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bgt1951
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« on: July 19, 2025, 03:32:12 AM »
OK I've just upgraded from 2017v. Nice step!

Everything is working just fine except for one issue. (After I figured out the annoying Auto Cropping trap).

I'm using an Epson 8550. Have paper profiles. (Ai made that easy. Thanks). I use Photoline as my editor.
So I soft proof and everything looks fine. I print and everything is fine except for one issue. My prints are over saturated. Prints aren't too dark just the colours are over saturated. So my 'dumb' question is - is there a way to desaturate the print without affecting the soft proof. (Yes I can desaturate in Photoline but that is simply reflected in the soft proofing}.
As an aside I don't mind the extra saturation but it's 'wrong' so it needs fixing.

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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2025, 11:38:35 AM »
The right way to fix this is to make/obtain better printer profiles that don't have the saturation issue.  But having said that, yes, you can desaturate by applying a print filter.  Since the print filter is a last step between Qimage and the driver, it won't show on the soft proof.  Just double click any image so you have something to work with, enter a negative number in saturation (say -20 to test it) and then from the "File" menu select "Save Current Parameters to File" and give it a name you can remember like "Sat-20" or something.

Then on the main window under the Printers and Settings tab, drop down "Print Filter" and select the file you saved.

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Mike
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« Reply #2 on: Today at 01:04:05 AM »
Thanks.

One more question - is there a 'global' setting for saturation or do I need to adjust every colour?

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edit - sorry. brain fart. I just seen the 'Lock' option.
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