Canon Pro9000 color woes

Hopefully some kind sole can help me out.

 

I'm using a Canon 40D and Canon Pixma Pro9000. The only way I can print

accurate colors is via Canon's PictBridge interface. My LCD monitor is

calibrated using an Eye-One Display LT, and the images transferred from the

camera appear identical to the ones printed directly from the camera using

PictBridge (so I assume the monitor is correctly calibrated). Images in

Photoshop appear fine on screen but always pick up a color cast when printed.

I've tried all the different settings possible; Photoshop managing colors (and

disabling color management in the driver), printer managing colors (by far the

worst), Easy Photo plugin for Photoshop... I'm shooting RAW and applying Adobe

RGB as the image profile and working space, and soft-proofing using the paper

profiles (downloaded from Ilford). Unfortunately, I can't transfer images back

to my camera to print from PictBridge...

 

What am I doing wrong? Is there any way I can simulate pictbridge from my PC?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Paul

You are not going to like this answer, so get ready. There's a reason that Epson dominates the printer market for serious photographers. My suggestion is to find an Epson Pro4000 printer, the older model, outdated by the Pro4800. Get Qimage management software for it. Use photoshop CS3 for retouching. I like Lightroom for a variety of reasons, but you can live without it. Once you have used a professional printer, you will understand these suggestions. Then, dig deep and get a Canon 5D or better, and one L-lens. You will be amazed! And broke! But happy! Ok, tell me to get lost. I understand.

I have the Pixma Pro9000 printer and also the I9900. I use the Adobe 1998 color space. I use the Printer managing colors. I too had the same problem. But you have to turn off optimization and other directive in the print driver. After I turned them off. Everything is 100% accurate as the monitor. It is under the tab. I love what I get out of both of these printers. Its just that the driver is set for people that do not want full control of their image. It is set up to be optimized for PictBridge. I have used the I9900 for 2 years and it has been flawless. I have had the Pro 9000 now for 6 months, again no problems. Good Luck. Dan

Thanks Dan. So if I understand correctly, in Photoshop, I let the printer manage color, then turn off all settings in the Canon print driver including setting "color correction" to None?

 

For fun, I tried printing from Easy-PhotoPrint and colors where much better, closer to the result from PictBridge (but not perfect).

 

Could custom printer profiles help?