Something I've noticed about printing with this printer is that everything seems to come out too dark on paper. I also thought things had a red shift (no matter what paper), but I no longer think so. It’s just too dark, so oranges look red.
So, what I’ve done is I created a Macbeth® Color Checker file in Photoshop. I found the RGB color numbers for Adobe RGB here: RGB coordinates of the Macbeth ColorChecker (babelcolor.com). I made a file with all 24 color swatches, printed it on Canon Pro Luster paper at highest quality and compared against my physical Macbeth chart. Everything was too dark, just as with my photos. Then I added a brightness adjustment layer and printed again at +10, +20 and +30. I found that at +30, the colors match the best (by eye) between the print and the physical Macbeth chart. I don’t know why this is necessary. It should not be. But it’s persistent across all media I’ve tested. And since I’m comparing a print against a known, physical reference, it cannot be related to my monitor calibration.
So, does anyone know why this would be? What could be wrong with my color workflow that could cause this? Adding the brightness layer in PS is not a big deal, but it should not be necessary.
