Garry Owen Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 When printing the output is washed out. I am printing to an Epson XP-15000. This appears to be a V2 issue. I have tested printing the same file using Affinity Photo V1 and the output isfine. I have tried printing with the Hardware Acceleration switched on and off with no imrovement. I am thinking that this might be an issue with the file being a RGBA 32 bit image as I have printed a RGBA 8 bit image with no problems. Attached are screenshots of the image output shown in the Epson print preview application. Affinity Photo Version 2.0.0 Affinity Photo Version 1.10.6 1665 Windows 11 Home Version 22H2 OS Build 22621.819 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Owen Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 No feedback! so is it just me experiencing this issue with strange colour output? I have done some experimentation. Different images, merging layers etc., these don't solve the issue. Help? Meanwhile these are my 32bit printing output issue workarounds: 1. Convert Format /ICC Profile > select format RGB/16. Better, but still a slight colour shift. 2. Export as a TIFF file using TIFF RGB 16-bit Best, no colour shift as far as I can tell. I shall be using this workaround until the issue is solved? These are the 32 bit and workaround 2 (TIFF)printouts. Affinity Photo Version 2.0.0Affinity Photo Version 1.10.6 1665Windows 11 Home Version 22H2 OS Build 22621.819 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted January 9, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 9, 2023 Did you have app manages colour selected ? if so colour management within the printer driver should be turned off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Owen Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Thanks for looking into my issue ... This was my settings: Colour Management Colour Handling: Performed by App Print DriverColor Correction>Color Management No Color Adjustment So no colour management is performed by the printer driver Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted January 16, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2023 and what printer driver / ICC profile are you selecting. an RGB32 image would have a much wider gamut than can be replicated on a printer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Owen Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 "an RGB32 image would have a much wider gamut than can be replicated on a printer" Yes true 🙂 but the print is a long way out when compared with the RGB16 image print. The Document profile is Adobe RGB (1998) and I am using custom ICC profile supplied by Marrutt. However to eliminate that is could be the custom profile causing the issue I just now have experimented by switching to the EPSON XP-15000 Premium Glossy profile. No difference 🙁. The Epson Driver allows for a Print Preview and the issue is displayed on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted January 16, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2023 Assuming you have any colour management in the actual printer settings turned off could you supply the sample image please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Owen Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Hi Pauls, Here is the Affinity file and also the original RAW file. Garry 958082489_CocodeMer2P1036062.afphoto P1036062.RW2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted January 17, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 17, 2023 I suspect it is something to do with 32 bit mode - converting to 16 and the epson preview looks correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted January 17, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 17, 2023 however I cant recreate it with my images so far - did the image come straight from the camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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