Canon IP4200 - too much red?

[mlowjl]

Hi, I have the IP4200 and it prints nice, bright, vivid prints but I've noticed it really overcompensates for magenta in my shots. Is it the printer, or the way the printer reads my images (from Nikon D80)? I prefer a cooler colour temp, and my camera white balance is set accordingly. But with my Canon printer, skin tones come out pink, pink tones come out red. The other colours are fine, nice and saturated, but the reds are just too much for me. This only happens in the prints. On screen (before processing), the colour balance is fine, to my eye anyway.

If you have the same printer, do you have this problem? Can I adjust the magenta in the images with the in-printer software? (I admit, I haven't tried) Does it work or does it screw up the rest of the colours?

[rOnGrEn]

Originally Posted by mlowjl Hi, I have the IP4200 and it prints nice, bright, vivid prints but I've noticed it really overcompensates for magenta in my shots. Is it the printer, or the way the printer reads my images (from Nikon D80)? I prefer a cooler colour temp, and my camera white balance is set accordingly. But with my Canon printer, skin tones come out pink, pink tones come out red. The other colours are fine, nice and saturated, but the reds are just too much for me. This only happens in the prints. On screen (before processing), the colour balance is fine, to my eye anyway. If you have the same printer, do you have this problem? Can I adjust the magenta in the images with the in-printer software? (I admit, I haven't tried) Does it work or does it screw up the rest of the colours?

If your monitor calibrated in the first place? Not saying that is the cause.. but a possibility or maybe a contributing factor? What you see on the monitor (and you thought to be the right look during processing) might not be the "correct colour" afterall? I thought my monitor looks fine uncalibrated.. but after calibration everything appears more red..

[allsmilez]

Originally Posted by mlowjl Hi, I have the IP4200 and it prints nice, bright, vivid prints but I've noticed it really overcompensates for magenta in my shots. Is it the printer, or the way the printer reads my images (from Nikon D80)? I prefer a cooler colour temp, and my camera white balance is set accordingly. But with my Canon printer, skin tones come out pink, pink tones come out red. The other colours are fine, nice and saturated, but the reds are just too much for me. This only happens in the prints. On screen (before processing), the colour balance is fine, to my eye anyway. If you have the same printer, do you have this problem? Can I adjust the magenta in the images with the in-printer software? (I admit, I haven't tried) Does it work or does it screw up the rest of the colours?

I have an ip4300 and i also noticed a similar problem. But i just tweaked around with the printer driver settings to compensate less magenta and its ok. same for brightness i found my prints a bit too dark compared to what i see on screen. i also noticed that printed colours a bit more vivid than what i see on screen.

i don't print often enough to warrant buying a calibrator. for printing i basically tweak my driver setting and it works well. give it a try? waste about 5-10 papers but its worth it.

[stevepow]

Thanks for the info on adjusting the driver' setting
Encounter the same problem with my IP4200 and use to create a separate folder just with adjusted photos just for printing.

[mlowjl]

Originally Posted by allsmilez I have an ip4300 and i also noticed a similar problem. But i just tweaked around with the printer driver settings to compensate less magenta and its ok. same for brightness i found my prints a bit too dark compared to what i see on screen. i also noticed that printed colours a bit more vivid than what i see on screen. i don't print often enough to warrant buying a calibrator. for printing i basically tweak my driver setting and it works well. give it a try? waste about 5-10 papers but its worth it.

Thanks for the advice! I'll give it a go. Ya I've also noticed that the colours are almost over-vivid, but that could be my monitor calibration (thanks for the heads-up, rongren!).

The other thing I've noticed is this weird fuzziness around very dark/deep colours in high-contrast areas, like hair. Dammit. How come I didn't spot these in those beautiful sample shots in the store eh?