Hello All,
I make profiles with my Eye One Photo and they've been excellent on my Epsons and HPs. But on my Canon ipf5000, I'm getting an ugly yellow cast on my prints using the Photo Plug-in (I've also tried the Booksmart Studio profiles for the 5000 and my paper with the same result).
I have heard of this problem from a couple of other users, but I know people are getting good results from custom profiles, so I don't know what's wrong.
I have the latest firmware, drivers & plug-in software (CD from Canon). I'm on winxp.
What's odd is that if I use the Photoshop 8bit output to the Canon, even with the 16bit profile, it looks great, so I don't think it's the profile, printer or inks.
My workflow:
I Export my image to iPF5000 Print Plug-In.
It's set for the Canon iPF5000. I set the correct media type (I'm using Canon paper) and always run High Accuracy 600ppi and Highest Gradation 16bit.
In Output Profile, I put the correct profile from the drop down box (I've tried all the Matching Methods, I know that the black point comp. doesn't work in rel. Color in the plug-in).
In Color Settings everything is set to zero and no tone curve.
I test it by enlarging a section of my image in the Preview window.
Here's where it gets weird: I "Perform Proof in Preview" and it looks perfect, just like the Soft Proof I did in Photoshop with the same printer profile, yet when I print it, it prints with this strong yellow cast.
I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. It should work.
Thanks for all of your help.