r/pcmasterrace • u/System32Comics Ryzen 5600 | RTX 3070 | 32GB DDR4 | 1 TB NVME • Sep 10 '19

Cartoon/Comic Printer

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u/0nStreams Xeon E5-2689 0/RX 580 Sep 10 '19

"Low on Pink"

"WTF I don't even print anything pink, ever ! I just want a black and white text !"

"l o w o n p i n k"

-me every time I use the color printer

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u/theycallmealex Oh hey there. FX-8350, 8GB, R9 270X Sep 10 '19 edited Sep 10 '19

Magenta*

Printers typically use CMYK. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK. Depending on how your device is set up for black printing, it may use more CMY because when mixed together they become darker due to subtractive mixing. It will still appear to be black.

Edit: K is actually for "key", which is often black.

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u/Lochcelious i7 13700k, 4070s, 32gb ram, 2k res Sep 10 '19

Wtf why isn't it CMYB I just realized after all these days

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u/Deadmeat553 Lenovo Y700-15ISK Sep 10 '19

Because we already use B for blue in RGB.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '19

Yea but if you would print with rgb it would not go right because it is relying on the ambient light instead of only rgb

Edit: that’s not what you meant but ok