Comments on: Using ICC profiles with Canon printers

By: albert

albert — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:39:15 +0000

I’m afraid I’m not familiar with the way Macs deal with this, but the principle should be the same.
If you let the printer manage color, then you essentially give final control of color rendering to the printer. In other words, whatever you have done in Photoshop is a waste of time as the printer will decide how it is going to output the image.
That is why you should always use the “Photoshop manage color” settings. This SHOULD work.
The ONLY thing I can think of is if you use the incorrect ICC profile for the paper/printer combo you are using (using ProPhotoRGB should be fine as it is a bigger space than Adobe RGB so no data is lost). You could try and set it back to Adobe RGB for printing purposes (go Edit|Convert to Profile and select Adobe RGB).
In the printer make sure you have the paper that matches the printer’s ICC profile and you should be good.
Good luck

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:56:14 +0000

Thank you for that advice Albert. I was wondering if you would use the “Let Phototshop Manage Color” even if you had proofed the print with the appropriate ICC profile for the printer. I use CS% on Mac OS X which seems to give varying results. I’ve tried “Let Photoshop….”, rinter Manage…” I’ve even tried Colorsync…and wow won’t again. Due you think it might because I uses Adobe RGB (RAW) in the DSLR and then change the profile to ProPhotoRGB in Adobe camera Raw? I’m tearing my hair out and there’s not a lot left.

By: Pebbles

Pebbles — Wed, 25 May 2011 02:56:40 +0000

Thank you so much, Albert. Great information, as others have posted yours has been the most reliable in all of my searches to date. My labels are printing much nicer now. Thanks again!

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:59:08 +0000

Excellent guide – all canon printers should come with this! I’m having difficulty printing on Ilford Galerie Classic Pearl – the icc profile (from ilford) produces terrible results. Printing on it using the canon semi gloss icc and settings produces good colours but with a slight magenta cast and slightly flat, but passable. Any ideas?
Thanks!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:46:49 +0000

Thank you, this was a very helpful article

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:04:49 +0000

Hallo Albert,

Ik word gek van het uitzoeken voor het juist invullen of aanvinken in de volgende printers tw.
Canon Pixma MP980 en de 9000 Pro mark II. Ik heb zelf de ICC profielen gemaakt met de colormunki en met de Eizo monitor ColorEdge CG241W. Wat moet er nu exact worden aan- of uitgevinkt in afdrukopties in het menu van de printers en wat in PS CS5 ?

By: Danielle Odden

Danielle Odden — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:52:16 +0000

Hello Some good content on here. Good work.

By: Patrice RUBY

Patrice RUBY — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:52:00 +0000

Got it..for pro 9000 all the CNB7Uxxx applies…
exemple : CNB7UNA0 = PT1 or platinum quality 1 …
But problem : for same paper and quality, there is another profile : CNB7UNAA….????

By: Patrice RUBY

Patrice RUBY — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:24:13 +0000

Hello,
Unfornately, the new Canon printer profiles have strange name like :
CNB8XAA and so on…No way to know whic ones are for Pro 9000…?

By: Tiffany Jones

Tiffany Jones — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:45:16 +0000

Yeah, Thanks for the great information really enjoyed the read !