Color management Canon pixma MG5400 series

[aibsen]

Hi

I struggle to get the print colors to look like the color on the screen. I'm using mac, Adobe Photoshop Elements and I have a canon pixma mg5450. I don't have any printer preference dialogue that allows me to turn off printer color management.

Anyone have an idea on how to solve this?

- aibsen

[Jeff Arola]

After you go to File>Print, click on More Options, then Color Management>Color Handling.

[aibsen]

I tried that but no matter what I chose the result stays the same

[MichelBParis]

Turning off the colour management of the printer can't be done from Elements, it's a feature of your particular printer driver. I have the same situation with my HP printer. I could not find a solution in the HP help forums, but you could try asking in Canon forums.

[aibsen]

You're probably close to the answer. I can't find any places where I can turn off printer color management and I haven't been able to find any QA on Canon's forum.

[Jeff Arola]

If in the pse print dialog you click on Page Setup and in the drop-down menu under Paper size, do you see Color Matching?

Our hp printers have this on mac os Sierra 10.12.6, so maybe the canon has some kind of similar settings.

[hatstead]

aibsen  wrote

I tried that but no matter what I chose the result stays the same

Have you calibrated your computer screen?

Are you using Canon ink & paper, rather than the less expensive refilled cartridges.

How do the prints look when you print at a kiosk, e.g. @CVS?

One of the salient variables as it relates to this issue is the brightness setting, but a global calibration may be in order.

[aibsen]

yes for screen

Canon original ink and paper

Print looks okay when printing from kiosk

[hatstead]

aibsen  wrote

yes for screen

Canon original ink and paper

Print looks okay when printing from kiosk

I have printer manage colors both for my Epson and Lexmark printers. However, under Edit>Color Settings I have checked "Always manage Colors for Computer Screens."  You don't want PSE & the printer manage colors concurrently.

Perhaps you can borrow a different make printer to see if it prints ok from your equipment. It's possible that the Canon printer is the problem.