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Canon IP 4600
I have recently bought a Canon Pixma IP 4600. Initial prints from it show the following trends.
1. Printing from Easy Photo Print EX produces pale, low saturation prints cf the monitor. Activation of the Vivid option improves this.
2. Printing from DPP also tends towards pale unsaturation.
3. Printing from Elements 7 with elements controlling the colour and profile set to IP4600 pr1 gives better satuaration, but greens tend to too red and dull.
I am setting Adobe RGB colour space and using Canon paper and ink.
Can anyone advise on best settings in Elements and in the printer properties to give optimum results.
thanks in advance
1. Printing from Easy Photo Print EX produces pale, low saturation prints cf the monitor. Activation of the Vivid option improves this.
2. Printing from DPP also tends towards pale unsaturation.
3. Printing from Elements 7 with elements controlling the colour and profile set to IP4600 pr1 gives better satuaration, but greens tend to too red and dull.
I am setting Adobe RGB colour space and using Canon paper and ink.
Can anyone advise on best settings in Elements and in the printer properties to give optimum results.
thanks in advance
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Is your monitor calibrated? If not do that first.
Next select a colour space that your printer supports, if it is sRGB then make certain your image is. So before using Adobe RGB, check your printer supports it.
To be honest your description could be an Adobe RGB image being printed by an SRGB printer.
Next select a colour space that your printer supports, if it is sRGB then make certain your image is. So before using Adobe RGB, check your printer supports it.
To be honest your description could be an Adobe RGB image being printed by an SRGB printer.
Quote:Adobe RGB image being printed by an SRGB printer
What John said.......
Plus monitor calibration, That is absolutely vital.......!
Don't expect a precise match with a monitor, Even when calibrated the temprature of paper & display screens are never going to be identical, However the results should be close.
My experience of Canon printers is this, You plug them in, Run the software, Start printing perfect results everytime.......
ANW you may be interested in this link
Did you install the Adobe RGB patch from my link ?.
Quote:I bought an IP 4600 recently too, & the results using Easy Photo Print & cheapo Tesco paper are mind-blowing. Can't be bothered with all that messing around printing from Elements!
Mr Brown,you are a genius
Purchased the iP4600 this afternoon(The only one in town so I paid about an extra £10 above W.E listing))
Popped to Tescos and purchased to different types of glossy photo paper(very reasonably priced too).
Set it all up and have just run off half a dozen images(A4) using Easy Photo-print)
The results are as you describe "mind blowing"
To be honest tried a sample shot in CS,but whatever I enabled/disabled the colour rendition was well out.
Ran same image through Easy-Print and it came out perfect.
I think I read somewhere that Keith stated the Canon software was very good
The next time I am passing I'll put one over the bar for you
All ther best
Adrian
Quote:I bought an IP 4600 recently too, & the results using Easy Photo Print & cheapo Tesco paper are mind-blowing. Can't be bothered with all that messing around printing from Elements!
I found the same easy printing and superb results using Sainsburys own brand paper!
My wife gets me some when she goes shopping so I dont even have to pay for the paper!
Mine produces excellent results printing from PS CS3 using Fuji Satin.
