topic Re: Photos printing blue instead of black in Desktop Inkjet Printers

PIXMA MP620B Photos printing blue instead of black

Kfitz767 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:14:54 GMT

Okay, I seriously looked for hours and tried troubleshooting a million and one ways so now I need some help!
I have been trying to pint photos from light room to my Canon mp620b printer on glossy high quality paper. My problem is that when my photo prints, the real dark black areas are coming out either blue or cyan.

I cleaned my heads multiple times, I did some deep cleaning too, and then I switched out all my ink cartridges. I tried messing with my color profiles so only the printer decides and then only light room, still the same problem, I tried messing with the photo paper setting and none of the photo papers helped, and when I pick plain paper the printer prints the colors just fine but the quality is significantly decreased.

Mu nozzle check pattern is perfect too so I'm really lost at this point, any input would be great!

Thanks!

Re: Photos printing blue instead of black

Kfitz767 — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:04:26 GMT

Oh also! When printing from canons image garden the photo is very close color and quality wise but the extremely dark shadows are still cyan.

Re: Photos printing blue instead of black

ebiggs1 — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:51:52 GMT

Your paper and ink selections have an enormous impact on how true colors and B&W reproduce in print. Finding the perfect combination of printer settings, paper, and ink can take some experimentation. Using the paper and ink suggested by the Canon works best. I imagine you have a setting that will let you pull back the blue tint.

All or most all, 95%, desktop printers use all their cartridges to print black. That's right it uses all the color inks to make black. If you printed only black and never printed any color you would still run out of color ink.

Re: Photos printing blue instead of black

ebiggs1 — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:55:04 GMT

Here is a great source for paper and info on how to print. Red River Paper.

Re: Photos printing blue instead of black

ebiggs1 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:36:04 GMT

I doubt seriously it is your computer or LR, or your paper, or your ink, or your print driver. That just leaves the printer itself. One works, one doesn't pretty much says it.

I would make a double check, even have a friend do the check, on your LR print settings. Good idea to have a different set of eyes looking things over. LR print settings can be somewhat ambiguous sometimes.

Re: Photos printing blue instead of black

blacksapper — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:28:19 GMT

Just joining in to add to the (small) number of people who appear to be experiencing similar issues. I have a T8250 (so not the same as the other contributors) but my issue is identical. I have tried multiple head cleans, different photo papers, and different source software (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator). All produce the same problem - deep blacks come out a mid blue (anything less than full-black is strangely unaffected). Pretending that photo paper is plain paper does work - but with an attendant drop in quality. So - this has to have something to do with the way that all of the printers handle 'photo-quality' images; unfortunately it does render the printer useless for anything other than documents or drafts - so if anyone has any suggestions.........

Re: Photos printing blue instead of black

ebiggs1 — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:08:23 GMT

Unless you buy a true B&W printer, very few on the market, you will find it extremely difficult to get a true black print.

"... most all, 95%, desktop printers use all their 'color' cartridges to print black."

Re: Photos printing blue instead of black

RemD — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:35:29 GMT

Hi, try to disable the ink economy function in the settings, if it's activated.

I had the same problem and it helped me to recover some of the blacks. Not entirely though...

Re: Photos printing blue instead of black

RemD — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:36:04 GMT

Hi, try to disable the ink economy function in the settings, if it's activated.

I had the same problem and it helped me to recover some of the blacks. Not entirely though...