Valenta Loc: Top of NZ

I am having a lot of problems printing with my Canon Pixma 9000, in that either in colour or B&W, print preview always has a red/pink tinge which carries through to the final print. In preference, I use Qimage for printing. According to the Canon website, they do not support Windows 7 64bit and there are no current update drivers......

Anyone else having these problems. Any helpful suggestions, other than throwing this expensive - and not that old printer, down to the rubbish dump?

Kuzano

I don't know anything about your printer, but if it were mine, I would not look for a specific gear issue on a very small forum like UHH.

I went on yahoo and searched the words Canon 9000 chronic issues. Many hits came up on various more specific sites. In most cases color issues and often pink or red tint.

It looks like there's an answer for you out there on a more search specific or larger forum. Do such a search on a search engine with a broader search base like Yahoo or Google. Or, perhaps better yet, a forum specific to Canon Printers.

I hope you get some help, but UHH is just not big enough for much specific assistance.

Here is just one example from Google general search.

https://www.google.com/search?q=canon+9000+printer+issues&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Jrhoffman75 Loc: Conway, New Hampshire

Driver here:

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/printers/support-professional-inkjet-printers/pixma-pro9000

Be sure to select "Drivers" and not "Recommended Downloads".

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Are you using canon inks and paper? Have you calibrated your compter display etc.? Have you tried other software and replicated the problem? Have you called Canon?

I have a 9000 mk II and it works without any issues. There could be problems that are not the printer itself. Worked just fine on Windows 7 64 and Windows 10 64. Have you tried the XPS driver?

Jrhoffman75 Loc: Conway, New Hampshire

I have read on Internet that using print preview sometimes causes a color cast. Update all drivers and try printing without using print preview.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Interesting. I have never experienced that, and it seems a little strange from a technical point of view. However, getting the latest drivers that you pointed to and doing a bunch of diagnostic tests seems necessary.

We don't know the camera, but if Canon plugging it directly into the printer and taking the computer out of the loop could be a good test.

Also if a Canon camera, testing it with Canon DPP software could be worth while.

travelwp Loc: New Jersey

Add me to this list:

I have a 9000 mk II and it works without any issues.

Sorry I can't help, but it would seem from other replies, that the printer is not at fault.

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Why not call Canon tech services ? When My Canon Printer wouldn't communicate with the Win 10 upgrade. theybwere very helpful and walked me through the "fix".

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

I use the same printer with Canon inks and PP with PSE14 but use PSE10 to print; I have previously described the hassle of trying to get an 11"x14" print with PSE14. My only complaint is, I suspect, with the PSE printing software; the final preview with the "Start Printing" button looks awful (way too much red), but it prints just about the same as the picture looks in the last editor view before printing. If the print has a lot of reds, I have found that I do have to decrease the red in the printer setup, and in that case I generally print a 2x6 so as not to waste a sheet of 11" x 14.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Mine started doing that. I went through the cleaning process several times and that cleared it up. Open "Canon My Printer" and then go to trouble shooting; there should be an icon on your desktop.

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

BboH, If your post was directed to me, thank you, and I will try the cleaning process, However, I think the printer is working pretty much correctly because the output is generally close to the view in the PSE Editor; it is the final view before printing starts that is incorrect.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

What Peter says is very important. Read and reread what he says. I'll reflect with a little more detail on what he says. Canon ink and paper - if you use Canon ink and paper, then make sure you have the proper paper selected in the print preferences, and make sure that you let the printer do the color management automatically. If you've been playing with some of the preferences, then you might have set something wrong causing the problem you are having. Next, calibrating your display - this is huge. If you haven't calibrated your display, then colors could be off and you won't know it. If you have no way of calibrating your monitor, then I'd try posting some of your images on the web, or emailing them to someone else and look at them on someone else's computer. If the images don't look right on someone else's computer, then you probably have a calibration issue. If not, then try going to the print driver and checking to see if the print head is aligned. It's a simple test that's easy to do. Next, calling Canon - they have excellent customer service. I wouldn't discount this advice. Next, the XPS driver - a lot of people don't know what this is. If you don't, then I'll tell you. It's the driver that prints your 16-bit images using 16-bit technology. The standard driver uses 8-bit technology. If you are printing jpg images, then the file is an 8-bit file, but if you are printing a raw image, or a tiff or psd image, in most cases it's a 16-bit image file and can take advantage of the XPS print driver.

If you have not updated your printer drivers lately, I'd suggest you do so. The drivers are free and offered on the Canon web site. I see that you use Qimage for printing. I've heard a lot of good things about that print program, but I am pretty sure that it can only handle 8-bit printing. Also, since I don't use it, I can't offer any info on issues it may have or cause. One thing I can say about Canon is that they have a simple to use print program that makes printing a lot easier than the old fashioned way I used to print; typically I would go to File/Print/ open up the preferences and then print. The print preferences for most printers is confusing and if you get one thing wrong, you get a mess. I discovered recently by taking a class at the Canon Experience Center in Costa Mesa CA, that I should have been using Canons Print Studio Pro for printing. Basically it's a different view of the print dialog that makes printing on Canon paper, or 3rd party paper using ICC profile easy. Instead of going to File/Print and opening up the print dialog, go to -
- Photoshop:

Click [Automate] - [Canon Print Studio Pro...].

- Photoshop Elements:
Click [Automation Tools] - [Canon Print Studio Pro...].

- Lightroom:
Click [Plug-in Extras] - [Canon Print Studio Pro...].

Print Studio Pro starts, and the image displayed in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements or Lightroom appears in Print Studio Pro. Go down and make some choices and then print. Much easier that before.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Very comprehensive response, Jeep Daddy, kudos!

It seems that the OP has a Nikon D700 and is using Photoshop CS6 on Windows & x64. Perhaps if a UHH member has that combination with PIXMA Pro 9000 could advise on settings to check?

Also, The Nikon D700 supports Pictbridge so should be able to be plugged onto the socket on the front panel of the PIXMA 9000 to do a test print without the computer.

Finally the UHH printers section could be a place to more responses: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-120-1.html

Good luck

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Misunderstood your question.

Interesting though what you found out about Canon -I use Windows 7 Professional, 64 bit and have no issues (except that which cleaning cleared up).

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

I am running the same Win7 Pro, like it, and it will be only when I have to upgrade that Win10 will even get consideration--too many horror stories here. My previous posts about printing the 11"x14 prints that Canon's printer software doesn't support (I'll never understand why they skip such a popular size) explain why I print with PSE10 which accepts the "work around" and allows printing 11" x 14" pictures on that size paper that PSE14 will not do.

I've posted my solution a couple of times since PSE14 came out, but if you haven't seen it and would like it, rather than plug up UHH with a rather long post, send me a PM, and I'll send it directly to you.