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Originally Posted by
DanK
You've been at this a long time, so I assume you are already doing all of the things one ought to do printing from Lightroom. However, there is one subtle issue that many people miss that does throw off colors: double profiling. If you are using a Mac, this isn't relevant, as double profiling is automatically avoided when you set the software to control color. If you are using Windows, however, setting Lightroom to control color by telling it to use the right ICC rather than the printer for control does not avoid double profiling because under Windows, Lightroom can't tell the printer firmware not to control color. So if you are not already doing this, this is what you have to do after telling LR that the ICC controls color:
1. Bring up the print dialog from the Page Setup or Printer (not Print) icon at the bottom of the Lightroom page.
2. Click on Properties next to the printer name.
3. Go to the Main tab
4. Go to color/Intensity and pick "manual"
5. Click on the Set icon next to that.
6. In the dialog that pops up, select the "Matching" tab and select "None"
7. Click OK
I believe this will persist until you change it, but in any case, if you create a template, it will be stored in the template.
If you haven't done this, try it. It sometimes makes a very big difference.