using faded gradients

http://cpso2.gallaudet.edu/images/cpso_cover.pdf



hi - please see the above. what looks good on my screen may not print the way i want it to. my question is - is there a trick to making words that are blended into the background print the way i want them to without them getting washed out in printing?



any advice is appreciated.



the deaf guy
using faded gradients
We can't answer that without know what you mean by, ''print the way i want them to.''



It looks like you have filled the text with a gradient.
using faded gradients
hi - right. and it looks very nice on your PC screen. but when i tested it on my $900 HP printer, the words are practically gone - they're so washed out you can't really see them.



so i'm wondering if there is some kind of rule of thumb or trick to setting it up in ID properly, and then knowing that they will print like you want them to.



any ideas?? thanks.

Many files look different on-screen and on-paper. This is nothing new. You should work in the colour model your printer understands. Set Edit %26gt; Transparency Blend Space to either RGB or CMYK. If your printer is PostScript, then CMYK, otherwise it's almost certainly using an RGB printer driver. But if you're using the printer for proofing and final output is for press or digital printer, then you should continue to work in CMYK.



I suggest experimenting with exporting to different PDF files, using CMYK and RGB colour profiles, then printing from Acrobat. Once you get output that looks right, remember that, and use that for proofing future jobs.



Unfortunately I don't have a lot of experience with cheap colour printers (anything under $4,000 is cheap), so this is off the map for me.

It will help if you turn on Overprint Preview in ID, but as Scott says, what works in RGB may not be printable in CMYK, and a lot depends on the device and the paper stock you are printing on.



Do you have Acrobat Pro? Try looking at your PDF with output preview and check the various output profiles you are likely to use.



Peter

ok thanks for the tips