HELP!! (updated!)

Janice

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I have always had great prints from my Canon pixma 5000 then yesterday I clicked a box somewhere that changed from Composite RGB to Composite CMYK and now the flesh tones are greenish.

I want to change it back but have no idea where the box was :bang:

Ive looked all through the printer software and through photoshop (although I have that set for printer to manage colours) but although i can find certain things about output and rbg and cmyk... not a box with a dropdown which says COMPOSITE RGB etc.

Does anyone know where I can find this ... I have a print to do tonight for framing. :shrug:
 
not a total solution, but have you tried converting the image to cmyk so it matches the printer profile?

that may mean you can do your print and manage till you find out how to change it back
 
hmm thats an idea... thanks!

The silly thing is... ive been through all my print settings many a time... and photoshop ones too, but Ive never noticed this box before.

Perhaps I did it some other way? :shrug:
 
If I do a system restore from yesterday... would that undo what I did or not?
 
maybe try uninstalling the printer completely then reinstall it, should give you default settings back
 
I will try that... but i cant understand why i had never seen that tick box or option before.. either in my printer or photoshop.

and when i delve deeply into both ps and printer software it isnt to be found... its almost as if I was dreaming.. but I remember doing it. Its the Twilight Zone! :cuckoo:
 
Janice

I can't find any reference to the setting you state in anything in Photoshop (CS3). I can only assume it may be a printer setting. Is there a "Restore factory defaults" button?

If all else fails try posting a question on this web forum, its mainly a printer one so someone may have the answer

http://www.photo-i.co.uk/
 
Right..... by a process of ilimination ie, i have printed the same picture from other programs using the same printer.. and all the colour is fine.

But still from photoshop it is green.

Searched on google all morning and finally found this ... which is the exact box that i changed from composite rgb to composite cmyk ( I remember that box on the right that said Text as black.

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But where is this from? It says its from Adobe InDesign.

But I dont have In Design!!

I have checked Adobe Bridge but there is no printing and colour part in there.

Anyone seen this in photoshop before??? :shrug: :bang:
 
Janice

have you at some time loaded Creative Suite. InDesign is part of that package i think. Maybe it's lurking in the background. I've just checked to see if there is a keyboard shortcut to that function within InDesign, there isn't.

Check the add remove programs section in control panel. Also look for any other Adobe graphics programs. They may have been loaded at some time.

If all else fails try the Adobe Photoshop forums someone there may be able to help. I've found them helpful even with stupid questions.

I hate to suggest this but maybe uninstalling and reinstalling PS may help. Only problem is if this setting is in a registry somewhere it may not go with a Uninstall / reinstall. I've had a quick look around my registry and can't find any printer settings for Photoshop. Possibly they are held within the application folders themselves
 
Chappers said:
Would I dare
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You could try!! ;)

I have joined adobe forums and posted a new thread there. so i will wait and see.

the most annoying bit is... there was nothing wrong with my prints.. i was just p*****g about!! :bang:
 
Just Dave said:
Heres a Tutorial

HTH

Dave
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It does... I was just about to do that ... and i had a look in add/remove programs and found something called Adobe Color common settings.. .which i have never heard of so i look about for that first.
 
Adobe common colour settings is something from either CS3 extended or creative suite. I remember someone having problems like this before. mentioning it now I think deleting them solved the problems. But that's from memory. I believe the idea is so that different applications can have he same colour settings. You don't need to set each separately

I'd delete the preferences file first though.
 
Deleted preferences... still greeny colour faces... and still perfect colours when printed from other applications. :'(

I used another photo to print from photoshop too, and it was greeny also.

Thanks for your help though guys. :thumbs:
 
I can't help with this Janice, as I don't use Photoshop - not often anyway.

Just to demisty the CYMK setting. The K represents black, with the other colours being Cyan (blue) Magenta (red) and Yellow.

Theoretically, with the RGB setting (red, green and blue) all colours are capable of being reproduced including black. In practice though, the black turns out to be a muddy brown, which is why you have a black cartridge in your inkjet printer.

EDIT.

Have you changed any of the ink cartridges in your printer recently?
 
