Printing Solutions (Page 2): I would normally agree 100%. But, oddly, my Canon printer makes better prints when I have it do it rather than Lightroom. Maybe Canon knows more about it...

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

jamesl wrote:

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I would think you should be having Lightroom control the color rather than the printer controlling it.

I would normally agree 100%. But, oddly, my Canon printer makes better prints when I have it do it rather than Lightroom. Maybe Canon knows more about it than Adobe. It might also be that I use Canon ink and Canon paper.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

bsprague wrote:

I would normally agree 100%. But, oddly, my Canon printer makes better prints when I have it do it rather than Lightroom. Maybe Canon knows more about it than Adobe. It might also be that I use Canon ink and Canon paper.

Same here, Bill, when I use Epson printer, Epson ink, and Epson paper. For all third party papers, I use the downloaded profiles supplied by the manufacturer of the paper and let Lightroom Classic control the color.

Canon and Epson both include conversion profiles in their drivers to match their own papers.

wjones8637 Loc: Burleson, TX

We have a late 2013 iMac, 27" and a mid 2012 13" MacBook both using an Epson Artisan 237. both computers print colorwise very close to the screens. My only problem is having screen brightness too high resulting in dark prints.

Bill

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

wjones8637 wrote:

…lllllllllllMy only problem is having screen brightness too high resulting in dark prints.

Bill

...Which is why you should spend the money on a calibration kit. If you print a lot, if will save you money, VERY quickly, in either lab bills or ink and paper. PLUS, it will cut your time spent fooling around with color!

When your system is set up correctly, what you see on screen is very close to what you print on paper. It will never be perfect, because every device has its unique color capabilities, but it can be extremely satisfying.

Bill_de Loc: US

riderxlx wrote:

I have a cheap Epson printer and the color prints are very good if not excellent. But I never print straight from Lightroom. I always export to a folder on my desktop and then I print from there. I’ve never had a problem colors come out perfect.
Bruce.

I also let my Epson (SureColor P800) handle the job.

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toptrainer Loc: Wellington

Thank you very much for all of your suggestions and comments. After not having any luck with my old printer, I decided to purchase a new one. I bought an Epson XP 15,000 and it fixed all of my problems. The colors come out exact from what I see on my screen. The only problem is now I’m going back and re-printing all of my photos from my previous printer as this printer is right on with the color.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

toptrainer wrote:

Thank you very much for all of your suggestions and comments. After not having any luck with my old printer, I decided to purchase a new one. I bought an Epson XP 15,000 and it fixed all of my problems. The colors come out exact from what I see on my screen. The only problem is now I’m going back and re-printing all of my photos from my previous printer as this printer is right on with the color.

Great to hear! Bravo.

toptrainer Loc: Wellington

Thank you.

bobfitz Loc: Kendall-Miami, Florida

I have had similar issues with PC and Canon. When I switched to allow Photoshop to control the colors the problem went away. I may be doing it wrong, but it worked for me.