy to do on a two color job. Shouldn't there Prometheus? Like a Pantone 294 in that range?
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Yehudah, In your printers dialogue, you should have a place to desaturate your colors. Cyan, Magenta and Black levels can be lowered so the the Yellow level dominates and you should get that bright lime green, That would also work for that hot pink Treadhead. You might also be able to do it in your program.
Hope this helps......
Thanks Greg!!!
I'll give it a try!!!!
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I may need to go with plastisol, the only problem, is that it is a raster png file at 300 dpi 11x12 inch & not a eps or vector compatible file.
You can get the design vectorized for like $10 or so at vectordoctor.com or artworksource.com. Then you can send the vector file to the plastisol transfer printer.
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