I am using a MacPro with OS 10.8.2 using a new Canon IPF6400, LR4 and PSCS6. I created my printing profiles using ColorMunki Photo with no problem printing targets from the ColorMunki program. When I then tried to print from either PS or LR, I would ensure that all color management is off (same when I created the targets) and printer settings were identical to when I created the targets and the prints were horrible. I had the profiles checked by X-rite and they were perfect and almost the same as the supplied Canon profile.
After talking with Canon as well, I finally realized the prints were being double profiled. It seems that even with Photoshop set to manage color or LR set to print with created profile, that colorsync is still activated and applying its own profile on top of the one you want to print with. This of course ruins the print. What I have found is that if you don't have any custom profiles that if you leave setting to printer manages color then colorsync is by passed once you choose vendor matching.
However; if you choose to let photoshop or lr manage color, even though the colorsync option is greyed out (it is usually selected) even if it wasn't at the time of profile creation. One solution I found that works well, is to set it to printer manages color, and then select colorsync then select your profile you want to print with. This seems to have solved the problem for now as my prints going this way are very close if not right on with my monitor version.
I think the problem is that when you select ps or lr to manage the color and assign the profile that in the printer dialogue box colorsync is preselected and you can't change that to vendor matching and choose the profile you want and you don't have the option either to select a profile under colorsync. This should just be a straight forward process and always was on a pc.
Any solutions or better options to by pass color sync altogether? At the moment it seems we/I am forced to using it for some unknown reason.
After talking with Canon as well, I finally realized the prints were being double profiled. It seems that even with Photoshop set to manage color or LR set to print with created profile, that colorsync is still activated and applying its own profile on top of the one you want to print with. This of course ruins the print. What I have found is that if you don't have any custom profiles that if you leave setting to printer manages color then colorsync is by passed once you choose vendor matching.
However; if you choose to let photoshop or lr manage color, even though the colorsync option is greyed out (it is usually selected) even if it wasn't at the time of profile creation. One solution I found that works well, is to set it to printer manages color, and then select colorsync then select your profile you want to print with. This seems to have solved the problem for now as my prints going this way are very close if not right on with my monitor version.
I think the problem is that when you select ps or lr to manage the color and assign the profile that in the printer dialogue box colorsync is preselected and you can't change that to vendor matching and choose the profile you want and you don't have the option either to select a profile under colorsync. This should just be a straight forward process and always was on a pc.
Any solutions or better options to by pass color sync altogether? At the moment it seems we/I am forced to using it for some unknown reason.