G6020 photos print with blue tint

[sharibratcher]

Bought the Pixma g6020 mega tank all in one printer a few years ago, and loved it. Best printer I ever had. I print often and usually in color, onto all different media types, such as paper, glossy and matte photo paper, printable vellum, printable glitter paper, printable transparencies, cardstock, etc. 

About 5 months ago, I refilled the ink tanks. All three colors and black. Used Canon inkjet refill ink. Maybe a month or so after that, every photo I print comes out with a blue tint. I have done multiple nozzle checks, multiple cleanings, multiple deep cleanings, 2 ink flushes, head alignments, and no improvements. The only way I can get the photo to print even halfway close to the image displayed on the screen of my laptop or phone, is to manually adjust the color management:

Cyan: -20 

Magenta: 20

Yellow: 0

Brightness: Normal

Intensity: 10

Contrast: 0

This gets the picture close but it still looks a bit faded or white washed. Any suggestions?

[Patrick]

Hi sharibratcher,

To help us determine the cause of the issue that you are experiencing, please take a photo of the last nozzle check that you printed and attach it to your reply to this post.

[excalivure]

I am also having this problem I also tried everything the other person stated and I am not having any luck.

[louhirsh]

I have the same problem -- blue tint on photos.

[fredurble]

I have the same problem with my GX printer. I found that it was not caused by clogged print head, lack of using Canon photo paper, or other reasons. It is a function of how the printer defaults to printing on glossy photo paper. What has worked for me was still using glossy photo paper, but defining it in the print preferences as "Plain Paper" instead of "Glossy Photo Paper". This made the photos print with the correct colors.

[sharibratcher]

I tried that as well. The pictures definitely looked better, but still not quite normal. There was very much a blue overall tint to the print. That was actually the closest I could come to printing normal pictures again. But like I said there was still a very definite hue to the overall image, as if I printed on blue paper. 

[sharibratcher]

I never did get the printer to print without the blue tint. I just ended up buying a new printer instead.