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John E Anderson
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December 22, 2012
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ICC Profile for HP Printer

  • December 22, 2012
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I'd like to use printer color management in LR4.  My printer is not in the list.  Where do I get ICC profiles for an HP Photosmart 8250 printer and "HP Advanced" paper?

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web-weaver
web-weaver
Inspiring
December 22, 2012

I think the profile should have come with your printer.

But if that's not the case you can get the profile only on HP's website. Look for "Support" and do a search for "icc profile".

You have to download and install the profile. Installation has to be done in the correct folder or Lr won't find it. Right-click the downloaded file and select <install>.

In Windows the folder is C:|Windows\System32\spool\driver\color.

If you are on a Mac do a search for "icc" which will bring up your profiles and then see where they are.

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John E AndersonAuthor
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December 22, 2012

Also, prints come out with blue shade.  I have calibrated my monitor with a Spyder system.

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JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
December 22, 2012

I use an HP Officejet 7000 wide format printer. I know, it isn't a photo printer. But it does alright for me. There are no profiles, but in the printer driver I can choose Adobe RGB or Colorsmart RGB. I have been using Adobe RGB and it matches up really quite well with what I see on the monitor. And I'm using that option with Lightroom set to let the printer manage the color. It seems that HP doesn't provide ICC profiles for their printers. If that is what you're looking for then you'll probably have to go to Canon or Epson.

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John E AndersonAuthor
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December 22, 2012

I used "managed by printer" and tried color management set to s/RGB and then tried Adobe RGB.  No difference is results.  My prints always look a lot darker than the screen.

This is rediculous.  I have purchased 4 versions of Lightroom over the years and have never gotten satifactory prints.  The program's help system is worthless.

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    Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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    December 23, 2012

    Jao vdl:

    Thank you for your response, but I have no idea what you're talking about when you mention a "profile tab" in print.  Under the Print Job section at the bottom of the Print screen, I see a Profile: with the dropdown choices "Managed by Printer" and "other".  When I click "other", I don't see anything in the list until I check "include display profiles".  I see nothing for HP.

    Perhaps I have left out a critical piece of information here: I'm running on a PC with Windows 7, not a Mac.  Everyone seems to think these ICC profiles are part of the driver.  Perhaps they are on a Mac, but not on this PC.


    >I'm running on a PC with Windows 7

    This should not matter. As far as I know, the drivers from HP on either platform include ICC profiles. It might be worthwhile to try reinstalling the driver from HP's website and making sure the OS uses that driver by deleting the printer from the printer list and recreating it. That said, it is possible that the ICC profiles that this driver includes are CMYK instead of RGB profiles. In that case, Lightroom cannot use them. I don't have this printer and no Win 7 machine to test, so I don't know whether this is the case.

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    Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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    December 22, 2012

    I have np experience with this specific printer, but the standard profiles for manufacturer's papers are usually built in to the printer driver. To see them click on the profile popup in the print panel in Lightroom and select other. If they are not there you can try updating your printer driver by downloading the latest from HP's website. That should reinstall the icc profiles too and allow Lightroom to access them.

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    John E AndersonAuthor
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    December 22, 2012

    I updated driver.  Still don't see any ICC profile.

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