Can't print using ICC profile sRGB IEC61966-2.1

[libertinexx]

I am using a Canon iX6850. It was printing fine with the ICC profile sRGB IEC61966-2.1. But after installing a new printer (the same model just a newer one), I had lost the printer profile. 

I downloaded again and put it in the correct folder Library/colorsync/Profiles, but its not showing up when I try to print in photoshop. 

Please help as every other profile I use gives me poor colour printouts. I need this one back as it worked perfectly.

Thanks in anticipation of your help.

[Test Screen Name]

You need to use the right profile for the new printer. 

[libertinexx]

Thank you, but I have now reverted to my old printer, so want to use the old setting. I just need help setting up the profile again. Its so frustrating

[D Fosse]

You don't "try" different profiles. You use the correct one. The correct profile in this case is the Canon profile that corresponds to the paper you're printing on. These profiles are installed along with the printer driver.

sRGB is emphatically not a print profile. It's a document profile. Those are two very different things, serving different purposes.

I am deliberately not answering your question, because it's the wrong question. It may accidentally work, within limitations, under some special circumstances, but it's guaranteed to fail sooner or later. There are procedures for this, procedures that work, and work consistently.

If you post a screenshot of the Photoshop print dialog we can be more specific.  

[libertinexx]

I appreciate the response. I think what I'm trying to say that this profile worked for the paper I'm using and at reproducing what I see on the screen, onto paper. And having used 'the correct' profiles actually isn't giving me the results I would like. If anything, the correct profile is too good, the profile I have mentioned printed the colours the way I wanted them, and just looked right for the projects I have been working on.

I really don;t want to over complicate things, I just would like to be able to use a profile which worked for me and gave me the results I wanted, even if its technically not the right one to use.

Also, the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile was a printing profile for me before, I know it is also the coument type, but I have found the ICC profile to dowload again, so it is a profile. I am just having trouble being able to use it again.

[Kübra29758283aox9]

OMG i have the same problem now.did you find a solution to this problem ? this color profile also worked best for me 

[TheDigitalDog]

sRGB isn't an output (print) color space. 

IF you don't have the exact profile for the paper and printer combo, best you can do is use Printer Manages Color. 

[D Fosse]

Is sRGB available as a working space under Color Settings?

In the Photoshop print dialog there's a "Print Profile" rolldown. Here you can pick any profile installed on your system. If whatever profile you want doesn't appear there, it's not correctly installed on your system. In other words, it's not in the system folder it should be.

As a Windows user I don't know the correct path in MacOS, but if you locate your other profiles and manually copy your profile in there it should work.

And again, the correct way to do this is to first make sure your file has an embedded document profile, and then pick the correct print profile for the paper. Photoshop color management then converts on the fly, from the document profile into the print profile.

To avoid double profiling, you need to go into the printer driver and turn off any printer color management. You also need to pick the right paper type here. This controls total ink.

If your prints still don't come out as expected, your monitor calibration is off. A common issue is that the monitor is too bright, causing the prints to come out too dark and muddy. Calibrate the monitor to match paper white.

[davescm]

Hi

I don't see the colour space profiles (sRGB IEC 61966-2.1 or  Adobe RGB1998 or ProPhoto RGB)  in my Printer Profile list either. Nor should I as none of those are output device profiles. They are intended to describe the colour space of your document.

Go to Canon's website if you use Canon paper, or to the paper manufacturer's website of the paper you do use, and download the correct profile for your printer and paper combination.

With your document having an embeded colour space, a monitor profile that describes your monitor and the correct printer profile for your printer, ink and paper combination then colour matching should not be an issue within the limits of printable colours.

Dave

[Conrad_C]

A lot of people are suggesting to use the printer profile, but I notice that the Canon iX6850 appears to be a general office printer. Does Canon actually offer or install a custom profile for that printer? Because most companies never offer a custom profile for home/office printers, it’s more of a thing for pro photo printers.

If Canon does not offer a downloadable or automatically installed custom profile, then probably the right way to print to the iX6850 from Photoshop would be to set Color Handling to Printer Manages Colors, and let the Canon printer driver convert internally from whatever color space the document is in. In this workflow, it’s very important to set the media type and other settings correctly in the Canon printer driver settings, because that will tell the Canon printer driver how to convert it properly.

This very common general purpose workflow typically assumes sRGB anyway, so it might work best if the document itself is in sRGB.

[NB, colourmanagement]

@Conrad_C "If Canon does not offer a downloadable or automatically installed custom profile, then probably the right way to print to the iX6850 from Photoshop would be to set Color Handling to Printer Manages Colors, and let the Canon printer driver convert internally from whatever color space the document is in. In this workflow, it’s very important to set the media type and other settings correctly in the Canon printer driver settings, because that will tell the Canon printer driver how to convert it properly.

This very common general purpose workflow typically assumes sRGB anyway, so it might work best if the document itself is in sRGB."

totally agree, great advice - I hope that helps the OP

I hope this helps
neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right'
google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management

[NB, colourmanagement]

Further to D. Fosses advice - Info on Apple mac profile locations here 

https://www.colourmanagement.net/advice/where-are-my-icc-profiles/

I hope this helps
neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right'
google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management