Blue Color Prints as Purple

[Barb B]

I am using Publisher 2000 and an HP PSC2355 printer. When I select any blue
color, it prints as purple. I have searched Microsoft's website and it
sounds like it has something to do with subtractive v. additive colors and
says to experiment with colors. I have experimented for hours with no
success. Any suggestions?

 

[Ed Bennett]

While in a state of ecstasy after repairing his laptop, Ed sees a

I am using Publisher 2000 and an HP PSC2355 printer. When I select
any blue color, it prints as purple.

Do blue colours print OK in other applications?

Do you have screen and printer colour matching enabled?

 

[Morisot]

Hi, Barb B-

I made a sample sheet. (It is a little time-consuming to set it up.) I made
a table that corresponds to the "choose> basic colors" chart - and filled
each cell with the corresponding color. Save it and print it out for the
printer you are using (they are all a little different.) It gives me a
fighting chance with the color output.

(Unfortunately, I think the newer Publisher versions have that honeycomb
color picker - it might be a challenge to setup a sample chart for that!)

M.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Are you sure you aren't running out of blue ink?

 

[Mary Sauer]

HP has many support documents that address color issues, this is only one
http://tinyurl.com/45yoo

There is a driver on the HP site that has an August 2004 timestamp, maybe newer than
yours... and with Publisher it could make a difference.

 

[Barb B]

Wow - thank you to all who posted. Here's a little more info. I just bought
this printer. It is attached to a computer with Windows XP. I have a
laptop, networked wirelessly. When I print a document from the attached
computer, blue prints fine so I guess it's not an empty cartridge (better not
be since I just bought this computer and cartridge a couple of days ago).

I had trouble getting the printer added to my laptop (Windows 98) - when
using the add-a-printer wizard, my printer was not on the list of printers
(no surprise). After several chat sessions with HP help, I got it to work by
selected the HP Deskjet 870C.

I had this same problem (blue being purple) last year with my old printer
but then all of a sudden, I was able to print navy blue - don't know why.

I'm not very computer literate - just enough to be dangerous - but I'm
wondering whether the problem is with using the driver for the 870C rather
than the driver for my computer. But I'm not sure how to have the laptop use
the right driver.

If that sounds like it's the problem, does anyone have a solution?

Thank you!

Barb B

 

[Mike Koewler]

Barb,

You may be seeing the difference between RGB (displayed on screen) and
CMYK (how it is printed). There are some (many?) RGB colors that cannot
be reproduced using a CMYK model.

As Morisot advises, make a chart - an easy way is to draw a rectangle,
then copy/paste it, group those two, copy/paste them, etc., until you
have several to pick from. Fill each one with a different color and then
print it out.

Mike

 

[Ron Cohen]

I also duplicated the basic color chart from Pub 2000. It's part of a small
(122k) file describing an easy way to refill Canon BCI-6 cartridges. I
usually send it out as a pdf file since most users don't have Publisher.
However, if anyone here wants a copy in Pub 2000 format, or as a pdf file,
send me a private email. Another good place to obtain free color test charts
is from www.alotofthings.com.