color mismatch in prints

[AndreL]

Hello

 

I have problems getting the prints from my Canon Pixma pro-200 look the same as the screen ( Dell 34 inch covering sRGB). I bought a Datacolor Spyder Pro and did run a calibration according instructions , but unfortunately can't see the improvement that I hoped for.

I have affinity Photo 1.8 on windows-10. I use sRGB on my camera.

Under color management I can select color management performed by app or performed by printer. What option to choose and why, what are benefits or drawbacks? And is there a dependency between who is doing the color management and the printer profile that shall be selected . Under the printer profile I can among others select a select the profile for the canon pro-200/ paper combination, but also sRBG and even there is a printer profile called ''sRGB display profile with display hardware configuration data derived from calibration'' Should I select the printer/profile combination or sRGB or the calibrated sRGB?

 

Under the printer properties there is an option to manually correct color and intensity. Irrespective if letting the printer or the app doing the color management I still need to do corrections ( roughly -25 on green and +25 on brightness) to have the prints look like the screen. Is this normal?

Under printer properties I also can select a paper type, does this have impact on the color management?

Can someone please explain, Thanks a lot.

 

BR Andre

 

 

 

 

 

[AndreL]

Thanks for the answer. I now use Affinity Soft Proofing Layer.  This proof adjustment layer is a lot faster than the Canon ij-preview in the printer options,   but it does not show the impact of manual tweekings for brightness and color .   I still need to tweek the intensity and the colors manually in the driver-options to match the Affinity Photo Soft Proofing with the Physical prints. Even with the screen at 100cd/m2 and judging the prints at 6500K. This might be ineviteable maybe.

 

 

 

[AndreL]

So letting the printer do the color management with a minor tweek in the properties works fine and results are good.

However when I let the app do the color management the Prints  are horrible greenish .  What printer Profile shall be selected when the app does the color managemnt? Selecting the Pixma Pro 200 leads to very green colors. It seems to me there is a box somewhere that needs to be checked or unchecked. I must do something wrong ,  shall the Pixma pro-200 really be the printer profile in this case?