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UrionF
UrionF
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March 27, 2023
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Difference in color between soft proof and print preview.

  • March 27, 2023
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 I am new to Lightroom and I am having trouble with the color I am getting with my prints. I know that to get the most accurate colors you should calibrate your monitor and mine is certainly not calibrated, but what I am having a problem with is that before I print a photo from Lightroom I see a preview of what it will look like and the colors are different from the ones I see when I soft proof in Lightroom. In this particular case I am using Moab Juniper Baryta paper in a Canon Pro-1000. I am using the color profile for the paper and the printer settings recommended by the maufacturer. In Lightroom the image looks fine, with the paper profile added, but when I go to print it the preview shows a strong green cast to the photo and when it prints out it has that strong green cast. As it is I am having to look at the preview then go back and change the colors then try to print again to check the preview and so on back and forth. Is there something I'm doing wrong? When I used the Canon paper the printer came with this didn't happen.

Any help would be great. Thank you.

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      Correct answer TheDigitalDog

      Ah, ok. Thank you for your help then. I appreciate it.


      IF everything is setup properly with LR, it will not only print fine, it will exactly match the same outout as Photoshop or any other color managed application. It is likely an issue in setting up the print templete which stores every possible setting for printing, including the driver settings. Start from scratch, make a new user defined print template and ensure every setting is correct for the driver and color management there. Save and try using a color reference image for testing like this:
      http://www.digitaldog.net/files/2014PrinterTestFileFlat.tif.zip

      1 reply

      Bob_Hallam
      Bob_Hallam
      Legend
      March 27, 2023

      Which version ov LR and which OS?

      ICC programmer and developer, Photographer, artist and color management expert, Print standards and process expert.
      UrionF
      UrionFAuthor
      Participant
      March 27, 2023

      Windows 11 and newest version of Lightroom Classic.

      Bob_Hallam
      Bob_Hallam
      Legend
      March 27, 2023

      You will not get accecptable prints from Lightroom Classic. This is a Lightroom Classic issue, not a color management issu.  Try Adobe Elements or any other Adobe Software.  

      ICC programmer and developer, Photographer, artist and color management expert, Print standards and process expert.
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