Hell yeah, printing like a champ now! Was banging my head and wasting lots of ink. Prints look amazing, you saved me lots of $ on inks. Thank you! Subscribed!
I wish I had found this video earlier. I wasted a lot of time and ink, too, trying to get color that looked anything like what I saw on my Mac. This did the trick and the color is now spot on. Thanks, man!
So glad it helped! I feel your pain! If you have any luck getting the borders accurate let me know:) Its funny I just applied this to printing on my small office printer and it fixed the problem there too!
I have a solution!! I just got off the phone with Canon. They acknowledged its a double profile issue. The solution is to re add your Pro-100 using AirPrint, removing canons driver from the mix. You can then use Lightroom or Photoshop to manage the colors in conjunction with a specific ICC profile and the colors are spot on! I will make another video soon!
YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!!! I've struggled with this issue ever since I got my Pixma Pro 100, and NEVER gotten it right...until following this video! I've changed so many settings willy-nilly I can't believe I'd never fallen onto this setting even by accident, but I didn't! I've wasted COUNTLESS ink cartridges and expensive sheets of photo paper. NEVERMORE!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
Wow, thank you Jarred!! Finally my printing problems have been resolved. I've wasted hours researching and wasted money on paper and ink and now I'm getting the results I expect. Thank you so much!!
This helped so much thank you. I was on the phone today with Canon support for over 90 minutes and they couldn't fix the problem at all. Looks like your fix got my Pro 200 almost perfect first time .
Thank you! I figured out how to use the right paper profile but printer manages color was the key. I just boost the white in levels a touch and now my pixma 100 prints 13x19 photos that look exactly like the photos on my iphone screen. Skin tones are PERFECT!!
thank you for all your help, as normal just one item that is a problem like switching a light bulb, now ing to try my image, will let you know if it turns out right
Oh man. I've been working on this issue for two weeks, but with the Pixima PRO 200. I thought surely my monitor calibration was off and I tried everything under the sun to make print and monitor color even remotely close. I watched something like 15 videos and read several articles on the subject. Nearly all suggested having the profile managed by Adobe using brand paper profiles. Your guidance here along with soft proofing now gives me absolutely spot on color and brightness. I can't thank you enough. I sure wish Apple, Canon, and Adobe would take note and provide unified and practical instruction like yours from the start, instead of sending us all spiraling down an expensive and aggravating color k-hole.
In the layout menu when you are using the icc profile I believe colorsync and canon color matching are correct as they appear. They are both deactivated when using an icc profile and letting the app (Lightroom) manage color. Are you selecting the proper media type before printing? In the drop down layout menu in addition to selecting color matching you also have to select quality and media setting. The appropriate media setting is given by the paper manufacturer. For RR ultrapro satin you should select semigloss. Another possible cause for the difference in the prints that you show could be because the icc profile provided by Red River is based on the OEM inks not precision color inks. The precision color website has profiles created using their inks and most likely will be more accurate.
So I tried this and its pretty much the same as I used to do it. I printed the same image my new way and this way, and the print using the icc profile looks completely different. Reds are orange. Did the same thing with OEM inks.
OK so I just went through 4 prints all looking like absolute muddy garbage and then I found this video. Turned colorsync off and now my prints look so good! Why oh why is these setting even a thing?! Might as well call colorsync the 'make your prints look like trash" button lol. Thank you so much though, you just saved me a lot of paper!
Thats awesome! Glad to help! You should check out my later fix, it shows you how to get the right colors with the proper media profiles to make them even more accurate!
the way you wer doing it in the bigining is cald doble profiling you ave to go in driver seting and turn all color seting or put the to managed by aplication also you need to instal canon print studio pro plugin for light then print tru that and specyphy the icc ther and then the color will mach perfectly
I just started printing with a Pro300. The Canon Professional Print & Layout app and driver has bugs with Mac Sonoma. I use Photoshop not LR and the Canon app has issues. Using the PP&L app standalone with airprint driver and Canon ICC for glossy and luster paper gives very good color and B&W prints with old Hp paper from a drawer and new Canon Luster from the printer sample. I have not printed from Adobe or straight through the Apple driver yet, but do not expect any issues. You may want to update the firmware in P100 along with OS and drivers, I suspect the color issue and airprint wireless have been fixed.
Got my pro - 100 with paper and full set of inks, brand new for $80 in Phoenix. That is cheaper than a set of ink alone. Just really hard to throw away the printer each time you replace the inks!!
I really have no idea but this should be the proper way to connect any high end canon printer. I havent heard of this specific thing happening with the Pro-10.
You are the man. I had given up on printing color prints on this printer. I print mostly black and white and even those were hard to get to not have a green cast to them (tons of experimenting with the color adjustments). This printer has been a huge nightmare. Hopefully this will solve my issue. Thanks!
THanks! Ive actually made some progress in the battle. Ive had it working for a few days using the proper profile. They key for me is using Canon IJ for the connection, NOT bonjour or AirPrint. Macs by default were connecting it via the other ones. Hope this works for you. I'll do another video soon.
