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Old 08-18-2011, 03:33 PM
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Color correction question

I have a Cannon MP160 printer and everything I print out is off color.

Example:

A pattern I see on my screen as a neutral grey when I print it it comes out with a blue tint.

A dark grey pattern on the screen prints out with a purple tint.

I have tried to color calibrate my monitors and everything is looking as it should. But I cant seem to get my printer to print colors as displayed on my screens.

Any suggestions, tips, or tricks?
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Old 08-18-2011, 05:29 PM
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Try head alignment and nozzle cleaning... Hope it helps...
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Old 08-18-2011, 07:26 PM
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Check your gamma setting on your printer.
Also check your paper setting, most people ignore this, but if you print on standard paper and then on smooth card with the same setting you WILL get a color difference, the smooth card will print with more blue tones, it's the way the ink is applied and the absorption rate of the paper.
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Old 08-18-2011, 11:13 PM
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I'm not sure if it holds for canon printers, but I found that my Epson printers are affected by the print quality that is selected....the default draft quality provides bluish colors compared to photo quality settings.
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Old 08-19-2011, 12:25 AM
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well...

I have tried different paper settings, cleaning and deep cleaning the print head and aligning the heads, tried different print quality, and as far as I can tell there is not a gamma setting for my printer.

and the color is still off.

So since I am starting the Saluco build, the Saluco3 version is a darker grey and printing it in greyscale closely approximates what I am seeing on the screen. So I am going with the greyscale printing.

With a few pieces printed out, it actually does not look bad, but I do miss the depth that greyscale cant quite provide.
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Old 08-19-2011, 03:10 AM
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One last thing you can try is in Canon printing preferences, under the Main tab, below the print quality settings is Color/intensity, by default set to auto. Selecting Manual, this will unlock the Set button, where you can manually adjust the color sliders...
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Old 08-19-2011, 08:05 AM
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First...are you using original Canon Inks?
If not, this may be your problem.

I am currently refilling my Black ink cartridge (until I buy some new HP cartiridges)
and the cheap Black Ink prints as BLUE...which also affects every other colour that uses black.

If this is not the problem, then either the printer is way off or the Monitor.

I don't know how you can adjust the Printer colour on your printer
or even if you can, but it is possible to adjust your Monitor.

Print out a standard colour test sheet...you can find many online.
Or just print out a block of known colours.
print at full dpi on nice quality bright white card or paper.

Now hold that print up to your Monitor and adjust the screen image to match.
Make your Monitor match your printout...so when you are working, you will be
seeing what will come out of your Printer.

This may however throw off colours for other viewing...it will show you how far off your printer really is!


update, just saw Thunderchild's post...this is obviously where you want to start.
I don't know anything about canon printers and their adjustments.
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Old 08-19-2011, 12:12 PM
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ThunderChild - Thanks that was what I was looking for bt couldn't remember where it was located. That made things sooooo much better.
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Old 08-19-2011, 03:43 PM
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Glad it helped JHSurf, but it's only a quick fix. Airdave speaks true, though I am forced to use generic ink due to financial constraints, they do provide much poorer quality than the real stuff.
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