Photo prints too red

I have a HP5180 All-in-one-Printer. It prints in color perfectly when I print a flyer or brochure on regular paper. However, when I go to print a photo it prints the faces, etc. bright red. I have the settings on photo paper, tried the auto fix on and off, any suggestions???

This is a 6 ink printer right? Sounds like you are low or out of Light Cyan ink.
The light cyan is used primarily for photos which is why your flyers still look ok. When you print in photo mode the printer trys to use the light cyan but if your empty everything will look a bit reddish.
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Prints too red

I purcahsed aHP Photosmart Permium model HPC410a about 6 months ago after my previous HP broke down. I have to say I was quite happy with the previousd printer but this one I would not recommend to anyone.   I am stuck with it I guess till it also breaks down.
It prints totally unrealistic pictures. They are just far too red and it is very thirsty on ink (may be the carrtrides are too small but XL versions that fit are not cheap. I have tried to find a way to correct the redness it but there does not seem to be much that one can select.   I am using HP paper and the correct inks.   A face looks as if they have been out in the sun far too long but there is a redish brown tinge right though the pricture which make is look dark. However no mtter what monitor you look at the pricture on eg. CRT, LCD or LED types the pictures alwys looK to have a good colour balance and the skin tones look like real skin.
I have tried a number of things.
1. making sure the latest drivers are installed both on the windows machines and the Linux based machines
2. printing from a different computers usinhg the same photos.   XP & Vista, Fedora and Mint Linux,
3. used different cameras from different manufacturers and get the same end printed result.
4 used a different printer (was loaned one, not HP) and after loading the linuix driver worked fine out of the box so to speak. didi not bother to try it on a windows machine.
Therefore I conclude that the printer is set up wrong. Using the GIMP program and adjusting the Gamma settings I can get it to look somthing like right but this is a hassle and I should not have to do it.   Is there something that one can set in the HP printer to correc this problem.
Has anyone any idea as to how to correct this problem?
Hoping some one has a solution
Thanks
grnlaus

Hard Reset – While printer is powered ON, pull
the power cord from the printer then from the
wall. After 30 seconds reconnect power to
wall and printer. This will trigger a ‘dirty power
up’ and restore the printer to a known good
condition (if it is possible). No user settings
are lost with a ‘hard reset’.
This ‘Hard Reset’ is one of the most powerful
tools to use when the printer hardware is not
functioning properly!
if not resolved, While printer is powered ON, pull
the power cord from the printer then from the
wall. on the printer control panel press & hold Help key & Down Arrow ...while holding both keys down reconnect power to
wall and printer. It will trigger a partial reset.
if not fixed...printer may have a hardware failure.
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Printing too Red - Help!

Hi,
I'm having a huge problem I have no idea how to fix. When I have a photo I print it looks good on the screen (iPhoto) but the skin tones print very red when using either my Epson Picturemate or my Canon MP600. I got an idea and hit print preview today and guess what,....the print preview is so much more red than the original picture. I've posted a picture here:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/20705091420fb8bf0c09o.png
If you look a the faces you can see what I am talking about. I have no idea how to fix this and am desperate for help. I read about colorsync and when I went into it and hit verify I got an error that the EW-SRGb was damaged and unfixable. I'm not sure if this is part of my problem or not.
I really need some guidance please!!!

Sounds like the colorsync profile isnt working. You can calibrate your screen manually in the "Displays" preference and see if that helps. This will create a new color conversion profile for your display that it will use instead of the damaged one.

Photos printing overly Red, please help!!!!!

Hi,
I'm having a huge problem I have no idea how to fix. When I have a photo I print it looks good on the screen but the skin tones print very red when using either my Epson Picturemate or my Canon MP600. I got an idea and hit print preview today and guess what,....the print preview is so much more red than the original picture. I've posted a picture here:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/20705091420fb8bf0c09o.png
If you look a the faces you can see what I am talking about. I have no idea how to fix this and am desperate for help. I read about colorsync and when I went into it and hit verify I got an error that the EW-SRGb was damaged and unfixable. I'm not sure if this is part of my problem or not.
I really need some guidance please!!!

aubiem:
Not sure what the EW-sRGB is. What does EW stand for? There are a number of color RGB profiles but I've not seen that one. When did this start? What camera is it from and does it affect all of your photos? Is the photo you posted a scanned photo? If so what color profile does it have? If it's Adobe RGB I suggest you rescan to the sRGB profile.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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Hi,
Thank you for your reply. I have now found that my problem was in fact confused by a number of coincidences.
I had set up the printer and run test print pages & copied from the scanner and a print from an sd card before the "stripe" problem appeared. When I tried to print from a photo already stored on the computer was when it first really showed up. I ran the Print Doctor Tool and no problems were reported. Similarly the print test page appeared ok although of course it only has small coloured sections. Finally, after running test after test, the ink ran out and I had to put in a new cartridge - Eureka! problem disappeared.
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Display looks great. Prints too red/magenta

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I'm been perusing the boards, but haven't been able to find a direct answer to my problem. Using iPhoto or even Preview, my photos looks great. Good colors, contrasts, etc. However, when i print them to my Canon photo printer (with photo paper), or even my HP color printer (with normal printer), the pictures are always quite magenta-ish.
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I've read a similar thread about this but didn't understand the suggestions.
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> Is there a setting I'm suppose
> to be using when saving to pdf?
What program are you using to save your photos to PDF? Why PDF? Why not
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