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PRINTING FROM LR CLASSIC CC TO CANON PRO 10

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Andysmokey

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Im printing from LR Classic CC to a Canon Pro 10 printer. The images are looking a little lacking in colour so I first upped the Vibrance - No effect. Then I upped the Saturation - No effect.
Normally these would have had an effect. Im using printer and paper profiles but the prints come out the same. Inks are Canon inks. Anyone any suggestions?
Andy
 
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Double check your settings in both the Lightroom "Print Job" tab in the right side panel and the Canon driver, "Print Settings..." button at the bottom of the left side panel. These have to be consistent with each other or you will get unexpected results.

And also, although I don't have a Canon printer I believe that you may have to download a different driver directly from Canon to take full advantage of the advanced settings. Seems to me that this has been the solution for similar problems. Hopefully someone else here has specific knowledge about this.

-louie
 
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In addition to what LouieSherwin writes, there are three other things to consider. The first is using the Canon software for printing, which is really good, and not difficult to use. The second has to do with calibrating your monitor and your printer. 90% of color management is getting the monitor correctly calibrated/profiled using one of the two major brands, X-Rite or Spyder - again very easy to do and impossible to achieve good color management without them or something similar. The third is profiling the printer; this is slightly more complicated, but not terribly so, and the way it works is to calibrate the printer using the same ink, printer, and paper, so each time you print with that specific combination you should get a good print.

Before I did all three of these things I used to print 10-15 photos before I got them to look right, and by that time, the image on the screen was really hideous. Afterwards, one or two prints was all it took to get something acceptable.
 
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Are you using a custom profile for the paper? Do you have colour managed by the printer (or by the profile)?
If you have colour managed by printer set that could be the issue.

If you have the custom profile make sure in the printer driver you have colour management switched OFF as that can mean you have two settings being crossed over each other.

Best thing to do is copy and display the "Printer" panel in your print module and also display the printer driver settings. Gives at least a chance to see what is going on.

But as above unless your screen is calibrated what you think your image looks like may be incorrect!
 
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