Hi there.
I've been scanning and printing for a little over five years now and I have an issue that just won't die. Each time I think it has been solved, it hasn't.
My problem: Take an old piece of paper / art / map. The paper typically has a yellow / orange tinge to it. Scan this into a Adobe RGB color space. Save as a TIF. Open in Photoshop - print to printer. The print has a magenta / pink tinge instead. The print looks the same if I use the correcr paper ICC or if I let the printer do the color management in Adobe RGB space.
Thinking of the time, paper, and Ink I've wasted trying to color match brings a wave of crushing depression.
I'm not trying to match to the screen, mind you, just the original. I know things like contrast and sharpness will need to be modified, but I would think with near 15k worth of equipment, I should be able to get an ok looking color match mostly out of the box, since I've done no manipulation. The issue has existed over many PCs, and the 9900 has been replaced with a newer 9900 (another story) so I doubt that it's drivers or a printer hard ware issue. I've also had the issue with other scanner, so I don't think it's a scanner hardware issue.
I don't really have any budget for expensive color profiling software, but I don't really see why I would need it, I have the impression that I'm trying to do something very simple.
I have read many posts. I've uninstalled drivers, I've tried just about every ICC profile.
The closest I can get with this example I'm going to show is to print with no ICC and the printer color settings off. So -no color management at all. This give a dull, very low saturation print, but at least it doesn't have a pinkish cast.
Can anyone save me from this madness?
Thanks ahead of time,
James
My equipment:
Photoshop CC
Epson 9900
Contex HD iFLEX