Darrin,
I think you have discovered the limitation of most inkjet printer inksets. However, printers using photographic paper may be no better. Ethan Hansen has some interesting gamut plots on his website (http://www.drycreekphoto.com/tools/printer_gamuts/).
The suggestion to use relcol intent is sensible as it will obviate gamut compression, but you may then get brighter reds which lack tonal detail, because they are clipped. I sometimes use hue/saturation to darken the reds a tad, and this can give better results, as it is the saturated bright reds which are beyond the printer gamut.
It will certainly be interesting to see whether the new Canon printer with a red ink solves the problem. I am currently considering a dye diffusion printer as an alternative.
Tim Mimpriss
Darrin Jenkins wrote:
Greetings list
Recently I have had problems printing strong reds on my Epson 1290 (Lyson inks on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag 308). As my printer is yet to be custom profiled I thought I'd out source the printing, so I sent a file to Loxley Colour who produced a print on glossy conventional paper (Kodak Endura), this print had less red than my own inkjet, the reds had turned very orange which is not good for a photo of a field of poppies! (They asked for an Adobe '98 file).
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