Oops! Another SENIOR MOMENT!   Calibrize.

Thanks, I think I'm all fixed up for a while on that issue.  On to my monitor issue.  Ever hear about a program called Calibrex?  It does monitor profiles.

Fred, was able to do that successfully.  Quick question though.  Wouldn't it be better for me to just leave that first part up to Qimage to find the EXIF info rather than going through all that on a picture by picture basis; especially since my old point and shoot are all sRGB and the first 500 or so pics I took on the Rebel were as well?  That could be another dummy question but I asked it anyway.    :-\

Should my camera model be showing up in the top part of the window?

Thanks Fred.  Not yet.  I do have profiles for the printer I have now.  Still trying to justify the $$$ for a new printer.  Playing with the brightness of the monitor, seeing if that helps.  Got the monitor and printer set up correctly.  Just wasn't too sure about the input one on the top.

Thank you for your prompt response.  Several days ago I had posted about a problem with the prints not matching my monitor.  I just wanted to make sure that I was setting up that window properly.  The only thing I was absolutely sure about was the printer profile.  I do know for sure I have the correct one.
I've read all your articles on color management including the ones on El Cheapo printers and Canon printers.  Personally I think my output problem is more a too bright monitor than anything else.

My color management window is set up like yours.  If I knew how to attach a picture of it I would do so.  Thanks again.

Very basic question.  Just learning.  How do I set up the color management window.  I'm using a Canon Rebel Xs, AdobeRGB color space.  My monitor has no profile, it's a Dell SE178WFP, a plug and play.  I do have the printer profile.  Thanks if anyone is willing to help with this very newbie basic question.

Ray,  Thanks for the suggestions.  I've cleaned, deep cleaned, changed all the inks, downloaded new drivers.  None of these suggestions have worked.  The pictures that I was working on were all similar, family members taken Christmas morning.  I've emailed Canon once again to see if they have any suggestions but haven't heard back from them yet.  Keeping in mind that I can indeed print and if I don't like what I get I can play with the filters, print again and keep doing that until I get a print I like.  However that takes up a lot of paper and ink.   I do occasionally find a picture that prints exactly the way it should.  I'm just looking for more consistency.  Perhaps someone familiar with the Canon Pixma MP600 or 620 will see this and be able to help.  Fred has gone above and beyond in trying to help.   

After I made the adjustments in Zoombrowser I did save a new jpeg.  Who knows what's happening.  Maybe my printer is just tired.

Steve, I found it.  It says sRGB, the same as the original picture.

Steve,   I think that you've hit on the problem.  The photo that is printing dark and lifeless--Photo 2 was indeed manipulated using Canon's ZoomBrowserEX.  However,  I can't find any print properties in the Print Queue.

I have no idea what ICC profile is embedded in the images.  I don't even have any idea how to find that out.  All were taken with my new Canon Rebel Xs.  All are jpeg's.

Yuck is defined as dark and lifeless as compared with the image showing on my monitor.  I reprinted as suggested with the same results.  Picture 1 printed exactly like the picture on the monitor.  Picture 2 was dark and lifeless, nothing like the picture on the monitor.

I had run the nozzle cleaner yesterday before I started printing pictures.

I'm using Qimage again after a 3 year hiatus from playing with pictures.  I'm using a Canon MP600 printer.  I played around with the printer driver settings and got satisfactory results.  Pics looked good, some great but not WOW.  After reading all the posts and newsletters (thanks for the one on using Canon printer profiles) about color management and ICC profiles.  Following Mike's directions, I finally found the profile for the paper I'm using (Photo Paper Plus Glossy), set up the drivers, ICC profile and printed my first picture.  WOW!  Printed another photo I'd been experimenting with and once again--WOW.  Printed yet a different photo--YUCK--very dark and dull.  Printed the 4th photo I'd been working on---YUCK---dark again.  The pictures that were WOW looked exactly like they looked on my monitor.
Any ideas on what happened?

I want to use the trial version with the thought that I will probably then buy the Pro version. I used Qimage, originally in June, 2003.  I have long ago and several computers ago lost my Qimage registration info.  How can I find out if I'm even still registered with Qimage?  Thanks if someone can help me.