Pixma Pro-100 applying too much ink to paper

[ryanstanikk]

Hi all,

I recently bought a Pixma Pro-100 for my office at work. I am a graphic designer and wanted a printer that would be able to print full colour, A3, borderless graphics and photos to a good standard instead of sending these to print from our company laser printer / photocopier machine.

I have been trying out various print settings, but it seems no matter what I choose, the printer is throwing far too much ink at a page. If there are dark colours on a page, the paper will actually end up curling as it comes out of the printer and the colours will bleed into each other (especially on photos with dark colours).

I have tried various different papers, and various settings. I am trying to use primarily 135gsm A3 silk/satin, but have not found a setting yet that works well. I'm unsure whether this may be an issue with the printer or not.

I guess ideally I would love to find someone that uses this printer for similar style prints on a similar paper stock who has found settings that work, to see if my printer works with them too. Any help though would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[jrhoffman75]

Does the paper supplier provide custom profiles or recommend specific Canon settings?

If not, you may need to have custom profiles created.

[ryanstanikk]

They don't have anything downloadable along those lines, but 135GSM silk is a pretty standard paper type.

What's the best process to work out a custom profile? I can't just keep trying things, as the printer has already gone through a cyan and a black ink and I haven't even printed that many pages!

[jrhoffman75]

If you Google custom icc profiles you should find many sources.

Have you tried printing using the plain paper option rather than photo papers?

[ryanstanikk]

Yes, the plain paper option still applies too much ink, both to matt plain paper and to the silk paper.

Will check out profiles now.