Help with obtaining a true colour

[MREDD]

Hi All

I have a Ricoh SG3110DN and Adobe CS3 I have created an image with an RAF Blue, when I try to print it out using Adobe & going through Power driver it keeps printing the image a darker blue.

I have tried the following settings; Printer manages colours, Rendering intent (Perceptual) and Photoshop manages colours, Rendering intent (perceptual) both methods produce a darker blue.

More frustrating is that I also in one attempt sent the image to another normal printer (not sublimation) and low & behold it printed it the exact colour that I wanted!!!!! aaghhh

Anyone help & tell me where I might be going wrong please before I lose the will to live!!

Eddie

[viccar]

have you pressed it on an item yet? it often comes out darker, then when pressed comes out the right colour.

[Paul]

sublimation ink is heat sensitive. press it then judge it.

[RogerC]

It will look different on the paper....once pressed it should come out as you wanted it.......good luck.

[MREDD]

Thanks for all replies, yes you were correct, looks much more like the colour when printed.

Thanks

Eddie

[Hyraxx]

You can get a spot colour palette from sawgrass which is a great help for colour matching when working with photoshop