Does anyone know the ideal color settings for exporting .jpg and .eps files for CMYK printing? The default X6 settings result in rather washed out looking exports (both on the screen and on the prints). Black looks very dark grey etc.
Never had this issue with X3 but I understand that X6 uses a totally different color engine so I figure I just need to know the correct settings.
Thanks for any help!
Interesting. Thanks for the input.
Lets forget about printing for the moment. Lets try this instead. Do you know the correct X6 color settings for producing crisp, vibrant, "black is really black" CMYK .jpg exports on the computer screen?
My problem is that everything I'm exporting from X6 using the default color settings looks dull and washed out whether it's on the screen or on the printer. What I see on my screen is virtually identical to what comes out of the printer (Roland VP-540) except for out-of-gamut colors of course. We've had a tech look at our color settings in VersaWorks (the RIP software from Roland) and he says everything is correct so I'm pretty sure it isn't a problem with VersaWorks. I've also tried exporting on a couple of different computers at work (one is Windows XP and one is Vista) and even used the trial version of X6 on my laptop (Windows 7) as a test with the same results.
X3 exports on those same computers (except my laptop, no X3 there) are crisp and beautiful with no out-of-gamut colors. X6 exports are dull and faded all around.
Any ideas about what I need to change with my X6 color settings? Does anyone have a screenshot of their color settings they might share that gives them good results?
howiegoo said:X3 exports on those same computers (except my laptop, no X3 there) are crisp and beautiful with no out-of-gamut colors. X6 exports are dull and faded all around.
At www.graphictechnology.com I have a color management combo book deal for users versions of CorelDRAW X4 and older and X6. I use a Roland solvent printer all the time and many digital devices and in my opinion while loading the Roland ICC profile may have achieved the single goal you wanted in the long run it will compromise the compatibility of your files..
To answer many questions I need regional knowledge of you location and to be honest X4 and older versions of CorelDRAW used such a unique method of color management and had many non-ICC compliant settings that a proper coordination can require quite a bit of discussion.
The X4 and older book is 90 pages if I could have explained color management for those version in fewer page I would have, the combo book is perfect because to set X5 or X6 to work for you as closely as X4 and older versions you really need to understand what the setting in the older versiobs were doing.
As Ariel said there is no universal color management for printing but I can say that with my settings I have NO problems printing wide format with 4 or 6 colors, offset printing etc. The only case in wich I change the settings is for different tipes of paper. We send files for prinitng to several companies with different kind of printers and there is no problem with the color. It's perfect!
I think you have to look at printer color management and the profiles for the media you print on. I worked for several years in a company for wide format printing with 4 and 6 colors printers /plotters and the correct printer profile for each media is the key for a real color.