color matching poroblem

[apex]

I have serious color matching problems, i designed a graphic using alot of gradients and CYMK in photoshop and looks the way i want it to look, secondly i send the graphic to get printed on 5000 fliers and it looks exactly like i made it, i tried to print the same graphic on a 30" oracal and the colors are very off, light blues came out as dark blues and a brown/tan color i used came out as almost a bright yellow.

what i would like is some help on how to properly set the color profiles and how to work with them so all my prints will come out perfect and exactly the way they were created in adobe, or any other design app for that matter

 

[Bigdawg]

What profile are you using?

 

[sjm]

Just hit the easy button...

Where would that be located?

 

[cinemasign.grafix]

http://www.signs101.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=43

 

[sjm]

hehe, admire your humour. Reminds of a 2002 movie, Jackass i think it was called.

 

[SurfaceSigns]

Where would that be located?

You can pick them up at your nearest Staples. I use mine daily to solve all sorts of issues.

 

[apex]

What profile are you using?

profile im not sure i assume the standard one,but whenever i print i change the profile to the media i am using in the print set up tab

 

[eye4clr]

You want a media profile for each and every material you print on. It needs to be made for your specific RIP/printer/media combination. Start by looking to the media manufacturer for the profile. If I remember right, oracal is pretty good about having profiles for the mainstream rips.

You also need to be sure your printer is behaving well. Know how to check that all the nozzles are firing and the various physical calibrations of the heads and the left-right bidirectional movement are calibrated. Improperly placed dots skew color and missing jets can imbalance color in a big way.

 

[J Hill Designs]

might be that rendering intents are set up incorrectly for the job...as well...