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December 5, 2018
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Canon ICC Profiles Not Showing in LR

  • December 5, 2018
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Hello,

Most of my Canon paper profiles are not showing in LR as a drop down option when soft proofing is on. These profiles do show properly when I use Canon's Print Studio Pro. Is there something I need to do to get these profiles to show in LR?

Thanks.

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Correct answer Jao vdL

Yes, I should have pointed out that I am on a Mac. Canon comes with its own printing app called Print Studio Pro which takes the place of LR's print module. In Canon's app I can see all the paper profiles which is why this is probably a LR issue.


If the profiles don't show it is almost always a driver installation issue often caused by the driver no longer being fully compatible with the latest operating system update. Ignore the Canon app completely as what you see there has nothing to do with how Lightroom (or any non-Canon app) prints, you simply need the printer driver to be updated. Usually this is done by downloading the latest version from the Canon website and installing. You might need to recreate the printer connection in the system preferences Printers & Scanners section.

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Community Expert
December 5, 2018

Oh and apologies if this is something you tried already, have you clicked on "other" in the popup and looked for them there? Lightroom gets the list you see there from the operating system. If you don't see them in other, the printer driver is not set up correctly.

GoldingD
Legend
December 5, 2018

Is this a new problem? Or, did it work before (as in a previous version of LR)?

Known Participant
December 5, 2018

Good question, the problem is new. I've not printed is several months so it did work in previous versions of LR.

GoldingD
Legend
December 5, 2018

You may want to search the forum for previous members issues, Those in fact with Canon printers. Something in the back of my head screams you need to replace your existing icc profiles with new ones from canon.

Or it could be, that the process of reinstalling corrects some file location issue.

Not sure if it was an issue with profile version, profile standard, or actual profile getting lost.