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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: DHead on March 01, 2008, 07:57:33 pm
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I am stumped.
I have color calibrated my monitor. I bring a picture into either Lightroom or CS3 with a color space of ProPhoto. Picture looks great in either.
I have turned off ICM in my Canon i9900 and told it to let Photoshop or Lightroom to control the colors. I am using the Canon SP1 printer profile.
The resulting prints have a blue cast to them. Same result using Lightroom or Photoshop.
Anyone have an idea what is wrong?
Thx
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What paper are you printing to? And are you using a custom profile?
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Yes, I am using the Canon SP1 profile for their Photo Paper Plus paper
What paper are you printing to? And are you using a custom profile?
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You might right having a custom profile made.
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But I have used this profile in the past and it has worked fine.
I guess I may have to go pay some $ and get a printer calibrator
You might right having a custom profile made.
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Are you sure you're not double-profiling? I don't have my Canon driver software handy at the moment, but I think turning ICM off like you said should take care of that. I'd double-check that before profiling.
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But I have used this profile in the past and it has worked fine.
I guess I may have to go pay some $ and get a printer calibrator
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I have the same issue with a Canon iP6700D and a magenta hue.
I had a custom profile made and it did not really fully cure it.
The only solution has been to make a level adjustment in CS3 with Red channel at 0.95 and Blue channel at 0.99.
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Yup, I have double checked that ICM is turned off.
I would hate to have to compensate for this in the software as it means I would have to keep two copies of every file and/or make additional adjustments everytime I print on the i9900.
What gets me is that it used to print fine.
I wonder if I should replace all of the ink carts before trying profiling?
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I have the same issue with a Canon iP6700D and a magenta hue.
I had a custom profile made and it did not really fully cure it.
The only solution has been to make a level adjustment in CS3 with Red channel at 0.95 and Blue channel at 0.99.
Your monitor profile is bad then. Properly made monitor and printer profiles will solve this.
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Are there any other variables? Are you printing just fine to other printers and or paper combinations? I assume it's the print that has the blue cast, not the display?
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Hi!
Which rendering intent are you using? MP1-profile for Canon's cheap matte photo paper (MP-101) makes a fairly bluish/magenta hue when using perceptual (IP5300 printer). On the other hand relative intent does not have this problem.
Cheers,
J
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Yes, it is the print that has the blue cast, the monitor looks fine.
Are there any other variables? Are you printing just fine to other printers and or paper combinations? I assume it's the print that has the blue cast, not the display?
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How old is your printer?
A color cast is sometimes the result of a nozzle issue. Wear on the head/nozzles can also cause some color drift which can be compensated for with a new profile.
Just a thought.
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I use perceptual but have tried relative and get the same blue cast
I haven't tried other printers yet (don't have one).
Hi!
Which rendering intent are you using? MP1-profile for Canon's cheap matte photo paper (MP-101) makes a fairly bluish/magenta hue when using perceptual (IP5300 printer). On the other hand relative intent does not have this problem.
Cheers,
J
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Printer is about 3 years old. I'm thinking I may have to invest in a printer calibrator as you suggest.
How old is your printer?
A color cast is sometimes the result of a nozzle issue. Wear on the head/nozzles can also cause some color drift which can be compensated for with a new profile.
Just a thought.
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I printed the test print located at http://www.digitaldog.net/tips/index.shtml (http://www.digitaldog.net/tips/index.shtml) and the printer is absolutely giving me a blue cast. the grays that show true on the monitor are coming up blue when printed.
I guess a printer calibration is in order.
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SOLVED!!!!
I feel so dumb. I was about to change all of the printer ink cartridges and noticed that the Photo Cyan cartridge had been replaced by my wife with an Office Depot replacement rather than a Canon cartridge. Changed it back to a Canon original and the issue is fixed.
DO NOT USE OFFICE DEPOT CARTS!!!
Thanks to everyone for their help.
D