Problem Printing Decals

Thomas E. Johnson · Post by **Thomas E. Johnson** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:32 pm

I'm having trouble printing some decals. They are rendered in grey, which is correct, and print grey when I print them on normal white copy paper. However when I print them on clear ink jet Decal paper they print out in a brown color Whats going on here??????

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:41 pm

Boy... er... uhm... sounds like something in the paper is altering the ink color. Is it the same printer settings?

Thomas E. Johnson · Post by **Thomas E. Johnson** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:14 pm

Kylwell wrote:Boy... er... uhm... sounds like something in the paper is altering the ink color. Is it the same printer settings?

Same settings.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:17 pm

Is it printing just black ink or is it a 4c gray?

Thomas E. Johnson · Post by **Thomas E. Johnson** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:41 pm

Kylwell wrote:Is it printing just black ink or is it a 4c gray?

Its printing all the colors, and the printer is in good working order. But for some reason, the color grey is coming out as brown.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:46 pm

Sounds like the the paper is absorbing the ink improperly or... and this gets tricky... the printer is printing equal amounts of all 4 colors which tend to make mud. A proper gray is a % of some mixture like 100c75m50y100b. But, it'd look brown on paper too if that was the issue. Sounds like a paper problem. Not sure of a fix.

Thomas E. Johnson · Post by **Thomas E. Johnson** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:57 pm

Kylwell wrote:Sounds like the the paper is absorbing the ink improperly or... and this gets tricky... the printer is printing equal amounts of all 4 colors which tend to make mud. A proper gray is a % of some mixture like 100c75m50y100b. But, it'd look brown on paper too if that was the issue. Sounds like a paper problem. Not sure of a fix.

I got the same results when I tried it on white decal paper to.

Zen-Builder · Post by **Zen-Builder** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:08 pm

Thomas E. Johnson wrote: I got the same results when I tried it on white decal paper to.

You sure you haven't got a RGB vs CYM problem there.

Those are 2 standards for color recognition on PC's/Printers, if your image is one format and the printer produces the other you might get that results.

HTH.

Thomas E. Johnson · Post by **Thomas E. Johnson** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:29 pm

Zen-Builder wrote:
Thomas E. Johnson wrote: I got the same results when I tried it on white decal paper to.
You sure you haven't got a RGB vs CYM problem there.

Those are 2 standards for color recognition on PC's/Printers, if your image is one format and the printer produces the other you might get that results.

HTH.

No, it prints in the proper colors when I print the images on plain white copy paper. When I print it on decal paper, either clear or white decal paper, the greys come out brown.

Post by **TER-OR** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:11 pm

There is a sticky thread for home made decals.