Wrong color

[Lounge]

Design in Adobe Illustrator
Rip software Flexi rip & print(package that came with printer)
HP 315 latex printer

Image on left is what it was printing. Image on right is what it should look like. I have printed this logo many times no problem. The green printed too dark and the gold too light. I ran a color calibration, same thing. The only way I could get it to print correctly was save as a jpeg instead of pdf. Jpeg was no problem with this job being a rectangle but if I need to do a die cut/contour cut what can I do? Why did this happen? What can I do so it does not happen again? Thanks in advance!

 

[prizmimaging]

Design in Adobe Illustrator
Rip software Flexi rip & print(package that came with printer)
HP 315 latex printer

Image on left is what it was printing. Image on right is what it should look like. I have printed this logo many times no problem. The green printed too dark and the gold too light. I ran a color calibration, same thing. The only way I could get it to print correctly was save as a jpeg instead of pdf. Jpeg was no problem with this job being a rectangle but if I need to do a die cut/contour cut what can I do? Why did this happen? What can I do so it does not happen again? Thanks in advance!

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It's hard to tell without the actual file. Upload or PM me the file I can check it out for you. If you want to do a contour cut with jpeg file, duplicate the original outlined file on a top layer and place the jpeg file below it.

 

[weyandsign]

In Flexi try this: View-> Create Swatch-> CMYK. Cell Dimension 0.4, Horizontal & Vertical spacing 0.5, Number of items per row 5, Advanced: Step 5%, Start 0 End 100%.

Print and laminate this and hang it on your wall.

 

[AGCharlotte]

Color management settings changed in illustrator or flexi? are they spot colors? It looks to me like they may have been printing as spots on one printing and built CMYK/RGB on the other.

 

[davison]

I agree... one was RGB and one was CMYK