Hi,
Apologies in advance for any ambiguity or confusion . . .
I am a self-taught Photoshop user who has come upon a problem to which I cannot find an answer, despite searching online for hours . . .
When I design a project, it looks beautiful on screen . . . when I print it, however, it loses the definition between colors inside a font and the shape surrounding the font . . .
To be more exact:
I am working at 300 dpi . . .
I create a rectangle and fill it with red. I then write text inside of the rectangle and the font color is white. Onscreen, it looks clear and well-defined. When I print it, however, there is not clear definition between the font and its surrounding area . . . the colors seem to bleed into each other . . . I have tried using different paper (glossy, matte, etc.), have tried putting a narrow stroke around the text, etc., but nothing help to clearly define the difference between the text and its surrounding shape/color.
It also does not matter the size of the font, although the larger the font, the easier it is to "see" the difference. But a white font at 24 point looks no sharper than a white font at 8 pt.
I am using an Epson XP-610 printer . . . it is a home deskjet and I mainly design for fun, but this "lack of sharpness" on the fonts is driving me crazy. I would included a screenshot, but it would not help much, since the project looks beautiful and clear on the screen.
The colors only seem "muddled" when I print. Any advice, or even a point in the direction of something I can read to help me understand what to do, would be helpful. . . . TIA!I
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