Why do my Canon Pixma iP7250 prints have a magenta cast, and how can I improve screen-to-print color matching?
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I switched from an HP multifunction printer to a Canon Pixma iP7250 and now my prints come out with a strong magenta tint, especially in the shadows. I’m printing from Photoshop CS5 on a Mac, using what should be the correct Canon matte photo paper ICC profile, and my files are in Adobe RGB. I also tried printing from macOS Preview, but the magenta cast is still there.
In Photoshop, I’m letting Photoshop manage colors with the printer/paper profile selected. The printer is not hardware-calibrated.
What should I check to diagnose whether this is a profile, driver, paper-setting, printer, or monitor-calibration issue?
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The setting looks fine, except perhaps turning on the black point compensation, but it probably gets turned on automatically behind the scenes anyways.
There are some things that I would try to get to the core of the problem:
- Print something with printer color management instead of PS color management. Does it come out magenta as well? If yes, the problem may be in the printer
- Try Relative Colorimetric rendering intent instead of Perceptual
- Try different paper type with appropriate profile to ensure that the problem is not in the paper/profile combination
- Run printer diagnostic, nozzle check etc.
- Try to re-download the profile or otherwise ensure that it isn't corrupted
- Double check the paper settings in the printer driver. You can get weird effects like this if the paper type is set incorrectly and the substrate receives non-optimal amount of ink
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Your Photoshop setup sounds broadly reasonable, so the magenta cast is likely elsewhere in the workflow.
Things to check:
- Test printer-managed color instead of Photoshop-managed color. If prints are still magenta, the issue is probably the printer, driver settings, or paper/profile mismatch.
- Verify the printer driver paper setting exactly matches the paper/profile you chose. A wrong media type can cause strong color shifts.
- Try another rendering intent, especially Relative Colorimetric instead of Perceptual.
- Try a different paper with its matching profile to rule out a bad paper/profile combination.
- Re-download or reinstall the ICC profile in case it’s corrupted.
- Run printer maintenance: nozzle check, diagnostics, and any alignment/calibration pages.
- Use the Canon driver’s manual color adjustment / pattern print to fine-tune CMY and intensity if needed.
- Calibrate your monitor. One user fixed a similar magenta issue after recalibrating the display and then calibrating the printer.
Since Preview also shows the same cast, this points away from Photoshop alone and more toward printer settings, profile mismatch, maintenance, or monitor calibration.
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