Problems with Canon Pixma 9000 Mark ii and Aperture

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Problems with Canon Pixma 9000 Mark ii and Aperture

When I try to print the colors are not quite right. I noticed that when I print Aperture tells me to turn off the color management in the printer. When I try to do this it is greyed out and will not allow me to change it. When I originally installed the printer I downloaded the driver for Mac OS X v10.7. I have read about other people having this problem but I have not seen a solution. I know that the problem is that Aperture and the printer are both color managing but I can not fix it. I tried to print out of the Adobe Elements software that came with the printer because this will allow me to turn the color management off, but it will not allow me to open pictures from my Aperture library, only from photo booth. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. I really like using Aperture 3 and do not want to have to change to a different program to make this work.

Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Dec 5, 2011 7:10 AM

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Answer 1

David AM

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Dec 5, 2011 10:30 AM in response to richardfromstroudsburg

Hi Richard !

Maybe the color problem comes from the color profile choosen in the dialog print box. (By the way, I print with a Canon IP4200 — under OS 10.7.2 — and it works without a stitch).

1. In Aperture (File > Print), choose the color profile that matches the paper you're using. (I never had a good result with the Canon one — but it's not significant)

2. Inside the printer dialog box, color options are greyed out and it's quite normal (see the capture below)

3. Then choose the paper quality (from the pop-up menu) and it's done... I hope...

The B-plan aka Photoshop Elements

1st method : choose your image and go to the File menu > Export > Version. (Ok... duplicate files... Maybe it's not the best choice, so...)

2nd method : go to Aperture > Preferences > Export. In front of External Photo Editor, click on Choose button (and select Photoshop Elements in the request box). When done, choose the file format (TIFF, PSD...) and the color space (typically the one used when you shot). Close the window. Right clic on the picture and select Edit with Photoshop Elements.

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