rubbish scan pics??

[~Rachel~]

hi, don't know if anyone can help me on this one,
i am scanning old 70's photos of me into my computer, they look fine on the screen but when i print them off, they seem to be quite pinky tinted???
i'm not very good with techie stuff anyway, but would love to get better photos, am i best to just get them all copied properly at 'large nationwide chemist'??! any advice would be appreciated x

i also forgot to mention that DH has put a photo ink cartridge in the printer, instead of a normal colour cartridge, don't know if thats relevent??

[stampingmad08]

Do they look like they have a tinge of pink on screen at all???

When scanning you can normally select a custom option and make custom adjustments (namely the RG so they come out looking like they went in the scanner as it were.

Alternatively you could try popping one into photoshop and adjusting the above (RG then print off to see if it makes a difference.

Tescos are pretty good at photo printing - I had a pukka one done of both my nephews and i was really chuffed that my sister hung it in their living room on the wall

[Jem]

Did you get them all printed at the same place? It could be the machine needs calibrating, or whatever they call it. I had a load printed at Asda a couple of years ago that came out with a pink tinge, I took the disc to another shop and had one printed, that came out fine so I took all the photo's and the *correct colour* one back to Asda to show them and they reprinted them free of charge, after having the machine sorted.

[~Rachel~]

hi, thanks for the advice, i have an all in one printer/scanner/copier. its a dell one that we bought with the computer, i've been told that its not a cheapo one,but as for changing the settings and such i'll have to ask my step-son as i wouldn't have the foggiest!!

they don't look pink on screen, they look perfect, its just when i print them off, so would you say its the settings on the printer/scanner??
TIA X

[gillyp]

I get this problem with blues. The screen looks perfect but the print is quite dark. I would be interested in what the solution is. Sounds like it might be DS. They do have their uses, these boys, don't they.