Printing from Affinity Photo on network/remote printer

[Stewart Bourke]

I am finding out very quickly that printing 'properly' from within AP requires some setup and understanding of colour profiles etc.

I have AP2 on a 2-pc setup.  AP2 is installed in PC1, and the printer - a Canon Pixma IP4850 is installed on a different PC (PC2) - both of which are running Windows 10.  The IP4850 is shared as a remote printer on PC2.

My question is which PC is used to setting colour profiles etc when printing?  Do the OS printer driver setting on the remote PC impact the print output (colour management etc) or is it all done on the PC where AP2 is installed.     Do I need to have all profiles and settings installed on both PCs?

I would have expected it to be PC2 but initial tests (and it is very early in my learning) seems to indicate PC2's settings have no impact on the colour prints when sent from AP2 - but I may be missing steps.

I will be trying the setup on both machines - but it takes some time and I could miss something - so wanted to ask if anybody out there has the same scenario - i.e. printing on a printer remotely attached to another PC.  If there is, are there any guidelines or links available to assist in the setup?

Thank you

Stewart Bourke

Edited January 15, 2023 by Stewart Bourke
fix a typo

[Komatös]

Hi @Stewart Bourke

If you do not leave the color management to the printer in the printing dialog, the device that originally sends the data determines the colors. So if you send the data via PC2, the color management is determined by Affinity Photo on PC2.

[v_kyr]

Welcome!

Take a look into your printers manual here.

• Specifying Color Correction  (Page 298)
• Printing with ICC Profiles  (Page 303)  <-- ***

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Specify an ICC Profile from the Application Software and Print the Data

When you print the editing and touch-up results of Adobe Photoshop, Canon Digital Photo Professional,or any application software that allows you to specify input and printing ICC profiles, you print byeffectively using the color space of the input ICC profile specified in the image data.

To use this printing method, use your application software to select color management items andspecify an input ICC profile and a printing ICC profile in the image data.Even if you print using a printing ICC profile that you created yourself or one for special Canon paper fromyour application software, be sure to select color management items from your application software.For instructions, refer to the manual of the application software you are using.
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Usually the profiles (if embedded) of the Affinity document data are used! - Meaning if all data (incl. icc profiles) is already part of the doc and the data is send to the printer, it's corresponding printer driver determines and already knows to handle this.

[Stewart Bourke]

Thank you both for the replies - they are very helpful.  More reading to do now!!

Stewart Bourke