Dodgy colours from Canon printer

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I've posted about a similar issue before, but have got some further information which may help some clever person diagnose my problem! I've got a Canon i950 printer, Canon ink and Canon Glossy Photo paper. If I set iPhoto or Aperture to print on glossy paper I get a terrible red cast on everything. I can get rid of the colour cast by choosing "plain paper" in the settings, even though I still load the printer with glossy. I don't think this gives me the best quality prints though.
 
Sorry...ICM??? I'm afraid I'm non-technical regarding photo printing! Also, is there a reason for printing from Photoshop (which I rarely use) over Aperture and/or iPhoto?

Thanks.
 
lets work with iPhoto as it's the simplest program , without too many complications.

When you import the images straight from the camera do yo have to make colour balance changes to get the images to look right on the screen. If so what changes would you generally make, or do they look OKish straight from import
 
My workflows a bit quirky.. I tend to get them off the camera and safely onto the Mac using Canon's own software. I then delete any obviously duff ones, then import them into Aperture. I'll generally tweak the saturation / White Balance a bit on the RAW images, or even use "Auto Levels" - all within Aperture. I tend only to move the images that other family members might want to print or look at into iPhoto (after adjusting levels), as they aren't familiar with Aperture.

I guess you're thinking in terms of monitor calibration?? I have used the Mac software calibration fairly recently, and most images that other TP posters submit look pretty good to me on my monitor.
 
Workflow doesn't seem to bad and I can't see anything obvious that could give you a major problem. I was wondering if the screen itself was too cold and you were compensating by adding a lot of red to the image.
However you say that if you select plain paper then you get an OK result. Sounds as though it may be an ink lay down problem. Typically you use less ink on plain paper.

When you print from Aperture ( Not used Aperture for years, as I'm a Lightroom user ) have you an option in printing to use "Printer manages colour" option, rather than using profiles ?

If you do does this make a difference ?

Also how red is red. Can you tell what corrections you would have to make to the image to match the print. This will give some idea of how bad the cast is.
 
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when you print from
lightroom have you turned off ICM in the canon printer dialogue
 
I haven't used your printer, but you need to stop the printer driver changing the colours. This should be a setting in the printer properties dialogue. You also need to find the colour management option in the software you're printing from and turn it on, so it manages the colours and not the printer. Finally, you need the right profile, which should have come with your printer if it's anything like mine (also canon). In your case, printing on standard glossy paper, it should be something like Canon i950 SP3
 
Interesting thread, I have the same problem, but with an Epson R1400 printer, horrible Red / Magenta cast, no matter what I do, I cant get rid.

Will try the plain papaer idea though

Phil
 
Phil Bennett said:
Interesting thread, I have the same problem, but with an Epson R1400 printer, horrible Red / Magenta cast, no matter what I do, I cant get rid.

Will try the plain papaer idea though

Phil
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This once happened to me with my old 1290s and CISS. I got some duff ink, as soon as the supplier changed the ink all was well again.
 
if you change ink from the OE stuff then it is likely the profiles for the paper will not match hence the ugly casts.
 
I had a problem with my i560 canon. Turned out one of the cartridges (magenta) was leaking into the yellow.
Printing text/charts on plain paper, looked ok, printing photos on glossy was bad.
It was noticeable as a pink tint when doing a nozzle check diagnostics pattern though
 
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