Canon 9500

[BClark]

Why is it that my skin color is perfect on my screen but when I print it comes out much darker not as natural looking? I have calabrated my screen and it does not matter which kind of paper I use I get the same results. HELP!

[Mr. Pickles]

You need to state what you are printing from, and if that software application is using the Canon print driver or not. Also, check the Canon print driver to see if it is color matching. It could be that switch, or the software application and the driver are conflicting.

[BClark]

Thank you I will give it a try

[goggleeyed]

Hi BC clark and were you successfull as I have the same problem?
Calibrated my monitor with Spider 3 Elite and the prints are fine on the monitor but look like dark 18th century black oil colours.Used the profile for my monitor which made things fractionaly lighter.
Took out Adobe gama from start menu hopefully to stop it conflicting.
Cannot understand how its not meant to load when photoshop is used but removing shortcut from start memu is meant to be all thats needed.
Try let printer control colours and no better."Help"
All help gratefully received.Thanks for any help.

If I could add a bit more as this is beyond the pale.
I upped the brightness by 30 which looked horrendous in Photoshop.Really grainy and burnt out.The exposure on the original was just good enough to enable a worthwhile print.
This was printed and the brightness was at the correct level but the colours are out slightly.
Then went onto print preview which displayed accurately the colours and brightness of the print on the monitor.
Tried a test pattern print and the colours on that are perfect and exactly as shown on the monitor proving the printer is perfect and accurately calibrated.Something is getting confused in Photoshop in that it is nothing like as printed but the monitor displays accurately the preview from the printer.

Perhaps this is now in the wrong section?
Nobody at my camera club has any idea.Should add that I am using Ilford paper with the correct profiles added from there site.
Thanks for reading.