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Canon Pro9000 Mark II prints dark color tones muddy on gloss paper

g_design — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:59:08 GMT

Boss accidentally bought gloss print paper, but I figured that might work out for our art renderings. However the ink bleeds... strangely, only on dark color tones. Image is below.

It's a Canon Pro9000 Mark II.

It seems to be dark tones that bleed only. The light gray is perfect, and even a well-saturated yellow-orange looks decent. It doesn't appear to be the saturation or amount of ink that is the problem, but the darkness of the color. Is it the printer, the paper, or the ink? Is there a solution?

Re: Canon Pro9000 Mark II prints dark color tones muddy on gloss paper

g_design — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:13:49 GMT

Just want to add, that it prints fine on matte paper.

Re: Canon Pro9000 Mark II prints dark color tones muddy on gloss paper

Patrick — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:05:48 GMT

Hi g_design, What is the brand and type of glossy paper that you are using?

Re: Canon Pro9000 Mark II prints dark color tones muddy on gloss paper

g_design — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:34:56 GMT

Verso 18x12 White 80lb Cover Gloss Finish C/2S BlazerDigital

I got the response from someone on another forum that this paper is probably not designed for inkjet. Is this something you would confirm?

Re: Canon Pro9000 Mark II prints dark color tones muddy on gloss paper

ebiggs1 — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:42:04 GMT

It really doesn't matter if you don't have the proper profile for the paper. Do you? If not you really can't use that paper at all. You might try to see if another profile will work but that is mostly fool's play. The correct profile is mandatory.

Most good paper suppliers provide the correct ICC profiles for their paper. Canon, Red River, Moab, Artic, etc.