So all of a sudden PhotoShop is printing everything with an orangey overlay. I can’t figure out why, and I don’t really remember changing any settings at the time it started happening. When I import the image into something else–say Word–and pring from there, it’s fine. But anything I print from PhotoShop has an orangey-tan hue laid over it.
Did I bump a setting? Any clues, anyone?
I had something like that that I traced to someone using my scanner with Word.
They had color-corrected because the original was on colored paper and would not produce a legible fax.
The settings must have lingered.
All I can think of, is PhotoShop applying some sort of color management before it sends it to print? Maybe try playing around with the color management settings or make sure they’re set to the defaults?
Very appropriate username for this thread, cmyk.
As to the OP, another possibility is that you’ve changed the colourspace from, say, SRGB to CMYK. Colours that look fine onscreen in CMYK will print with a yellowish cast if the printer isn’t calibrated to take CMYK input.
No, I change modes all the time. What it’s doing is laying an even “coat” of orange over the entire document, even the white space. I’ll try fiddling with the color settings, although I’ve never messed around with them before, so I don’t know how any of them could have changed.
What version of Photoshop, what OS, and is the picture orange onscreen or only on print?
6.0; Windows; print only. Again when I insert the file as a tiff or jpg into a Word doc, it prints just fine.
I don’t remember 6.0 too well, but check File > Print with Preview. In CS, there’s Color Management in one of the Menus, and the following Options:
Print
:Document
:Proof
Options
:Color Handling
:Printer Profile
:Rendering Intent
:Proof Setup Preset
Check to see that Document is checked, and under Color Handling, check to see that it’s on “Let Printer Determine Colors” (unless you know how to color calibrate your workflow. I keep color management on “Let Photoshop Determine Colors,” but that requires loading printer and paper profiles.)
Q: Do other images print this way in PS, or is it just this one?
Also: Check the channels palette… are there any extra channels in there besides the cmyk/rgb? Perhaps an orange spot channel accidentally got created?
All images. Will check channels.
Ok… if it’s happening to all your images, we’re getting some where. Now we know it’s not to do with any particular photoshop file… it must have something to do with how PhotoShop is outputting the image. Unfortunately, it could be a million things… I’ve never seen PS print out an even coat of any color over any image when I’ve printed directly from PS (and i’ve been doing this a long time), so I’m not sure what’s going on. My gut is telling me it’s some weird glitch, deep within the mysterious inner working of PS itself. If that’s the case, a good place to start might be to blow off PS from your drive, reinstall, and move on with your life. If this problem STILL occurs, then look into your print drivers and such. No fun. I’m a Mac guy, so I can only offer my insight as far as PS itself is concerned…
I’d probably reinstall as well. But did you check your Color Handling settings, like I suggested a few posts up? I get really odd colors (although not an even coat of orange) when my Color Handling gets reset. I never touch it, yet sometimes it switches itself to “Let Printer Determine Colors” (which for me is the wrong setting, but for you may be the right setting).