blonds to redheads

[sagebrush]

It seems that when I shot D30 pics of my kids with dark blond hair, then ajust levels/satuation in PS7 and print them on my Canon S800 their hair looks more red than dark blond. I used a spyder to cal the monitor (really looks good on the tube). The rest of the colors look good in print. After PS tweeking I save the TIFFs to include the monitor profile. I'm not setting an ICC in the printer property because the one's I've tried just make thing worse so I use Color adjustment to Accurate/Normal. BTW, I use Canon inks and paper.

How do the rest of yall setup your S800 properties?

Thanks for any suggestions

[redbutt]

I'm actually using an Epson Photo 2200, but have you tried selecting ICM in your print settings? Also, how are you setting the ICC profile for the printer? Are you able to select it in Photoshop for printing?

[sagebrush]

Yes I can select ICM in printer properties..this resulted in an overall lighting of all colors including the red hair.
I can also select File/Print with Preview/ then under Print Space: Profile: the pull down opion then shows 50+ different profiles (ICCs) for monitors and printers. I tried COLORMATCH RGB and SAME AS SOURCE. If I had to choice between the two I'd say COLORMATCH RGB was less red. There are many EPSON profiles but none for Canon printers. I've looked around the Canon website but didn't find an ICC for the S800. I can either try all 50+ profiles or call try calling Canon support tomorrow.

I'm not real sure what setting ICM means or what it's suppose to do.

Thanks for the help...Any other suggestions in finding the right ICC? That must be the key to getting the color right.

[redbutt]

ICM is Image Color Match or something like that. It is supposed to enable the printer to more accurately match the monitor.

This article might help you...it worked for me.

http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=437&page_number=1

Be sure to check out the "STEP BY STEP DIGITAL COLOR GUIDE" link at the top of the first page...it really explains a lot.

Basically, the point is, make sure that you have the source space of the document set as Adobe RGB (1998 ). This has the widest gamut for inkjet printing. Then, select the profile you need for your printer as the Print Space. If you can't find the specific driver for your printer, use "Printer Color Management".

Then, when you get to the printer setup dialogs, make sure that you select ICM. for the color management. If that isn't working, I would use the cusotm color controls. As with Epson drivers the Canon driver will let you dial in individual color controls. So, you might want to just tweak your color there.

DB