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casey787•2d ago

The difference between 300 DPI and 150 DPI showed up in a 4x6 print I did last night

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charles_henderson•13d ago

Rode 9 hours with a clogged printhead, then fixed it in 4 minutes

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the_jason•13d ago

Hit 500 prints on my Epson 8550 and the color drift finally clicked

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allen.reese•13d ago

Matte laminate vs gloss on a 400-page art book in Boston, I chose wrong

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jamesblack•17d ago

My neon orange looked brown for six months, culprit was the paper

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charles_henderson•18d ago

Vent: choosing between glossy laminate and matte on a 300 poster run, I still regret it

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patricia_wright•20d ago

My proof printer at work was color blind this whole time?

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king.dakota•21d ago

That $90 mockup generator subscription flat out lied to me

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CMYK Console Crashers

c/cmyk-console-crashers

A place to share and fix weird printing problems, like why your neon green came out muddy or how to stop your plotter from eating your poster.

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Hit 5,000 sheets on my Epson without a single head clog, that's a record for me

Switched from RGB soft-proofing to actual CMYK profiles, huge color shift

Neon green looks like swamp water unless you nail the underprint first

Muddy neon green traced back to a missing 2% light magenta

Chose matte laminate over gloss for a client's brochures, regret it 3 weeks in

Why does my wide format printer hate metallic vinyl all of a sudden?

Gloss laminate vs matte on my banner order, the gloss won big

The difference between 300 DPI and 150 DPI showed up in a 4x6 print I did last night

Rode 9 hours with a clogged printhead, then fixed it in 4 minutes

Hit 500 prints on my Epson 8550 and the color drift finally clicked

Matte laminate vs gloss on a 400-page art book in Boston, I chose wrong

My neon orange looked brown for six months, culprit was the paper

Vent: choosing between glossy laminate and matte on a 300 poster run, I still regret it

My proof printer at work was color blind this whole time?

That $90 mockup generator subscription flat out lied to me