topic Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong in Professional Photo Printers

Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

apops — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:51:50 GMT

Whenever I print on my pixma pro, the colors turn out dull and/or slightly off. I have a Mac and calibrated my monitor, turned off printer management and still nothing. I'm using Adobe CS5 to print artwork that I illustrated on procreate. Please help, thank you! Can share more information if need be.

Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

robnich — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:18:27 GMT

Try adjusting color settings in the Printer driver utilizing a pattern print:

https://ugp01.c-ij.com/ij/webmanual/PrinterDriver/W/TS8000%20series/1.0/EN/PPG/dg-c_color_balance02.html

Robert N.

Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:21:49 GMT

Welcome to the forum.

Can you provide a little more information:

1. what paper are you using?

2. what are your monitor calibration settings?

Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

apops — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:55:34 GMT

Thank you.

I used Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte and Canon Photo Paper Pro Luster LU 101. The colors were more vibrant on the photo paper but I'm not sure if I like the shininess on it. Regardless the colors are still off on both types of paper.

How do I find my calibration settings?

Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

robnich — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:06:27 GMT

Are you using the correct printer profiles with these papers? That is necessary if you wish to achieve optimal results.

Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:10:55 GMT

When you calibrated your monitor you had to input settings into the software.

I recommend you try these settings. I use these and get good prints from my Pro-100.

Brightness 80 cd/m^2

White Point 5800K

Gamma 2.2

Contrast 287:1

Since you are using Epson paper you won’t be getting best output unless you get a custom ICC profile. Using the Canon matte paper might be close but not optimum.

I will post a suggestion next.

Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:19:21 GMT

Download the test image from this site

http://www.outbackphoto.com/printinginsights/pi049/essay.html

Open the image in your photo software and print it. Do not make any adjustments regardless of how the image looks on screen.

I suggest using Canon paper for this test.

Evaluate the image using the guidance in the website.

This bypasses any effect of your computer.

If there are issues its a printer problem that needs to be resolved before there can be any assurance of getting good prints.

Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

apops — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:26:30 GMT

Thank you for your help. When I calibrated my monitor, I went through Mac's assistant so I didn't necessarily choose the settings myself. Where would I be able to input those settings?

Re: Pixma Pro 100 Colors Are Wrong

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 22:43:53 GMT

Oh. The settings I gave were for calibrating with a device like i1 Pro.

How did the test image look when you printed it?