Chappers said:
Adobe common colour settings is something from either CS3 extended or creative suite. I remember someone having problems like this before. mentioning it now I think deleting them solved the problems. But that's from memory. I believe the idea is so that different applications can have he same colour settings. You don't need to set each separately

I'd delete the preferences file first though.
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That would have been me - I deleted the colour management thing that adobe automatically installs, via control panel and add/remove software and then reset everything to srgb and it was much improved. However, it still had problems, but so did other programs too, lots of silly niggly things, so ended up reformatting pc which has solved everything.
 
CT said:
Have you changed any of the ink cartridges in your printer recently?
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Yes!! All of them - on Thursday!

BUT.. the same photo prints fine from Lightroom and the Canon EasyPrint software from the printer (which Ive never used before)

How can i have clicked on a dialogue box that doesnt exist in photoshop.
 
Janice said:
Yes!! All of them - on Thursday!

BUT.. the same photo prints fine from Lightroom and the Canon EasyPrint software from the printer (which Ive never used before)

How can i have clicked on a dialogue box that doesnt exist in photoshop.
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oh you can! Changin one setting can make some just vanish, as in, they become unavailable but lord only knows how you get them back :cuckoo:
 
nope, I cant find anything like the screenshot in CS3 when i select print... the only thing I can see that might make a difference...under the drop down box for which manages colour, printer or adobe, there are radio boxes, one for document, one prooof. Document is default, but if you tick proof it gives all sorts of cymk options further down.. I dont think this will help, but might be worth checking.
 
Janice said:
Yes!! All of them - on Thursday!

BUT.. the same photo prints fine from Lightroom and the Canon EasyPrint software from the printer (which Ive never used before)

How can i have clicked on a dialogue box that doesnt exist in photoshop.
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Ah well, I had this exact problem - a pronounced green cast on prints, and it turned out that when I changed all the cartridges, I'd forgotten to remove the plastic seal strip from one of the cartridges. Someone else on the forum had the exact same problem a while ago too.

If you're getting decent prints from other applications though it seems to rule out that possibilty. :shrug:
 
When you click on print I seem to remember seeing a colour management box, had a play with that? See if letting the printer colour manage and not Photoshop makes a difference.
 
Adam. said:
When you click on print I seem to remember seeing a colour management box, had a play with that? See if letting the printer colour manage and not Photoshop makes a difference.
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Well actually I always do let the printer manage colours. :shrug:

All cartridges working correctly in a nozzle check.

I am very good friends with all photoshops settings Adam... but like I said I have not seen this particular dialogue box ever before.. and have found it is in adobe in-design which i dont have. how could i have set somethign when i dont even have the application!! :shrug:

This box:
screen.jpg
 
Janice

Did you try a system restore?
 
I have done a system restore, yes. and I have done the proof thing Neil.

Im sure if I could get to the bottom of how I managed to get access to that dialogue box which doenst seem to be part of CS3.. then I would solve my prob and click it back to composite rgb again.
 
Janice

Don't know if this will work in this case. Try setting up a new admin account and log on with that. This will effectively clear a number of preferences and maybe this will get rid of the problem. Unfortunately if this is a system wide preference it will still be there. However it only takes a couple of minutes so do and may help

John C

Just Another thought. Download a trial version of InDesign find the dialogue box. reset it then uninstall InDesign. Long way round I know but I can't think of anything else
 
Janice, could it be when you see the print window click on the drop down that says colour management and select Output and look at the options in there?
 
sorry lads... ii have looked in all those places and more.

It was the box i showed in the screen shot above.

aparently it looks like the pdf settings.....but when i went into those the box is different.

I tried a photo from a different batch... but its the same. My freinds have all turned into martians!!

im wondering if i should uninstall all of photoshop?
 
Janice

If you are going to uninstal PS try removing the Adobe Common Settings program first. It may help. If not, nothing lost
 
Chappers said:
Janice

If you are going to uninstal PS try removing the Adobe Common Settings program first. It may help. If not, nothing lost
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I have removed the adobe color common whatever it was... i uninstlled it but to no avial.

so its photoshop to go next!!
 
Uninstalled photoshop.... reinstalled Photoshop.... and now my friends have rosy cheeks again! YIPPEE!!! :woot:

Thanks for your help guys, :thumbs:
 
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