Canon S820D - Poor Photo Printing

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Maywood Wong

Just picked up a Canon S820D demo at decent price, but I think I got a
lemon. Been testing it and all the prints have a green tint to them and the
skin tones have a pasty plastic look. They're all bad no matter printed from
any program.

Since I paid $116 I'd work at it a bit longer to resolve the problem if that
is possible. Bright whites, reds, blacks and blues are good. Grays, light
brown and shaded whites are greenish.

If not, back it goes. Is it me or the printer?
 
B

buck

Just picked up a Canon S820D demo at decent price, but I think I got a
lemon. Been testing it and all the prints have a green tint to them and the
skin tones have a pasty plastic look. They're all bad no matter printed from
any program.

Since I paid $116 I'd work at it a bit longer to resolve the problem if that
is possible. Bright whites, reds, blacks and blues are good. Grays, light
brown and shaded whites are greenish.

If not, back it goes. Is it me or the printer?
Click to expand...
Probably monitor calibration.. If that isnt done, how do
you know the picture isnt greenish to begin with..

I recommend you run the Adobe PhotoShop calibration
routine.

Second likely problem is the paper, try some different
stock.

If Im using Printasia (or some other "cheapo" paper I
set the driver for "glossy photo film" instead of glossy
paper... dont know why this changes the color rendition,
but sometimes it does.
 
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