My guess is that it can probably produce photos that are decent-looking, but don't expect the best results.Īfter googling 'Best Photo Printers 2018' I see what ARE good printers for photos, I guess I'll have to resort to Costco and whatnot to print my pics until I get myself a decent photo printer (Shutterfly is most definitely NOT an option, I ordered ~200 pics from them and the quality is very bad!) It's not sold as a photo printer, and it only uses four colors of ink. I know this isn't a photo specialty printer but geez! IT SUCKS!!! And if you set that in Lightroom, use HP ink and HP paper, and set the printer driver for the specific HP photo paper you're using, my guess is the results will at least be decent.

I don't know whether (2)(b) is possible with the Officejet Pro 8600 Plus's driver, but if it is not possible, then you cannot control it precisely, and have to try using (color) Managed by Printer in Lightroom. That approach is likely to provide more frustration and disappointment than success.Īlso, you may well know all this, but you need to both (1) apply / convert to the right profile (best / most easily in the Lightroom Print module, Print Job panel, Color Management subpanel) and (2) in the printer driver (a) tell it precisely the paper you're using but (b) turn off all color correction / color management. Are you using genuine HP ink cartridges? Are you using ICC profiles that are specifically for the HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus with HP Premium Plus photo paper? Because I can't imagine how you could have tried 'so many different profiles' unless you just tried a bunch of different, but not applicable, profiles in the hope that one of them would sort-of work okay. some pictures are piled up with 4-10 identical copies, because I tried so many different profiles trying to get the color right, but it's impossible!!!!Īn ICC profile is specific to the combination of printer + ink + paper (and requires / assumes a specific printer driver-based media setting). I definitely am sitting here, surrounded by printed pictures on 4圆 paper. I have spent the last 9 hours trying to print pictures I took with my Canon 7D mkii and processed in Lightroom (& Photoshop), on my HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus with HP Premium Plus photo paper.

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