Kellysnorthshore
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« on: December 14, 2015, 06:17:16 PM » |
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I have been using Qimage for years and loved it. I just upgraded to Ultimate and I just got the Canon Pixma Pro-1 printer after my Epson R1900 died on the weekend.
Following the same workflow I have for years with my Epson to get proper prints is not working AT ALL with the Pro-1.
I have the icc profile for the paper and even checked the driver to see if I need to turn off any kind of colour correction and I don't see anything.
Using Windowns 10, jpegs were edited and rendered in Lightroom CC.
What am I missing? I am in the middle of printing a huge number of prints so I need a fast fix! Any help would be great.
Thanks
Kelly
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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2015, 06:54:11 PM » |
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I don't have the Pro-1 but most of the Canon drivers are like the attached. You have to click "Manual" under the color/intensity group, click "Set" and then choose "None" on the color correction dialog.
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Mike
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Kellysnorthshore
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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2015, 07:56:56 PM » |
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Thanks Mike. That helped huge with colour. But still printing very dark, still not looking like whats on the screen!
other than adjusting brightness in Qimage do you have any other ideas?
With the Epson it just worked!
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« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2015, 08:04:10 PM » |
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Yes my monitors are calibrated.
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Kellysnorthshore
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2015, 08:24:22 PM » |
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The closest I am getting is when I use Studio Print Pro in photoshop but even its not right.
I must be missing something in the driver.
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2015, 09:04:27 PM » |
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Sometimes even with calibrated/profiled monitors, it's easy to have the monitor brightness too high which causes you to adjust the images too dark. But I'll assume that's not the problem since you said your Epson printer didn't have the issue. What paper are you using and where did you get the profile? Did the profile come with instructions on what selections to make in the driver as far as paper type, quality setting, etc.?
Mike
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Kellysnorthshore
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2015, 09:11:15 PM » |
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No problem with the Epson, if I ever had to do anything in QU it would be increase brightness a tad.
The profile is the profile that comes with the Canon Driver for the Canon Photo Paper Pro Luster.
I have never seen any documentation to adjust settings in the driver for that paper. Ill see what I can find.
So far the only want I can get this printing close enough to send prints to clients is by using the Studio Pro Pro via Photoshop. But I had to print out test patterns for colour and brightness and contrast.
ITs not perfect, its no looking as good as the epson but I am comfortable with sending product to clients. But to use that efficently I will have to go into Lightroom, create custom print layouts for the products, render to jpegs and then print!!! f***!
I just want Qimage working!!
I am sure I went though the same s*** with the epson when I first got it. But it wasnt during the busiest time of the season!
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« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2015, 12:42:03 AM » |
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I have been working more and more with the printer and decided to print a shot I have on the wall already from the Epson. Its a shot from my time in London England in one of the train stations.
I printed it using the standard workflow I would have with the Epson. I printed it on Canon Luster and Epson Luster...
THEY ARE IDENTICAL!
Why would these print perfectly but my Grad Cap and Gown images be such a problem?
Any Ideas? I was getting to the point of returning the printer until now!
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2015, 12:44:53 AM » |
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I just printed a low contrast B&W and I am ok with the results but the print is much contrasty and a little darker than whats on screen.
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« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2015, 01:18:22 AM » |
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You might want to print 4 small test prints to see which looks the best:
- Relative Colorimetric, BPC on
- Relative Colorimetric, BPC off
- Perceptual, BPC on
- Perceptual, BPC off
Some profiles work with some combinations of rendering intent and BPC better than others and you really have to just test them. It may even vary by photo: one photo might look better with one of the above options while most look better with another. This is because ICC profiles don't take into account what colors are actually in the image you are printing. It's like the tire pressure rating stamped inside the door of your car. 32 PSI might be a good all around pressure but 25 might be better for snow while 40 might be better if you're running an autocross.
Also, Canon usually lists the paper type and quality setting as part of the profile description. For example, a profile description with PR1 at the end means Photo Paper Pro (PR) and quality 1.
Mike
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