frejus

Not getting much from Canon. I cannot get it to print normal prints no matter what media or profiles. What I mean by "Normal," is basically not darkened prints. In search for assistance, guidance, and perhaps someone in New York City area with knowledge and experience with Canon Pixma Proo 100, with pc functions and settings. Canon paper and inks are always used.

Canon PIXMA IP4000 Photo Inkjet Printer worked well for family for over ten years- with downloaded drivers and updates- connected and printed great pics. I thought the update to print larger sized photos with the Pixma Pro 100 would be fun not frustrating.

I am tired of searching and posting for directions and answers (Yet here I am- not giving up).

To borrow from Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903, " . . . frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."

Can someone show me - set my printer to work?
P. S.
I am willing to compensate for successful printings.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Have you calibrated your monitor? The default setting for most monitors is too bright so an image that looks good on the monitor will print too dark.

frejus

Yes, I specifically purchased a spider X Pro to calibrate monitor.

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

Just calibrating the monitor helps but that is only 50% of the equation. The printer also has an icc profile along with the paper used.
Since your from MO, send me a file and I'll print it on my pro 100 and see if we can solve the problem.
Steve

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Calibrate your monitor with a hardware colorimeter, like Spyder or X-Rite, software only will not work. I had similar difficulties printing greyscale until I calibrated my monitors.

What application are you printing from?

What paper are you using? If it is anything but Epson stock, find a driver for the specific paper you are using and enable it.

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

Jtoolman on Utube will set you straight. He is the master and easy to learn from. Most prints are dark due to the monitor brightness is to bright. Print a photo then change your brightness to match the photo if you don't have a way to calibrate your monitor. It's a good cheat. My actual advice is to watch the videos by Jtoolman. Are you printing letting the print driver control the process you have just entered a rabbit hole. Printing from home is a skill just like photography. It's not as simple as an icc profile and the matching paper. Watch the videos to understand the basics.

Quixdraw Loc: x

I found it easy to do a little experimentation with 4x5 or 5x7 and just brighten up the image before printing anything big. It helps if the image has a full range of values. Just printed a couple for someone else today and they were perfect. It has been a darn good printer!

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

I agree it is a awesome printer if you just use Cannon paper and let the driver run the show. I cheated like you did. I printed a photo and then matched my monitor to the photo. It was as good as profiling my monitor and using all the other complicated systems. Basically all I had to do to my monitor was turn down brightness. I use precision color inks in Cannon carts. I also print with red river paper a lot and use the precision color icc profiles for the paper I'm printing on. I get excellent results. You can go way down the rabbit hole if you want but the simple way gives excellent results also.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Just ordered more Canon cartridges, I have found that Costco Professional Glossy works about the same (IMO) as Canon paper.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

There are 3 steps:
1) calibrate the monitor
2) load the ICC profile for your printer and paper into your post processing application and enable that profile. MaKe sure that your PP application is the ONLY thing managing the parameters for your printer (disable Windows or Mac printer color management)
3) and this is the most important step: enable soft proofing using that profile and adjust the image brightness using the soft proofing view.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

TriX wrote, "Make sure your PP application is the ONLY thing managing the ....." Then, "...disable Windows or Mac printer color management"

My experience is close to that.

When my Pro 100 was brand new a few years ago, I followed the printer directions and a Canon printer driver was installed. I'm a Lightroom Classic user and it has a Print module. By default both were set to "manage the color". That's a no win fight. One has to be turned off. Most suggested I disable color management in the Canon driver and let Lightroom do it. I tried it both ways and like the results better when I turn of Lightroom's color management.

The Canon printer driver is a little obtuse about where the on/off switch is for color management. It is a bit buried!

I'm unaware that my Windows computer has anything to do with color management. My experience is that there is a direct link between Lightroom and the Canon printer driver that leaves Windows out.

I've never calibrated a monitor. I always use Canon paper because there was once a really big sale. I always check the Canon printer driver to ensure the right paper is selected.

w8vln

I do not know the age of your printer but Canon had told me in the past that their print heads wear out with use of about 3000 prints.

I am using A Canon printer that I use everyday and week for 20 years. I bought NEW PRINTER HEADS every few years and replaced the heads.

I never have problems and use various ink company cartridges.
Larry

Jrhoffman75 Loc: Conway, New Hampshire

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApNpngg2Z6dbhIYE7t2R7z6PJPAblw

1. Download this test image and open it in your photo editing software.
2. Do not make any adjustments to the image regardless of how it looks on your monitor.
3. Select all your printing settings and print the image.
4. How does the print look?

tcthome Loc: NJ

Also has a facebook page where people there, (he claims some are better than him) could probably help. Hecan provide a link to a test print. watch his vids.

this vid got me going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlV7cqqladQ&t=2836s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYzMAm6Um9M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1q3DY6Iq4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IyykIZZioA&t=4s

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1915547415436501

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

As others have pointed out it is not the printer but how it is being used. Happy printing is a lot of work. I am mostly posting this reply so I can find the post again for my own use. You have gotten a lot of resources here from the UHH.