Can't get the same color on a network printer

Hello,

I use a Canon IP4200 printer shared on a Network.
When I print some color patches on it from 5 different PCs, with EXACTLY the
same settings, I see some color difference on the printed results.
Any idea of how to solve this ?

Thanks

John

John wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I use a Canon IP4200 printer shared on a Network.
> When I print some color patches on it from 5 different PCs, with EXACTLY the
> same settings, I see some color difference on the printed results.
> Any idea of how to solve this ?
>
> Thanks
>
> John

Only use the one PC that gives the best color?

Lou
I eat my peas with honey.
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny.
But it keeps them on my knife.

> Only use the one PC that gives the best color

impossible, many people has to print...

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:07:09 +0200, in comp.periphs.printers "John"
<prout@nospam.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I use a Canon IP4200 printer shared on a Network.
>When I print some color patches on it from 5 different PCs, with EXACTLY the
>same settings, I see some color difference on the printed results.
>Any idea of how to solve this ?

Verify all are using the same inks, preferably OEM and that the
printing application is a color managed one using the appropriate
paper/ink profile.

"John" <prout@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:448561de$0$859$ba4acef3@news.orange.fr...
> Hello,
>
> I use a Canon IP4200 printer shared on a Network.
> When I print some color patches on it from 5 different PCs, with EXACTLY
> the same settings, I see some color difference on the printed results.
> Any idea of how to solve this ?
>
> Thanks
>
> John

Hi.

Interesting result. When you say with EXACTLY the same settings what
exactly do you mean?

Are you using the same RGB numbers on each PC for the test colours. If the
PCs are sending the same numbers and the Printer is set identically in each
case, then the printed colours should be identical.

If the application is CM aware, and if Colour Management has been applied.
Has each PC been set to the same Working Space Profile (sRGB, Adobe RGB or
whatever). In addition are the machines all specifying the same Printer
/Paper Profile in the Output Space, or have they all been set to "Printer
Colour Management".

Or are you doing something else?

Roy G

Ed Ruf wrote:

>On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:07:09 +0200, in comp.periphs.printers "John"
><prout@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I use a Canon IP4200 printer shared on a Network.
>>When I print some color patches on it from 5 different PCs, with EXACTLY the
>>same settings, I see some color difference on the printed results.
>>Any idea of how to solve this ?
>>
>>
>
>Verify all are using the same inks, preferably OEM
>
oh yeah :-)

> and that the
>printing application is a color managed one using the appropriate
>paper/ink profile.
>
>

John wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use a Canon IP4200 printer shared on a Network.
> When I print some color patches on it from 5 different PCs, with EXACTLY the
> same settings, I see some color difference on the printed results.
> Any idea of how to solve this ?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>
Well it's certainly not the inks fault. Obviously not all of the pc's
are using the exact same ICC.
That's the problem.
Frank