I'm having a bit of trouble with my printer software, and don't quite
know where to look for the solution. The printer is a Canon i9950 -
same as the i9900 but with the CD printing option.

The image was shot with a 300D, RAW, set for Adobe 1998 color space,
imported into PS as Adobe 1998 and color-balanced etc, then printed on
the i9950. However, print preview shows the image as bluer than the PS
image, and it prints bluer on paper. The print is a good match for the
preview image, but not the PS image.

Any ideas welcome.

Colin D.

In article <436C7E3D.69E08419@killspam.127.0.0.1>,
ColinD@killspam.127.0.0.1 (Colin D) wrote:

When you say that the image is:

what do you mean? If you are altering any of the colours, this may be the
source of the problem, especially if your monitor hasn't been calibrated.

Also, you don't mention whether or not you are using a colour profile for
your printer/paper combination or, if you are, how you are applying it.
This may help track down the problem.

Jon.

Colin D wrote:

BETTER THAN ANYONE HERE.

"Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)" wrote:
The monitor self-calibrates for sRGB, and it's not too far from aRGB,
given the gamut of crt monitors. But I don't think the monitor is the
problem, since the print preview obviously is displayed on the same
monitor, but the color difference is visible between the PS image and
the preview image. I would have thought that the preview would look the
same as the PS image.

Aah, perhaps the PS image is wrong, and maybe the preview image doesn't
use the PS settings. I gotta do some more reading. Thanks for the
reply.

Colin D.

measekite wrote:
Yep, bci-6 inks only here.

IF YOU ARE USING GENERIC INK THAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM. OEM INK IS
DESIGNED FOR THE PRINTER BY THE PRINTER MFG.

Colin D wrote:

Colin D wrote:

THATS GREAT. LIKE I SAID CANON TECH SUPPORT IS VERY GOOD. IF LEVEL ONE
DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM THEN ASK FOR LEVEL TWO

In article <5aabf.9187$BZ5.4102@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com> ,
inkystinky@oem.com (measekite the one-trick pony) suggested something
inane (again):

A new form of madness from the madness-meister himself. Now third-party
inks can affect your print *previews* as well as mess up your printer!

You couldn't make this stuff up.

Jon.

Jon O'Brien wrote:

Frank

"Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)" wrote:
PS = Photoshop 6.

Colin D.

Colin D wrote:
It almost sounds as if you're trying to print using two different icc
profiles. One from the software, PS 6 and the other from the printer,
the i9900.
Check and see and if you are turn off one of them.
Frank

"Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)" wrote:
This is getting close to my knowledge limits (hence the original query),
but as I understand it, when you load the image into PS, it gives you
the choice of what color space you want to use, of if the image has an
embedded color space PS uses that. Then, when you select the paper type
within the i9950 print setup, that action supplies the icc profile for
that paper/printer combo. Then in the printer dialog box, I set the
printer to 'use printer management', although there is a plethora of
options there. I tried setting the printer to aRGB as the image is
recognised by the printer dialog as aRGB, then I tried setting it to
'same as source' with no improvement. Here I'm out of my depth. Why,
if the paper choice sets the profile, are there numerous options in the
printer dialog? Beats me. Searching the web hasn't found a lot of
information about this topic either.

Colin D.

In message <4371C745.3E36E435@killspam.127.0.0.1>, Colin D
<ColinD@killspam.127.0.0.1> writes
You are doing something with PS to control the colour setup, and then
you are telling the printer to do something with the colour setup, what
happens if tell the printer to do nothing, or tell PS to do nothing?

--
Timothy