topic Re: Canon ImagePrograf 6400 - Help with paper profile & printer set up in Professional Photo Printers

Canon ImagePrograf 6400 - Help with paper profile & printer set up

Marjarts — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:37:40 GMT

Hi There and thanks in advance.
Would someone be able to confirm if I am setting up the print steps correctly please as I am not happy with the end result.

Please see image showing what I am doing.

Photoshop cc – Canon imageprograf IPF6400 - hahnemuehle Bamboo paper
paperProfile hahnemuehle : HFA_can6450_MK_bamboo.icc Media; Special 9

The NEC Multisync PA271w Monitor is calibrated with NEC Spectraview and Iprofiler
80 cd/m2 ( I am aware of monitor brightness etc & calibrate regularly)

Would someone be able to confirm if I am setting up the print correctly please.
Please see image showing what I am doing.

Thank you for any assistance you can help with.

Re: Canon ImagePrograf 6400 - Help with paper profile & printer set up

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:44:34 GMT

I don't have your printer, but I do use Hahnemuehle papers.

It looks like you are doing it correctly.

Set the ICC profile in PS and choose the Hahnemuehle recommended media type in the printer driver.

Since you are having PS manage color, are you turning off color management in your printer? (It looks like it, since it shows No color correction in Color Mode, but as I said, I don't have your printer.

Re: Canon ImagePrograf 6400 - Help with paper profile & printer set up

Michael — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 19:09:05 GMT

Marjarts,

It would be best to contact the manufacturer of the paper to determine what specific media type settings need to be selected in the driver and on the printer. If they happen to provide a media information file for that paper, you can use the Media Configuration Tool to add the media information file into the printer. The Media Information Tool for the iPF6400 is available in the Drivers & Downloads section for the printer on our website.

imagePROGRAF iPF6400 Software

Re: Canon ImagePrograf 6400 - Help with paper profile & printer set up

Marjarts — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:09:10 GMT

Thank you for your reply. I have appreciated your thoughts on it.

Re: Canon ImagePrograf 6400 - Help with paper profile & printer set up

Marjarts — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:24:10 GMT

Thank you for your reply. Just to clarify my question. Is the printing set up a 3 step process?

in photoshop - select the paper I am using its Hanuemle Icc profile
in Photoshop - open printer information and select the Canon media type - in this case Special 9.
On the Canon printers interface - LOAD paper - select the canon media type - in this case it is SPECIAL 9
(Hanuemle only supply icc profile and not ami file - so I can't use the media configuration tool for this paper source.)

I am wanting to confirm that my 3 steps are the correct procedure.
Many thanks for your help

Re: Canon ImagePrograf 6400 - Help with paper profile & printer set up

Patrick — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:23:13 GMT

yes, that is correct

Re: Canon ImagePrograf 6400 - Help with paper profile & printer set up

Marjarts — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 04:49:30 GMT

Thank you for your help.