I am stumped.

I have color calibrated my monitor. I bring a picture into either Lightroom or CS3 with a color space of ProPhoto. Picture looks great in either.

I have turned off ICM in my Canon i9900 and told it to let Photoshop or Lightroom to control the colors. I am using the Canon SP1 printer profile.

The resulting prints have a blue cast to them. Same result using Lightroom or Photoshop.

Anyone have an idea what is wrong?

Thx

What paper are you printing to? And are you using a custom profile?

Yes, I am using the Canon SP1 profile for their Photo Paper Plus paper

You might right having a custom profile made.

But I have used this profile in the past and it has worked fine.

I guess I may have to go pay some $ and get a printer calibrator

Are you sure you're not double-profiling? I don't have my Canon driver software handy at the moment, but I think turning ICM off like you said should take care of that. I'd double-check that before profiling.

I have the same issue with a Canon iP6700D and a magenta hue.
I had a custom profile made and it did not really fully cure it.
The only solution has been to make a level adjustment in CS3 with Red channel at 0.95 and Blue channel at 0.99.

Yup, I have double checked that ICM is turned off.

I would hate to have to compensate for this in the software as it means I would have to keep two copies of every file and/or make additional adjustments everytime I print on the i9900.

What gets me is that it used to print fine.

I wonder if I should replace all of the ink carts before trying profiling?

Your monitor profile is bad then. Properly made monitor and printer profiles will solve this.

Are there any other variables? Are you printing just fine to other printers and or paper combinations? I assume it's the print that has the blue cast, not the display?

Hi!

Which rendering intent are you using? MP1-profile for Canon's cheap matte photo paper (MP-101) makes a fairly bluish/magenta hue when using perceptual (IP5300 printer). On the other hand relative intent does not have this problem.

Cheers,
J

Yes, it is the print that has the blue cast, the monitor looks fine.

How old is your printer?

A color cast is sometimes the result of a nozzle issue. Wear on the head/nozzles can also cause some color drift which can be compensated for with a new profile.

Just a thought.

I use perceptual but have tried relative and get the same blue cast

I haven't tried other printers yet (don't have one).

Printer is about 3 years old. I'm thinking I may have to invest in a printer calibrator as you suggest.

I printed the test print located at http://www.digitaldog.net/tips/index.shtml and the printer is absolutely giving me a blue cast. the grays that show true on the monitor are coming up blue when printed.

I guess a printer calibration is in order.

SOLVED!!!!

I feel so dumb. I was about to change all of the printer ink cartridges and noticed that the Photo Cyan cartridge had been replaced by my wife with an Office Depot replacement rather than a Canon cartridge. Changed it back to a Canon original and the issue is fixed.

DO NOT USE OFFICE DEPOT CARTS!!!

Thanks to everyone for their help.

D