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Canon Pixma PRO-100S flat colour and dark colours issue.

giada_ghw — Thu, 23 May 2019 21:07:19 GMT

Hi Everybody,

I recently bought a Canon Pixma PRO-100S, after watching many reviews, I'm quite happy with it, but when I print I can see that on some flat colours (and also on more complex one, but I would say that I notice it whenever it's a darker tone) some white pixels or dots (see attached image).

I'm not using photo paper, I'm using tho a really smooth paper.

I used this paper:

Maestro supreme ( https://www.mondigroup.com/en/products-and-solutions/office-and-professional-printing-papers/office-and-printing-paper-products/maestro-supreme/ )

I also tried other kinds of paper, but as I bought it from a shop as a single file I don't know the exact brand but it's very close to the Maestro.

About the software and settings. I used Photoshop, I tried with Media type: both Photo and Plain paper. With the higher quality.

Am I doing something wrong? is the paper? Is the printer? Are the settings?

Thanks for your help 😉

Re: Canon Pixma PRO-100S flat colour and dark colours issue.

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 24 May 2019 18:34:07 GMT

Reading the description of the paper at the linked site it looks like this paper is really intended for pigment inks. The Pro-100 printers are dye ink printers. So yes, I think your probelm is the paper.

Get some Canon paper, like Canon Photo Paper Pro Luster or Photo Paper Plus SemiGloss and try that.

Re: Canon Pixma PRO-100S flat colour and dark colours issue.

giada_ghw — Sat, 25 May 2019 13:44:53 GMT

Hi,

THanks for you answer.

Do you think this paper would work well?

[link removed per forum guidelines; screenshot added in its place to aid conversation]

I need the paper mostly for promotional calendars (so given for free).

Or can you suggest a paper good for flyers (so cheaper than the photo paper and also double sided and with a gr under 100)

Thanks.

Re: Canon Pixma PRO-100S flat colour and dark colours issue.

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 29 May 2019 12:58:04 GMT

That looks like it would be a suitable paper for your intended purpose.

Select Canon Matte Photo Paper as the media and profile.