RGB Printing vs. CMYK Printing
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12-09-2022 03:10 PM - edited 12-09-2022 03:12 PM
Heya all -
My images are created using RGB color. Some products only print with CMYK color and there is a considerable difference in colors when an RGB image is transferred to a CMYK image for printing.
Do I need to prepare my images as CMYK for CMYK specific products before uploading them to Zazzle?
Also is there a list of which products print in CMYK?
And if not, where is the CMYK printing notice for each product when creating a new item?
Thank you!
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12-09-2022 03:56 PM
No, Zazzle requests that all images be RGB.
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12-09-2022 04:26 PM
Further, RGB has a much larger color "window" than CMYK, in cmyk some of the colors, such as teal, lose their vibrancy.
Zazzle's conversion handles things well,using RGB. Best to let the Mods chime in with specific answers. (probably too late today for Mods to reply, won't happen till Monday,) I have been using the Adobe RGB profile in Photoshop for many years, earller at Cafe"extremely"Pressed and now other PDDs, along with Z, still using with no problems on my Mac. For many years before that (1994) I used BruceRGB, which was a beautiful profile.
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12-12-2022 11:41 AM
Thanks for the info, idraw : )
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12-13-2022 05:17 PM - edited 12-13-2022 05:19 PM
So I only need to upload my files as RGB and let the Zazzle team deal with correcting any problems with CMYK printed products?
iDraw suggested a Moderator could decide this issue?
Thanks!

