Printing Problem - Colours are Slightly Off

[Merlin]

Can't seem to get decent print from Lightroom. Blues are about 2 shades off, there is a yellowish/greenish cast. Can't seem to figure out if double profiling is happening or not. PSE3 prints perfectly.

Using Canon IP66''D with the following print settings:

Paper Profile: Photo Paper Pro
Print Quality: Custom - Fine; Halftoning Diffusion
Colour Intensity: Manual; Enable ICM Checked

Lightroom Colour Management:
Profile: Canon IP66''D PR1 (Photo Paper Pro Profile)
Rendering: Perceptual

Monitor profile calibrated and created with Sypder2 Suite.

Any thoughts?

 

[Denis de Gannes]

If you are using LR to do the color management you have to disable all the color management in the printer properties settings. So try uncheck ICM. Have a look at this article while it does not refer to LR the principles are the same.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/techcorner/June_2''5.html
Hope this works for you.

 

[Merlin]

Thanks Denis

I have seen this article before when I was having initial problems with PSE3. This solution worked great for PSE3 however it was not that great for LR. I just tried 2 prints and all blues turned into purple.

 

[Denis de Gannes]

Do you have the correct profile for the paper you are using selected in LR.

 

[Merlin]

Yes, I selected the "Canon IP66''D PR1" Profile which is Canon's Photo Paper Pro.

Appreciate it.

 

[billg71]

Is there a check box in the Canon driver for "No Color Management" or Color Managed by Application" or something similar? If so, you need to select that to keep the printer from correcting on top of the corrections LR has done with the paper profile.

I'm not at all familiar with Canon printers and drivers, maybe someone who is will chime in....

HTH,

Bill

 

[Merlin]

Under Printers/Faxes, Right Click on IP66''D, Properties there is a Colout Mgt. Tab. Within this tab I have 2 options:

Automatic: Windows will select the best profile from the list provided
Manual: Manually select a default colour profile from the list provided
The list contain all of the Canon Profiles plus 1 Ilford profile

The other option is under Print Settings to Check or Uncheck ICM (Windows Colour Mgt.)

 

[billg71]

Under Printers/Faxes, Right Click on IP66''D, Properties there is a Colout Mgt. Tab. Within this tab I have 2 options:

Automatic: Windows will select the best profile from the list provided
Manual: Manually select a default colour profile from the list provided
The list contain all of the Canon Profiles plus 1 Ilford profile

The other option is under Print Settings to Check or Uncheck ICM (Windows Colour Mgt.)

In the Printer Properties dialog, usually you're OK leaving this on auto. I have had problems with this and I manually select the default profile for my printers. There will be one profile that doesn't seem to be a paper profile, something with a simpler name. For my Epsons, it's EE231_1, EE361_1, or EE313_1(yes, I have three Epson printers installed....). The rest of the profiles are obviously paper profiles associated with the printer. If you can't figure it out, I wouldn't worry. I've never heard of anyone else having this problem(lucky me....) but it did occur on my system.

Under Print Settings you definitely want to uncheck ICM. That will hand color management off to Windows after the file leaves LR on the way to the printer. Not A Good Thing!

What are your other options in the driver(Print Settings)? You listed Color Intensity:Manual, is there a No Management option anywhere?

One other thing, you're setting these settings in the Windows Printer and Faxes dialog. Once you get them the way you want, set them as default. When you go to print in LR, go to Print Settings and check them all to make sure they didn't change, set your paper profile and rendering intent, then save them as a User Template in the left panel. That will avoid a lot of work the next time you print. I have presets for all my printers and the most common papers saved in 8.5x11 landscape and portrait formats. It's a great feature of LR, being able to save all the program and print driver settings as a preset so you can print without having to go through all the driver settings every time you want to make a print. Take advantage of it.

HTH,