Color management problem

[WasPlank]

I am shooting on a EOS600D and printing on a Canon i865. In between is a new iMac running OSX 10.2 and Photoshop 7.

Problem is that what I see on the screen and what gets printed are radically different, ie the prints are much darker than the screen and have a slight violet tint.

I have set the camera to Adobe RGB colourspace, ditto Photoshop. Camera Image files are jpegs with minimum compression. I then convert to .PSD for processing and print directly from Photoshop. I have experimented with the screen contrast control but the difference is way beyond its range. Any advice would be gratefully received.

[Vegas Poboy]

You must sart with calibrating your monitor, then setting all profiles to match your monitor. Here is a couple of links to start with
http://www.normankoren.com/color_management.html
http://www.rogercavanagh.com/helpinfo/33_cmsjoe.htm#+Monitors%20and%20Printers
Good luck

[WasPlank]

Awesome links......thanks

[Vegas Poboy]

Welcome, also shutterbug had a couple of good articles earlier this year.