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leterpee
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July 29, 2019
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Lightroom not recognising custom profiles when printing

  • July 29, 2019
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I am a very experienced printer using Adobe Photoshop but recently tried to print in Lightroom Classic as I prefer the soft proofing in Lightroom.The setup for colour printing is very easy - under PRINT JOB drop down box I select the appropriate print profile under Colour Management and under printer I select the correct print (Epson 3880) and turn off (No colour adjustment) under Mode as I do in Photoshop, dial in the rest of the settings and select PRINT.I then get the message " The custom profile selected for this print is missing or invalid. If you continue this print job , the colours will not be managed by Lightroom". I know there is nothing wrong with this profile as I have used it often and only yesterday in Photoshop. I assume the path is exactly the same Drive C/Windows/System32/Spool/Drivers/Colour so I can't see why Lightroom cant find the profile. Any suggestions ? I ended up saving the soft proofed version and printing out of Photoshop which is hardly ideal.

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Correct answer leterpee

Akash, it is actually a corrupt profile.For some reason LR found the corrupt one but PS found the correct one.I deleted the corrupt one and downloaded a new one.

All good.

Cheers

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Tony28628330uifc
Participant
February 28, 2023

I'm having the same issue. The Color management profile is greyed out and provides no options. When I fo ahead and "Print to File" then Lightroom says "... custom profile selected for this print job is missing or invalid." and says it will use sRGB instead. Okay. The result is a blank white JPG image file.

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PhotoTrail
Participating Frequently
October 9, 2022

If there is a corrupt profile, because I getting the message:
The custom profile selected for this print job is missing or invalid. If you continue this print job, the sRGB profile will be used.
Where is it placed and where can i find and correct sRGB profile.

 

Whatever image you make with your camera, it is always a copy of reality.
TheDigitalDog
TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
October 9, 2022
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If there is a corrupt profile, because I getting the message:
The custom profile selected for this print job is missing or invalid. If you continue this print job, the sRGB profile will be used.
Where is it placed and where can i find and correct sRGB profile.

 


By @PhotoTrail

You don't ever want to be using sRGB for output to a printer. It isn't an output color space, its an RGB Working Space.

IF in Develop you can soft proof to sRGB (Type S key), there is nothing wrong with that sRGB profile. 

Author “Color Management for Photographers" &amp; "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma
Legend
July 29, 2019

Hi there,

Sorry that Lightroom Classic is not recognizing the custom profile while printing from your Epson 3880. Let us help make it right.

Few questions:

  • Do you start with jpeg or raw?  If jpeg, what colour space?
  • Which exact version of Lightroom Classic and Photoshop are you using?
  • What working space is set in Photoshop- is it sRGB?
  • Are your monitors colour-managed (calibrated and profiled)?
  • Are your printers capable of colour management - do they take account of the profile of the image being printed - or alternatively do you colour-manage from Lightroom and Photoshop, and have the driver set to be colour management aware but also set so that the driver knows that the program is doing the colour management?

Thanks,

Akash

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leterpeeAuthorCorrect answer
Participant
July 29, 2019

Akash, it is actually a corrupt profile.For some reason LR found the corrupt one but PS found the correct one.I deleted the corrupt one and downloaded a new one.

All good.

Cheers

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Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma
Legend
July 29, 2019

Thanks for the update, Glad you figured it out.

~Akash

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