Am I double profiling?

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I have been having issues with colour casting with printing with my Canon IP4850.

I print using LR3 and as far as I can tell I am doing it right but I may have missed something.

When I print using the canon profile I some times get a green/blue cast where using printer managed colours I have no issue.

When printing there's no "no management" option I can see as it seems that LR does this for you. There is another colour options as well as the menu however and I haven't changed any settings in there.

Here is an example of what I mean. This is a photo from my wedding I have rights to print which I know was done on a calibrated monitor, though I did the colour select.

Left was printer managed right was Canon profile for the Glossy Plus 2 paper I am using. I am using non standard inks so this may screw it all up, but the printer came with these and I wasn't overly impressed by that.

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Will a custom profile fix this? or am I just missing an option somewhere?

Some images do seem to print just fine using the profile but these tend to be nice warm images so I am wondering if it's the inks screwing it up?
 
need to make sure that you have ICM turned off in the canon print GUI box
 
maninsuitcase said:
I am using non standard inks so this may screw it all up, but the printer came with these and I wasn't overly impressed by that.
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Really? Where did you buy the printer from??

I have the iP4850 which came with original Canon inks. Seeing as a set of original Canon ink cartridges (£43 on Amazon) cost almost as much as the printer (£49.99 on Amazon), I would be VERY upset if it was supplied with 'non standard inks'.

Although I rarely use it for printing photos, when I do, I use the 'Photo Printing Pro Glossy' profile and get very good results.
 
chip said:
Really? Where did you buy the printer from??

I have the iP4850 which came with original Canon inks. Seeing as a set of original Canon ink cartridges (£43 on Amazon) cost almost as much as the printer (£49.99 on Amazon), I would be VERY upset if it was supplied with 'non standard inks'.

Although I rarely use it for printing photos, when I do, I use the 'Photo Printing Pro Glossy' profile and get very good results.
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Amazon market place seller had opened the box and swapped the inks out, stupid thing is it was only £3 more from amazon but I clearly didn't notice it was a market seller when I ordered.

I was angry but really couldn't face the hassle of sending it all back, especially as I will be going non genuine anyway once they run out.
 
I had the same inconsistent results till I went back to originals! now sorted
 
if you are using non canon inks with canon profiles the. I doubt you are getting the correct results as profiles are ink/paper specific.
 
I think you have to change the inks and try again!
 
I think I will end up buying genuine canon inks once these get low, save on the waste of having to print twice on some images. Seen them for £35 for a set somewhere, just need to find it again!
 
maninsuitcase said:
I think I will end up buying genuine canon inks once these get low, save on the waste of having to print twice on some images. Seen them for £35 for a set somewhere, just need to find it again!
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get the paper/ink profiled will be cheaper.
 
maninsuitcase said:
I think I will end up buying genuine canon inks once these get low, save on the waste of having to print twice on some images. Seen them for £35 for a set somewhere, just need to find it again!
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Please lets us know if you find a set at £35 :thumbs:
 
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