ip4000 color profile

[Chuck Warren]

Can anyone point me to a good starting point for color calibration of my
ip4000. I typically print edited digital photographs on Kirkland
professional glossy inkjet photo paper and am currently using Hobbicolor
inks. I use Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 and have calibrated my monitor using
the Adobe gamma program.

 

[measekite]

I use the same paper and use Canon OEM ink because I to not want the
higher risk of clogging, want more fade resistant photos and want the
best quality I can get. The profile I use is the Canon Photo Paper Pro
file and I do use Photoshop using Print Preview. All of my prints are
edited.

There is no difference as far as color goes between Kirkland full sheet
paper and Canon Photo Paper Pro paper. If you are that fussy I would go
back to Canon ink that was designed for the printer instead of the
generic no name. I spoke to Hobbicolors and they refused to tell me
whose ink the resell.

 

[Taliesyn]

I use the same paper and use Canon OEM ink because I to not want the
higher risk of clogging, want more fade resistant photos and want the
best quality I can get. The profile I use is the Canon Photo Paper Pro
file and I do use Photoshop using Print Preview. All of my prints are
edited.

There is no difference as far as color goes between Kirkland full sheet
paper and Canon Photo Paper Pro paper. If you are that fussy I would go
back to Canon ink that was designed for the printer instead of the
generic no name. I spoke to Hobbicolors and they refused to tell me
whose ink the resell.

Me too! How rude by any store to do that!!! I was speaking to my
grocer and they refused to tell me whose peanut butter they were
reselling under their own name. They looked at me strangely and then I
told them Measekite wanted to know. Well, sure as hell I didn't!!!

-Taliesyn

 

[Paul Heslop]

Me too! How rude by any store to do that!!! I was speaking to my
grocer and they refused to tell me whose peanut butter they were
reselling under their own name. They looked at me strangely and then I
told them Measekite wanted to know. Well, sure as hell I didn't!!!

-Taliesyn

I think this particular post by the inktroll was the nearest to a
blatant advertisement I've seen, specially that first sentence. i can
almost picture him holding up the cart and smiling sickly sweet into
the camera.

 

[Roy G]

Can anyone point me to a good starting point for color calibration of my
ip4000. I typically print edited digital photographs on Kirkland
professional glossy inkjet photo paper and am currently using Hobbicolor
inks. I use Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 and have calibrated my monitor
using the Adobe gamma program.

Hi.

What you need is an ICC profile for your Printer / Kirkland Paper /
Hobbicolor Ink.

I presume you are in the USA, so contact Cathies Profiles, (Google for it),
and follow the instructions, which are very specific.

Once you have the profile remember it will be specific for that kind of
Paper and Ink only. Any changes and you will need to have another one
made.

Roy G

 

[Dan G]

Here's what I use with Office Depot Professional Glossy. The results are the
same with Canon ink or with Formulabs/Sentient inks.

Media type: Transparency
Print Quality: High
Color Adjustment:
Cyan - 7
Magenta - 1
Yellow - 3
Black - 0
Intensity - 4
Enable ICM - on

All of the (Effects) photo optimizer and vivid settings are off.

 

[measekite]

Me too! How rude by any store to do that!!! I was speaking to my
grocer and they refused to tell me whose peanut butter they were
reselling under their own name. They looked at me strangely and then I
told them Measekite wanted to know. Well, sure as hell I didn't!!!

-Taliesyn

If you ask your father whose your daddy will he tell you

 

[measekite]

I think this particular post by the inktroll was the nearest to a
blatant advertisement I've seen, specially that first sentence. i can
almost picture him holding

And what are you holding

 

[measekite]

Hi.

What you need is an ICC profile for your Printer / Kirkland Paper /
Hobbicolor Ink.

You are a joke. Call up Hobbicolors and tell them you want to know who
the formulator of the ink they are selling so you can develop a
profile. Tell them that you are using kirkland paper (just like me) and
you are not getting the results you should get (and because I use Canon
OEM ink I do get the appropriate results) with there no name ink. Now
do you want to take your inadequate results to the bank? Some children
who cannot afford ink will do just that.

I presume you are in the USA, so contact Cathies Profiles, (Google for it),
and follow the instructions, which are very specific.

Once you have the profile remember it will be specific for that kind of
Paper and Ink only.

But you do not know the kind of ink and you will never know when the
reabeler will get ink from a different source. :-D

 

[measekite]

But while OK Office Depot Professional Glossy is not as good or as good
a buy as Kirkland (Ilford) full sheet glossy.

 

[Roy G]

You are a joke. Call up Hobbicolors and tell them you want to know who
the formulator of the ink they are selling so you can develop a profile.
Tell them that you are using kirkland paper (just like me) and you are not
getting the results you should get (and because I use Canon OEM ink I do
get the appropriate results) with there no name ink. Now do you want to
take your inadequate results to the bank? Some children who cannot afford
ink will do just that.

But you do not know the kind of ink and you will never know when the
reabeler will get ink from a different source. :-D

Hi.

For your own personal information I do not use 3rd party ink in my Epson
Printer.

Please don't waste my time by advocating a Canon printer, because their CM
system can best be described as Quaint, and I suspect your knowledge of CM
is well short of the Guru category.

I used to use an Epson Canned Profile and while the results were pretty
good, they were not as good as I now get using the profile I produced for it
using a Hardware Profiler.

If the OP gets a Professionally produced Profile, and uses it correctly he
will get very accurate Colour.

Whether he would get better Colour using Canon Inks, is a decision for his
own judgement.

If the 3rd party changes the composition of the Ink, then he will need to
get another profile produced, and I would hope he would notice the
difference as soon as the change is made.

Roy G

 

[measekite]

Hi.

For your own personal information I do not use 3rd party ink in my Epson
Printer.

Please don't waste my time by advocating a Canon printer, because their CM
system can best be described as Quaint, and I suspect your knowledge of CM
is well short of the Guru category.

For most of the posters here, the Canon IP4300 is rated by ALL
professional reviewers as the best of the best. The Canon Pro 9000
(formally the Canon i9900) has also been rated as the best. It is also
known that the dye based printers do produce more vivid and somewhat
better results than pigment based printers but they do not last as long.

Soon Canon will release the Pro9500 so we will have to wait and see.

I have never read about anyone in this ng reporting on their Canon
IPF5000. This is a professionally aimed printer. Most hobbyists would
not spend $1500 for a printer and about $900 for ink. For a hobbyist
the ink should last about 2 years.

I used to use an Epson Canned Profile and while the results were pretty
good, they were not as good as I now get using the profile I produced for it
using a Hardware Profiler.

If the OP gets a Professionally produced Profile, and uses it correctly he
will get very accurate Colour.

Whether he would get better Colour using Canon Inks, is a decision for his
own judgement.

We all know those who are willing (and never admit it) to accept lower
quality (or who cannot tell the difference) to maybe (if they print a
lot and the printhead holds out) spend less money.

If the 3rd party changes the composition of the Ink, then he will need to
get another profile produced, and I would hope he would notice the
difference as soon as the change is made.

There goes the potential savings.