[HLUG] printer settings

[Graham Cole]

Amazing! I changed the OO printer setting from CMY colour to RGB and got the result I wanted: red is red! Strange because I put CMY inks into my printer. Also I got better print definition because I chose 'high print quality'. That's not surprising.
Thanks Julian for suggesting using OO printer settings: they are listed in the 'file' menu. 

On Fri, 04 May 2007 08:24:21 +0100
Julian Robbins <joolsr at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> Graham Cole wrote:
> > I can print with good colour with GIMP but with adobe Reader and Open Office the red comes out brown! When I get a test print from the "printers" window the red is red. Can anyone advise me why red is not always red?
> > It's possible that I once, long ago, tweaked my printer advanced settings (density, balance, colour density fine adjustment etc) and now I would like to try returning to default values but don't know how to. If I did tweak things, why does GIMP give good results with my printer but OO and Reader don't?
> > Graham
> >
> >   
> 
> Hi Graham
> 
> I cant give much of an answer, so hopefully someone else can help out.
> 
> But the Gimp sometimes uses quite a different printing system, 
> ('gutenprint' (previously 'gimp print'), so that might explain the 
> difference there.
> 
> Try reinstalling gutenprint or gimp print and/or removing the config 
> files related to that.
> This may be difficult with dependencies, and slightly dangerous but it 
> might work.
> 
> Ah, just read your post again. So its Adobe Reader and OO, that give odd 
> results.
> 
> Try the old OOo printer admin tool, its used to be a separate app on its 
> own, but these days isnt made visible. Doesnt explain why Adobe Reader 
> has a problem tho.
> 
> Julian
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