Canon i9900 / photoshop printing badly

Changing nothing other (same ink, same paper, same connection) than installing Leopard, iLife '08, and a new 2TB hard drive for Time Machine, my Canon i9900 printer now prints my Photoshop documents too light. However, when I import the document to iPhoto, it prints just fine. I tried changing to ColorSync, but it did not affect the photoshop document.
How can I fix this problem?
ps- this is from my G5; my powerbook is not hooked up to my printer.

Im having weird issues with Photoshop CS3 / Leopard / Canon i9900 as well. Opposite of you things are coming out too dark - AND to make things extra weird... my Reds print ORNAGE. Like I have a clog or a mis-installed cartridge (but I don't....) I'm a professional color guy and this one has me stumped. I haven't tried i-photo but preview exhibits the same issue.
I've got a Gretag / X-Rite eye one with the latest update and made new profiles - still no help. It really appears like on the Driver or Apple end that the RGB numbers are being preserved when the data goes to print (BIG BIG BIG NO-NO). I can simulate a transform to the canon printers color space with rgb preserved in photoshop and I get on screen exactly what is happening to my prints.
I've worked on a work-around for two days and i've given up. I've got an old mac with 10.4 on it and Im going to have to use it to print from until Canon and Apple get their act together. Hopefully soon.
I'm not sure when this issue really cropped up... if it was the 10.5.2. or the graphics update.
I think all was well on 10.5.0 and 10.5.1.... The last canon driver was made for 10.5.0 I think so.... sigh... maybe we just have to wait for Canon to update something.
If you've found a work-around, please share it.

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I know that one of the new features for leopard is "simplified printing." I have a 13x19 canon i9900 printer where i print out a lot of my design work. One of the most useful "can't live without" features is the ability to change color options through the printer driver... as well as all the other features that the driver provides. I also don't know where i go to get the print head alignment options as well.
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I only have CS3. I used the Leopard provided driver. Here is what I see:
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Illustrator: You do file-print. You get the Adobe print dialog. From there you hit the "Printer" button (Second from the left). This talks you to the Apple print dialog. From there you hit the blue triangle. This gives you the expanded print dialog. The optioned are there too.
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My Photoshop Elements 13 doesn't recognize my Canon PRO-10 printer. I've tried EVERYTHING. Reinstalled all my software, didn't fix anything. Can anyone help?

I have Windows 7 x64 on a desktop PC. I have Photoshop Elements 13. I bought the Canon PRO-10 PRINTER on 2/3 and at first it worked fine. Then I tried to install it as a plug-in in Elements 13, and everything went bad. When I click on AUTOMATION TOOLS it does say "Canon Easy Photo Print Pro" like it should, but when I click on that I get an error message NO SUPPORTED PRINTER FOUND. CONNECT A PRINTER SUPPORTED BY THIS SOFTWARE AND THEN INSTALL A DRIVER. I also tried the FILE > PRINT command which also said there was no printer installed.
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Message was edited by: Fran Cornelius
Made editing changes at 4:05 pm.

Hi,
After talking to 3 different Canon techs who didn't know anything about
this and told me it was Adobe's fault, a 4th Canon tech e-mailed me a list
of the Elements software that is "compatible" with the Canon Pro-10
printer. The list stops at Elements 12! In other words, Canon has not
written the software for their plug-in to work with Elements 13 yet. I
personally am stunned by this. Considering how popular Adobe Elements is,
you'd think Canon would be up-to-date on having their new printer's plug-in
work with Elements 13, which has been out there for some time.
Not only that, Canon's more expensive printer, the Canon PRO-100, also has
the same problem. My friend just bought one and told me the plug-in doesn't
work with Elements 13.
I have figured out a solution, if it will be of help. I had just
uninstalled Adobe Elements 12 and when I saw that Canon's plug-in worked
with Elements 12, I quickly reinstalled it. Sure enough, when I clicked on
AUTOMATION TOOLS there was the Canon plug-in, and when I clicked on it, the
Canon print screen opened. So I decided I would do my photo editing in
Elements 13, and when ready to print I would open the photo in Elements 12
and print it there. Hope that helps.
F
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 4:08 PM, BMonahan9905 <[email protected]>

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Unfortunately the Canon Mac drivers have never worked correctly with the wireless print servers. I tested a Dlink model some years ago and while the Windows drivers for the same model would work fine, the Mac driver would always fail.
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Thank you for contacting Canon Support. Your reference/ticket number is 1031274.
We are sorry to hear about the problems you are having with your Canon Pro9000.
Please go to the 'Printing Preferences' and then select the 'Main' tab.
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and then go to the 'Matching' tab. Once here make sure 'Colour Correction'
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Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us
on the telephone number below ensuring to quote your Canon Helpdesk ticket
number noted in the subject line above. Alternatively, you can reply directly
to this email by navigating to the link below.
Best regards,
Wayne Hudson – Canon Support Centre
Tel.: 0844 369 0100 Select option 2
I hope that will be of help.
Brian
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The last driver that Canon released for the MP600, v10.5.1.2.0, was for Mac OS X 10.7. Since you mention upgrading to Mavericks you could have a driver version earlier than this. You can check by opening Printers & Scanners, selecting the MP600 and then clicking on Options & Supplies. With the General tab selected you will see the driver version.
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Canon i9900 / photoshop printing badly

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