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Color Sync choice greyed out in Ventura

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
November 15, 2022
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Hi, I just upgraded to Ventura on a new MacStudio. I'm printing with the latest Canon driver for my older Pixa Pro 100. When printing from Lightroom Classic, I am unable to select Color Sync, the option is greyed out, although I can select a custom profile in the Lightroom printer's menu. First print was totally off. Help!

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henrikh79703094

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This is still an issue 2 years later and still no solution in sight

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Enrique35307406yno8

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I am not sure who is Apple catering to anymore. This is a known issue and clearly they don't care at all. I think I am slowly getting away from Apple for good. I already use Android, sold the iPad and next to go is this Mac. Going back to the mid 2000s with Windows and tech that is not as "magical and genius", but at least works and will not drive me homeless.

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cyanotypes

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I'm having the same issue with the Canon Pro-1000, I can't help but double-profiling even if my life depended on it. Everything has a magenta-cast on it (especially neutral tones and black and white photos) and macOS Sequoia isn't letting me figure this out.

Photo Taco Podcast

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My experience with the Canon Pro-100 IJ drivers on MacOS Ventura has been that as soon as you touch ANYTHING in Printer Options inside the Canon driver dialogue box the profile under Color Matching changes from Color Sync to Canon Color Matching. Even checking the Color Matching in the driver window and hitting cancel. Go back in to Color Matching just after hitting cancel and the option has changed.

So long as I don't touch the driver dialogue box (like hitting the Printer Settings button in the lower left or the Printer... button in the lower right) the prints match my soft proofing in Lightroom Classic. When I manage the color in LrC the only thing I have to change in the Canon driver dialogue box is the paper type (gloss/matte) so I am using the CUPS admin page to set that. Horrible workaround, but it is working.

flipjetiel

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So this is still not solved? aug 20th 2023? Seems to be impossible to get ColorSync activated when selecting a custom profile in Lightroom.

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henrikh79703094

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This bug is driving me up the wall.
No matter what I do the printer wants to manage the colors and settings constantly reset.

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zuru7286100

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I actually had to create a new user, and that worked. So for printing, now I switch to that new user login.

Give that a try and let me know if it works.

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kenp86788046

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A new user for Lightroom? Wouldn't that require a second subscription?

TheDigitalDog

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That is exactly correct and how it has always worked with Application Manages Color.

Some software products are using a private (undocumented) SPI called kPMApplicationColorMatching, which you see in Photoshop and Lightroom, and the Adobe Color Print Utility. When you set Application Manages Color, the area of the driver that controls Colorsync will alter the radio buttons such they are grayed out. This is exactly as it should be with Application Manages Color.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

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Franck LazareAuthor

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Thank you digitaldog: that would be great if that was working, but it's not working on my system (as it did in on my older Mac Pro and previous versions of LR). The application (LR) is not managing colors. I made more test prints this morning, and the only way to get accurate printing is to use "Printer manage colors", click Color Sync (not greyed out), and assign the proper paper profile that way. For now this is my solution, but it's a very different work flow, and I'm not sure what difference it would make to the quality of my printing.

TheDigitalDog

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You should always test output using good color reference images designed for that task. The color reference images RGB values are such that they are set for output and are editing and display agnostic. Test the output this way and examine for the same color issues so we know it's not your image-specific issues causing the problems:

http://www.digitaldog.net/files/2014PrinterTestFileFlat.tif.zip

And DO run a test using Photoshop as your issues may be your Print Template.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

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