Print Studio Pro Slow/Freezing

[rwslippey]

Good afternoon all.

I just got a Canon Pro-100 Printer and I'm having some issues with Canon Print Studio Pro running very slow when trying to pattern print.

I'm very new to printing and I've seen others suggest pattern printing to be able to make adjustment vs using ICC profiles directly in lightroom.

I'm running the latest version of Lightroom and Photoshop CC, Windows 7 On a very capable computer (16GB Ram, 6 core 3.3 Ghz processor)

When I open up PSP it works fine. As soon as open the pattern print dialog box everything screaches to a halt. Sometimes it'll load the preview, sometimes it won't. After about 30 seconds (if and when it renders the preview) it completly stops responding. Task Manager says its running but I can't click anything at all and it does nothing.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[jrhoffman75]

Glad it worked out Rob. We never did solve your initial problem with PSP, but it looks like now you don't really need the pattern print.

I have created a number of User Templates in the Print module for different papers, paper sizes and print layouts on paper. When I go to print I just select the desrired template.

If you have an image where color is especially important I use Canon Photo Paper Pro Platinum. I think the Canon papers are fine.

If I read a review about a new paper that folks seem to like i order a package to try, but I can't really say one manufacturer is better than another from my experience. I like matte paper best for B&W images.

As I said, I use SIlver Efex Pro to convert color to B&W and then just print like any other image. I don't get involved with selecting the grayscale option in the driver.

If you go to Red River Paper website you can order a sampler package and try their different papers.

I like the Canon papers; if you keep an eye on their eStore you can find great deals. The run "x" for 1 deals periodically. I was able to get 5 for 1 a few months ago.

Ink can be an issue. The CLI-42 ink is only used for the PRO-100 so typical ink supply location like Staple's doesn't carry in-store. But Staple's does run 15% discount sales periodically and they give a credit for empties that are turned in. I purched one complete set of colors initially so that I always had one of each on hand and then order individiual colors as I need them when I find sales.

[rwslippey]

Hi John,

Honestly, I wasn't really set on using PSP to begin with. It just seems like more stuff to run on my computer, so now with the understanding that I can accomplish the same thing in LR directly, I'm completly okay with that. Maybe the next version of LR or PSP will fix my problem.

I did create a template in the print module, but I haven't work extensivly with the print module in the past so I've got some learning to do. Curious if the print template holds the printer settings?

Good to know the Canon papers are good. I'm not doing anything crazy at this point, mainly just trying to decorate my apartment and my office at work (so tired of bare walls)

The printer came with 13X19 Semi-Gloss and I've got some 8.5x11 of glossy Plus II layout around from my old printer so I've some paper to play with for a while.  I checked out red River's website and it looks like they've got a decent selection. I'm going to order their sample package like you suggested.

Good to know on the Canon estore deals. Will keep an eye out.

On the inks, as with all inkjets, expensive but so worth it. Once i got the profile settings right I printed a nice big B&W and it's amazing! I did watch several of the videos on youtube Jose. It looks like he advocates Precision Colors as a good source for refillable ink. I've done this in the past for regular ink jet printers for documents and it worked well. It seems several users have reported PC as being good so I may go that route. I'm mostly printing for personal use so I don't see it being a huge issue if they're a little off. I haven't made up my mind yet though on that.

Thanks again for all the good information.

Rob