Hello everyone.
I am having problems with Photo Lab which I cannot resolve; if there are any known solutions to this please point me to them I do not wish member’s time wasted when answers to it have previously been provided.
I have spent many many hours on Google searches and YouTube but I cannot find any help on this I hope someone here may have the answer. Much that I have found seems conflicting, does Photo Lab 8 need a colour profile and if so which one? Can colour profiles really be generated by the user and if so which one? If I’m asking irrelevant questions or not being clear please be patient with me I’m in my eighties now and very confused over this.
I have recently upgraded to Photo Lab 8 from 4 and am well pleased with it. The problem concerns the printing of photographs. In the print screen using the Colour profile Managed by the printer selection everything works perfectly but as I post process mainly in Photo Lab I’d like to try using Colour profile Managed by DxOPhotoLab.
When I try to do this, Colour profile Managed by DxOPhotoLab, a PL file explorer type page opens showing “C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color” in which are listed many ICC File type files. Some have .icc extensions and some .icm. These files are dated from March 2005 to December 22. I do not know how the files originated. I do not know if one has to be selected and if so which one. Where to from here?
My computer is running Windows 10 Home version.
My monitor is an Acer KB242HYL
VERSION No. KB242HYL bix
DATE Dec 2021
The printer paper I am using is Canon Pixma A4 Glossy Photo Paper “Everyday Use” 200 g/m² GP-501
Most, but not all, of my photographs are taken using my Canon M6 mkll camera.
My post processing is mostly done using DxO Photo Lab and sometimes AffinityPhoto.
In DxO Printer settings
Name Canon MG7500 series Printer (actually MG7550)
Paper size A4 (or as required)
Orientation Landscape (or as required)
Resolution 300 dpi (or as required)
In Printer properties Preview before printing is always selected.
I do not use Soft Proofing.
If any other information is required please say and I will do my best to provide it.
Kind regards,
Oliver