Canon ICC Profile Guide - Something New for Canon Printers

[Rick Beck]

I am trying to use color mgmt in photoshop cs2 with a Canon S820. I can not locate the printer profiles in the color file other than the generic profile. I am wondering if anyone can provide a link to download the various canon profiles only. It was mentioned earlier that the profiles for the S900 would probably work with the S820. I have printed out the Canon guide but have had no luck locating a link to Canons profiles. Perhaps I have missed it somehow. Thanks.

[Rick Beck]

I read the above replys in more detail and did the same as Woody Lee in regards to downloading the i960 driver from Canon's website. It did install the profiles. I then went to printers and faxes in control panel and reset my S820 as the default printer. Being able to select the printer profile under print with preview in CS2 made a world of difference. Thanks to the spyder2 monitor calibration hardware and about a gazillion hours of color mgmt research,my prints finally are very close to matching what I see on the monitor. Thanks Woody!

[maderito]

Originally Posted by Rick Beck

Thanks Woody!

Well...you're quite welcome!! I was afraid I was going to have to re-read my own posts!

[aafaber]

Maderito/Woody, thank you sooo much for your tip to download the i960 driver and accompanying profiles for the i950. About a year ago I read and did everything humanly possible to try and get accurate prints out of the i950 including calling the Canon helpdesk (who told me to reinstall the driver...). I was very disappointed with the results of this relatively expensive printer. I do have a calibrated monitor. After a recent reinstall of my computer I decided to give it another go and found your solution. I'm amazed about the results I get now. The prints actually match my Photoshop proofs exactly. You've made my day. thanks! Aernout

[maderito]

Originally Posted by aafaber

Maderito/Woody, thank you sooo much for your tip to download the i960 driver and accompanying profiles for the i950...

Here we are more than 2 years later and the original post is still relevant! I continue to use my Canon i950 printer - same great results. Hope you continue to enjoy yours.

[CyberDyneSystems]

You have no idea.. when you posted this I was not in a position to use the info...

I spent today futzing with calibration again.. got my Spyder Pro actually doing what it's suppoesd to and thought all was well untill I tried to print with the same output settings I have been using for a year or so..

Disaster! It looked NOTHING like my newly re-clibrated monitor,.. and it looked bad.

Well,. In print preview "print space" I had this vague recollection.. "what did Maderito tell us to do?"

.." Printer Color Management" (as opposed to source that I had been using, I allways "enable ICM" )

Prints are a dream! The best they've ever been.. and it was this very thread that had sparked the recollection.. and wow! What an odd coincedence

[aafaber]

that's so funny. Congrats. Isn't weird how even most experts are struggling with getting this right? Perhaps the some companies (Adobe, Canon, Epson, Microsoft and Apple) should site around the table a figure how to make this easier. Colorsync II if you will. I understand in Windows Vista the color management will be completely changed/improved.

[aafaber]

well, spoke to soon. I guess this sounds hopeful: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05...canoncolor.asp

now if Adobe can also join in?

[DavidW]

The Color Control Panel for Windows XP is available, as of Friday - go here to download it.

I'm going to give it a go on my machine (using System Restore just in case I don't like the results).



David

[Dale]

Originally Posted by DavidW

The Color Control Panel for Windows XP is available, as of Friday - go here to download it.

I'm going to give it a go on my machine (using System Restore just in case I don't like the results).

David

Now that it is installed how do you use it? I opened it from the control panel but that doesn't tell much.

[DavidW]

To be honest, it has a "technology preview" feel about it. You can't change the Windows default colour space. It does have the ability to load profiles (though that does require a bit of messing around) and to remind you to recalibrate your monitor, but the help file, wisely, suggests that if you already have such features built in to your calibration software, as I do, that you continue to use those.

The one feature this does give me is the ability to display colour spaces and gamuts, and compare two colour spaces and gamuts graphically. I didn't have any software that did that before, now I do. This means that I can see, graphically, just how my calibrated and profiled monitor compares to sRGB and Adobe RGB.



David

[Bama]

Hi Guys,

Do you know what profiles I should use using the Canon photo pro paper and the iP6600D printer when PP is done with the PSCS2.

The print out does not match my monitor and currently having sleepless night trying to solve the situation.

Thank you
bama

[paflyer]

I just recently found this PDF Document on Canon Color Profile management. Click on this link or copy and paste it and it might shed some light opn the subject.

Phil

http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/files/Ca...file_Guide.pdf

[paflyer]

The last one was incomplete. i think this one will work. Sorry.

Phil

http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/files/Ca...file_Guide.pdf

[paflyer]

Well it seems to chop it off each time. After files it should be /Canon_ICC_Profile_Guide.pdf


http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/files/Ca...file_Guide.pdf