Lightroom prints to dark

I am running Lightroom 2.0 and when I let Lightroom 2.0 manage the color the prints I get on my Epson R220 are consistently to dark. I have turned of color management for my printer and have the correct profile installed for my paper (Epson Premium Luster). I have also calibrated my monitor. I am using a new iMac 2.4GHz running Leopard. Is there anything I can do about this?

>@mainsoft: >Steve, Régis, >Did you try this: >http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b627c2/8 (Windows) I can't speak for Steve or Régis, but I cannot follow that procedure because the Vista 64bit HP driver for the B9180 only offers three color managemant options: ColorSmart/sRGB, Adobe RGB (1998), and Application Managed Colors. I get a red shift in tanned faces when I print from LR 1.4.1-2.1 using Application Managed Colors and set the paper profile to the proper one in LR, i.e. the same profile as specified in the printer driver. I do not get this shift when I print from CS3 using the exact same print parameters, the photo as printed by CS3 very closely matches the proof view from CS3. The only differences I can see are likely from the luminosity of the LCD vs the paper--the colors are a *very* close match. I've scanned in part of a face taken from CS3 and LR2.1RC 4x6 prints as printed on my B9180 and placed them on my web site: http://home.comcast.net/~crh24/Cpics/LR2.1RCPrint.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~crh24/Cpics/PhotoshopCS3Print.jpg The photos were scanned @ 3200dpi using VueScan 8.4.88 on an Epson V500 scanner. DNG files were created by the scan process and I have executed a Fors script on a dng scan of a ColorChecker (too much color imbalance in the 'white' sample to use the DNG Profile Editor's auto mode) and then exported the dng's to the .jpg files setting the profile as ProPhoto RGB. I know Adobe is aware of this issue because I was asked to provide more details when I supplied a 'me too' to an earlier thread. However, I didn't provide the .jpg files at that time so I'm reposting under this more current thread. >System info: Lightroom version: 2.1 RC1 [508271 Beta 1] Operating system: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Build 6001) Version: 6.0 [6001] Application architecture: x64 System architecture: x64 Physical processor count: 4 Processor speed: 2.3 GHz Built-in memory: 8124.8 MB Real memory available to Lightroom: 8124.8 MB Real memory used by Lightroom: 466.1 MB (5.7%) Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 439 MB Memory cache size: 18.9 MB Serial Number: <deleted> Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Library Path: D:\Lightroom\All Pictures.lrcat

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Hi
Apologies if I didn't find this topic on the forum.
I am evaluating Lightroom to replace Photoshop Elements as an organiser and I really like the Library tools however I am struggling seriously to get printing right. All my prints come out dull an dark compared to say a Elements print. I've found stuff on the web referring to all sorts of stuff with Color Management - these are the things I've tried:
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I've been reading / trying to troubleshoot this all day.
I've completely wiped and re-installed the printer drivers, Lightroom and the profiles.
I've tested printing with CS3 which works just fine, so it's likely not the Epson driver.
When I preview in Lightroom it looks correct, so does Print Preview. However the image coming out of the printer appears much darker with a noticeable color shift. Darks are way darker, light yellows with a hint of red become light yellow with a hint of grey.
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Because the printer still works after upgrading to Snow Leopard. As noted by the output being the same as 10.5 in all applications except Lightroom.
I appreciate the help. But that doesn't stop all signs pointing to Lightroom. Especially when most of the Epson / LR issues are 2-3 years old and I was never afflicted with.
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I fail to see how that doesn't point all fingers at Lightroom. Perhaps they will release 2.5 and all will be well in the world.
I've come to the Adobe board to try and figure out the problem I'm having with this particular Adobe product as troubleshooting has led me here.
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Vick,
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Thanks for the additional information, Andre. Your symptions seem to point to the same underlying cause of the problem that I have experienced even though your particulars are different.
I have been quiet on this issue becuase I have been involved in a "deep dive" through the problem with Adobe Technical support and by trying to make sense of the other causes/effects/workarounds found by members of the Lightroom and other forums. For now, I do not have a solution yet, but hope to have more tangible information and a solution to post within a couple of weeks.
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My suggestions:
1. Make sure you have the latest drivers downloaded from the Apple Software Update window below the Apple icon at the lefthand end of your Finder menu bar.
2. use an appropriate profile for your printer/ink/paper combination; the only real solution is to produce your own, with something like SpyderPrine - I have one for each combination I use.
3. Select these in the Lightroom Print Menu at the right hand side of the window under "Print Job". Don't use "Draft Mode.", which doesn't allow the following choices. Underr "Color Management", put in your chosen profile and Rendering Intent (I use Perceptual, but, in my experience, they don't change things much).
When you click on "Print", an Apple print window opens, which shows the printer is not in control of printing; all the options are greyed out.
As an alternative, in the Apple Print Window, select "PDF". This will save the image as a .pdf, which you can print from Preview. In the Previerw print menu, select Color Matching/ColorSyc/Profile: and put in your chosen profile; when you get down to the Clor Management" option, coilor controls will be "off", showing that your choices will be used.
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Why Lightroom printing is really bad

Here is my setup:
- Apple with 10.4.9
- Lightroom 1.2
- Photoshop CS3
- Spyder calibrated monitor
- HiTi 641PS dye sublimation printer with calibrated profile
Here is what I have done:
- created a tiff with foreground color black and printed that with Lightroom and Photoshop
Here is what I get:
- Printed with Photoshop with the color profile: probably as black as the printer can manage
- Printed with Lightroom with same color profile, same rendering intent, printer color management switched off: some muddy blue gray
- Printed with Lightroom but colors managed by printer: still blue but a lot darker
Yes, I checked both page setup and print setting in Lightroom but alas. The same blue gray haze also shows up in normal photos when black is intended, but by using this test the differences clearly show up.
So, anyone any clue why Lightroom fails miserably in this small test??? But better, what can I do about it? I know that this topic has been discussed a zillion times in this forum, and that the first reaction usually is: "you must have done something wrong with your color setup", but I hope the setup described above excludes that assumption.
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Jeff,
I agree the HiTi is not a very commonly known printer. In fact I think it was one of the first affordable dye sublimation printers a couple of years back (2002). The reason I bought this one were the positive reviews it got on Steve's digicam page.
The printer comes with a standard profile, but I also had one based on printed test cards.
And yes, it does come with a manual which explains how ton install on MacOS. It is even 10 pages long, which I consider way too much for any piece of Mac SW, but at least they try... Wrt to your question system driver versus Photoshop plugin, I can only tell it shows up as a normal printer and it installs stuff (.plugin) in Library/Printers/HiTi.
Coming back to the real subject, from this thread I gather the following opinions:
- "You must have done something wrong", even though it was nicely packed into a reference to another thread on this forum
- the Apple printing system is brain dead
- "It is running fine on my system, but I have this other problem I want to talk about..."
Still no hint of an explanation why Photoshop and Lightroom print differently with exactly the same settings. Well, maybe the remark on double color management, but then that would still indicate a difference between PS and LR, would it not?
Tom

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I would greatly appreciate some suggestions on what I can do to resolve this problem.
I am trying out Lightroom because I am really interested in its features. However, one of the things I am running into problems with is with printing pictures. They all come out washed out, dark. I've tried several of the settings in Lightroom as well as in my printer driver (Canon MP760) and nothing seems to work. (And I've wasted a lot of ink and photo paper!)
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http://www.steves-digicams.com/techcorner/June_2005.html
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