topic Re: Issues printing pink on PIXMA PRO-200 in Professional Photo Printers

Issues printing pink on PIXMA PRO-200

KMaxB — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 11:54:41 GMT

I have been using Canon Pixma Pro 100 up until a few days ago… but it's finally given up on me so I'm now using a Canon Pixma Pro 200. I'm having issues with printing the colour Pink. It comes out a very definite purple. I have downloaded the ICC profile for the paper I'm using and have ignored the printer settings and selected appropriate Photoshop settings instead. The only workaround I have found is to adjust the pink colour in Photoshop by changing the hue/ saturation. But this has meant a lot of experimenting and wasting a lot of good paper and ink. I have even tried printing from my desktop Mac (I had previously been printing wirelessly from my MacBook Air) and using the USB cable (after seeing a thread about USB printing. having better results). Both give the same purple colour instead of pink. Please tell me there is an easy solution? The Pro 100 just worked perfectly! I never had any issues with colours when using that printer.

Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

Kristoff — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:16:53 GMT

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Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

KMaxB — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:43:07 GMT

I am using MacBook Air, running MacOS Sonoma v14.0.

Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 01:18:34 GMT

1. have you run a nozzle check?

2. have you confirmed that you have the Canon IJ Series driver and not the Apple AirPrint driver?

Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

KMaxB — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:46:22 GMT

Hi… I have made sure it's not using AirPrint (after seeing a lot of people suggesting this in other threads). But haven't tried a nozzle check. I will try this later today. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll update once Ive done this.

Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

jkhh13 — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 09:12:18 GMT

Hi KMaxB

I wondered if you found any answers to this query you posted about pinks coming out purple on the Canon Pixma Pro 200? I'm having the same issue and can't figure it out! On the original colour test prints when I purchased the printer, the pinks came out nice and bright, but then as soon as I try proper prints from Photoshop, they're definitely duller and more purple. Thanks in advance if you have any tips!

Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

KMaxB — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:11:36 GMT

Hi. Sadly I have yet to find a solution. At one stage my magenta ink was almost empty and I managed to achieve a better colour of print as a result. So whilst it helped with a couple of jobs, it was a very temporary fix. My previous Canon printer (Canon Pixma Pro 100) was brilliant. Just printed perfectly straight out the box. Didn't really have to change colour profiles, it just worked. Very frustrating.

Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

ArthurJ — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:41:42 GMT

Hi,

If the nozzle check is not printing correctly and nozzle cleanings are not resolving the issue, I recommend reaching out to Canon support. You will need to register your Canon gear HERE to access additional support options.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:33:57 GMT

Download fee Canon Professional Print & Layout. It’s a standalone and plugin for Ps.
I don’t print from Ps so can’t help there, but I do see other posts where folks have difficulty with Ps printing.

Re: Issues printing pink on Canon Pixma Pro 200

KMaxB — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:39:51 GMT

Thanks. Going to try today. Will let you know how I get on.

Re: Issues printing pink on PIXMA PRO-200

dddemauro26 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 04:07:13 GMT

Did you ever get a solution. I have the Pro 200 (purchased in December) and my pinks print purple. I have done every suggestion nothing works. I used the same computer same, print program on my other canon and it prints perfectly

Re: Issues printing pink on PIXMA PRO-200

KMaxB — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:45:10 GMT

Sadly I have never found a decent solution. On a few occasions I've just had to play about with hue / saturation to compensate for the issue. Which obviously isn't ideal and takes a lot of trial and error to get something to work… Not the cheapest way to resolve the issue either as you waste ink and paper in the process. Sorry! Really frustrating.

Re: Issues printing pink on PIXMA PRO-200

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:59:38 GMT

1. print a nozzle check.

2. print this test image and see how it looks. Do not make any adjustments regardless of how it looks on screen.

PrinterEvaluationImage_V002_ProPhoto.tif

3. post phone shots of the results of both.

Re: Issues printing pink on PIXMA PRO-200

KMaxB — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:56:16 GMT

Hey… I know it's been a while. Not sure if you ever found a solution. It's taken me til now to find a way around the issue. I have started saving my Photoshop files as PDF's and find that printing from Acrobat means I can print the PINK pretty accurately now (no longer purple!). Got to be the most infuriating issue I've ever encountered… frustrating that every other colour prints fine… and for some reason it's just pink that it doesn't seem to like. I know it's not a perfect solution but might be worth a try if you're still having the same problem.