i9900 Red Skin Tones

Hi All.
I have a great digital photo of a family member. I printed it on my i9900,
using oem ink and the like, and thought it looked good. However, after
printing it also at the one hour place, I notice the one I printed on the
i9900 has way too much red in the skin tones. Has anyone else experienced
this? I printed it using the Canon Easy Print software. Maybe I would have
better luck using the pict bridge and print directly from the camera?

One note... I was using HP Phot Glossy Paper. Maybe that is the problem,
perhaps it really does do best on Canon paper.


"Some Computer" <BiteMe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All.
> I have a great digital photo of a family member. I printed it on my
i9900,
> using oem ink and the like, and thought it looked good. However, after
> printing it also at the one hour place, I notice the one I printed on the
> i9900 has way too much red in the skin tones. Has anyone else experienced
> this? I printed it using the Canon Easy Print software. Maybe I would have
> better luck using the pict bridge and print directly from the camera?
>
>

Some Computer wrote:

>One note... I was using HP Phot Glossy Paper. Maybe that is the problem,
>perhaps it really does do best on Canon paper.
>
>

It will also do 98% as well when using Costco/Kirkland paper.

>
>"Some Computer" <BiteMe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:rOXxe.5322$qA4.4538@trnddc03...
>
>
>>Hi All.
>> I have a great digital photo of a family member. I printed it on my
>>
>>
>i9900,
>
>
>>using oem ink and the like, and thought it looked good. However, after
>>printing it also at the one hour place, I notice the one I printed on the
>>i9900 has way too much red in the skin tones. Has anyone else experienced
>>this? I printed it using the Canon Easy Print software. Maybe I would have
>>better luck using the pict bridge and print directly from the camera?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

Same results on Canon paper as well (Just tested it).

"Some Computer" <BiteMe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> One note... I was using HP Phot Glossy Paper. Maybe that is the problem,
> perhaps it really does do best on Canon paper.
>
>
> "Some Computer" <BiteMe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:rOXxe.5322$qA4.4538@trnddc03...
> > Hi All.
> > I have a great digital photo of a family member. I printed it on my
> i9900,
> > using oem ink and the like, and thought it looked good. However, after
> > printing it also at the one hour place, I notice the one I printed on
the
> > i9900 has way too much red in the skin tones. Has anyone else
experienced
> > this? I printed it using the Canon Easy Print software. Maybe I would
have
> > better luck using the pict bridge and print directly from the camera?
> >
> >
>
>

Some Computer wrote:

> Hi All.
> I have a great digital photo of a family member. I printed it on my i9900,
> using oem ink and the like, and thought it looked good. However, after
> printing it also at the one hour place, I notice the one I printed on the
> i9900 has way too much red in the skin tones. Has anyone else experienced
> this? I printed it using the Canon Easy Print software. Maybe I would have
> better luck using the pict bridge and print directly from the camera?
>
>
Your photo lab has probably adjusted the colour of the print.
How does the colour look on screen compared to your print?
You should at a minimum profile your monitor using Adobe Gamma, or if
you don't have PS, then one of the free downloads that you will find if
you google for it. Then at least you will get a rough idea of how your
print might look. You can go much further than that with profiling to
get colour accuracy, but it's much better than nothing.
The IP9950 (same as 9900 - but with CD printing) that I have looked at
actually seemed by default a bit blue in skin tone, and the iP4000 a bit
red.
If you didn't alter the colour using the software on your PC, then
printing direct from your camera probably wouldn't improve matters.
You will have a white balance and probably saturation settings on your
camera, and changing program modes (portrait/macro/landscape etc) will
change the colour balance and saturation of the images.

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 10:29:13 +1200, frederick <nomail@nomail.com>
wrote:

>Some Computer wrote:

>The IP9950 (same as 9900 - but with CD printing) that I have looked at
>actually seemed by default a bit blue in skin tone, and the iP4000 a bit
>red.

That's the issue I've had with my i9900 - a blue tint. I've never had
it come out tinted towards red with the stock ink and control files.

The excessive blue tint comes from the photo cyan cartridge. I noticed
that with a Weink photo cyan cartridge in place, the blue tinting goes
away..

You have an i9900 and go to a one hour photo shop for prints?????!!!!!!!!!!
Why do you have a printer like this and not bother to learn to use it?
I am constantly astounded by people who buy things that they never intend to
learn how to use.
To see what this printer is capable of you have to learn color management
and the rudiments of image processing in a color managed program like Adobe
Photoshop or Elements.
You need to learn the Canon version of color management and then the real
version.
If you want decent results you will have to calibrate your monitor with an
external device.
In truth, if you learn what you are doing, you will have to calibrate the
printer when you realize how rotten Canon's version of color management is.
If this sounds like too much I strongly advise you to sell your printer on
Ebay and stick to the one hour photo shop.
You will not regret the decision.

It is not that I do not intend to learn how to use it. To answer your
question, I had a slew of free prints to burn up. To my astonishment, the
photo lab, which just churns them through without making any adjustments,
looks much better than the Canon i9900. The photo is taken with a 20D. Great
camera. Anyway, I tried to print also directly from the camera to rule out
any stupid windows driver/software issues as possible. It came out better.
Not up to par with the quick lab, but a little better than printing it with
the supplied Easy Photo software that came with the printer and the camera.
I would have expected since all products were from Canon (printer, ink,
camera, paper as well this last time) the quality would have been better.

I will use the Canon i9900 for what I purchased it for, which is not for
photographs. I don't think you can beat the photo labs.... Cheap and great
prints.



"birdman" <apquilts@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> You have an i9900 and go to a one hour photo shop for
prints?????!!!!!!!!!!
> Why do you have a printer like this and not bother to learn to use it?
> I am constantly astounded by people who buy things that they never intend
to
> learn how to use.
> To see what this printer is capable of you have to learn color management
> and the rudiments of image processing in a color managed program like
Adobe
> Photoshop or Elements.
> You need to learn the Canon version of color management and then the real
> version.
> If you want decent results you will have to calibrate your monitor with an
> external device.
> In truth, if you learn what you are doing, you will have to calibrate the
> printer when you realize how rotten Canon's version of color management
is.
> If this sounds like too much I strongly advise you to sell your printer on
> Ebay and stick to the one hour photo shop.
> You will not regret the decision.
>
>

The more I read and try Canon products first hand, the more I realize they
are all overpriced garbage. Totally useless.


"Some Computer" <BiteMe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:rOXxe.5322$qA4.4538@trnddc03...
> Hi All.
> I have a great digital photo of a family member. I printed it on my
i9900,
> using oem ink and the like, and thought it looked good. However, after
> printing it also at the one hour place, I notice the one I printed on the
> i9900 has way too much red in the skin tones. Has anyone else experienced
> this? I printed it using the Canon Easy Print software. Maybe I would have
> better luck using the pict bridge and print directly from the camera?
>
>

Some Computer wrote:

>
> I will use the Canon i9900 for what I purchased it for, which is not for
> photographs...


What do you intent to use it for?
Frank