printing from lightroom looks TERRIBLE. Need an alternative

snow patrol · 11 Nov 2016 at 10:56

Hi all, i've printed off some shots from lightroom and they look really bad. Bleached out whites and too dark blacks. Soft and no definition.

Thought it might be the printer / paper / ink whatever but i've printed the same picture from the rubbish canon print software and it looks fine.

However, the canon software doesn't give me a 6x4 option which i really need. So is there some other way i could get this done with 2 6x4 prints on each page? Or am i missing something obvious in lightroom?

snow patrol · 11 Nov 2016 at 12:04

thanks. I've tried that method and came across 3 canon mg8200 profiles which were on my list. Tried them but prints look too red and just very wrong. Do i need to download another profile to install in the colorsync/profiles folder?

snow patrol · 11 Nov 2016 at 13:21

is there any other mac program i can use to print two 6x4 photos on one page?

snow patrol · 11 Nov 2016 at 14:17

yup...

snow patrol · 11 Nov 2016 at 16:54

yes, by a spyder 4. Should i select that profile in 'colour management' in the lightroom print settings?

snow patrol · 11 Nov 2016 at 16:56

englishpremier said:
You can do it from Preview.

Highlight your two images, open them in preview then go to print. In the print options where it says 'Preview' click and select 'Layout' form the drop down menu, then choose '2 pages er sheet'

Unfortunately this doesn't give an option to specify 6x4inch which is what i need..

Edit: i've managed to print two six by fours on a sheet using iphoto and i'm satisfied with the results. They look ok for what I need them for so it'll do for now. But I will certainly attempt to figure out this lightroom issue...hopefully without wasting a load of ink!