Yep I had the same problem on Windows. What you were doing was called double-profiling. Lightroom was pushing to the printer what it thought the color should have been while the driver was doing the same via color matching, giving crazy results. Until you said to let the driver run the whole show and Lightroom send no profile info to the printer.
Yeah I know all about double profiling. Fortunately I figured out a way to fix it and still use paper profiles (another video). Good to know it happens on windows too.
I've not had any issues printing to the Pro 100 from Lightroom. The color matches very well. I use the ICC profile for the paper I choose in the print module and the appropriate settings recommended by the manufacturer. My main problem is always getting proper contrast and brightness to the paper with my profiled monitor and luminance at 80 cd/m2. It always seems to take a couple prints to get it dialed even when I soft proof. I guess that will improve over time as I get used to using a paper. I use Canon ink.
Thanks for the info. I’ve discovered the problem seems to be that macs default connect the printer via bonjour or AirPrint and for me it has to be connected via canon IJ. Have you tried photoshop? Lightroom always gives me brightness and contrast issues as well but photoshop prints spot on.
@@phototocanvaspdx I have not tried photoshop to print yet. I forgot to mention my printer is wired to my mac. When I first set it up my wifi network was too slow and unreliable so I cabled it and haven't gone wireless even though my network is good now. I'll give photoshop a try, thanks.
I love, love, LOVE you right now. I have been trying to print various ways with ICC profiles for a year. I have wasted SO much ink and stupid-expensive paper (I’m bleeding out for Hahnemuhle because I made a good print one time…hahaha). Now I’m ashamed since the solution was so simple. I’ll get over the shame. My print just came out perfect.
The problem that I have with my printer in addition to the horrible color is that the printer constantly reverts to being offline. I just saw your video regarding the color problem and can’t wait to try it tomorrow but my printer is always offline. Any suggestions?
Thank you for this video, I do have two printers one is an air printer meaning I can print remotely, the other I have to have an attachment from my MacBook Pro to the Canon 100. How do I get the Canon printer that is not an air printer to print remotely? Hope this makes sense
Sorry about the delayed response! If I'm understanding correctly, you need to install the Canon network tool. This is what you use to develop Canons connection. If you can't find it ill look for a link.
Jarred Decker Photography thank you so much. I did get it going. Now working on getting the color to print better on my photography. Thanks so much again
Hi Good morning, I wonder if you can help me with a problem i have,I have the same printer but for som reason the ink carriage will not come to the middle for me to change the inks i have tried everything that i know, Thanks.
I am printing with the Canon Pro 100 and was wondering if you can use 48 pound paper, 13 by 19 inch sheets. Canon recommends the minimum weight at 53 pounds. Have you any experience with these lighter papers.1
Thank you for this video. I've been using the Pixma Pro 100 for 5 years with a MacBook, printing on RR Polar Matte and the color situation has been INCREDIBLY frustrating. I found this video while looking for answers on how to get bold colors while printing on 28lb premium bright white - hoping these adjustments will help :)
Make sure you check out my more recent videos. I have one that shows its the way you install the printer that seems to make the real difference. The other fix allows you to use the correct paper profiles.
I have 3 icc profiles that I can use to print to the Canon Pro 100 using Costco glossy paper(Kirkland) from my MacBook Pro. PC42G_Opt_KirklandProfessional Glossy_OP. , additionally I increase brightness to 50% PC25X_6_KirklandProfessionalGlossy_PPPGII_d…. , additionally I increase brightness to 50% CanonProo 100 -Kirkland GI.icc , additionally I increase brightness to 50% they all are pretty accurate to what is on my screen with accurate color. I used the method above without changing exposure or brightness and it came out dark. The colors on all prints where fairly accurate. icc profiles must match the paper stock you are using. I had to do a lot of digging to find them for my paper. Make sure in print menu (Quality & Media) (Media Type) that you choose paper types that reflect the paper you are using. For Kirkland paper I use "Photo Paper Plus Glossy IIa" it seems to work well for me.
Thats awesome! For some reason, even though I use the proper profiles, all my reds come out orange. If I let the printer manage colors, they come out accurate!
My printer settings does not having color matching as an option in the dropdown menu, only media & quality, layout, paper handling, cover page, and water mark. How do I add the color matching option?
@@phototocanvaspdx Yes, a Mac. I just searched, downloaded, and reinstalled what I thought was the correct driver but it still doesn’t show up. Any tips?
@@readerreader6703 when you install the printer you have to make sure you have right driver selected I’m sure that’s where the problem is. Unfortunately I can’t send you a screenshot until tomorrow
Thank you for this helpful tutorial Jarred! Is there any way you can make one using Photoshop CC? That would be super helpful as well as I do not use Lightroom to print, and maybe others as well. Thank you!
Hey there! At some point I can do this tutorial. But for colors with photoshop I just select the paper profile in the print settings and they come out very accurate.
@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks for replying :) Yeah I am. It's the dialogue box that comes up for you at 5:06. It doesn't have that same dropdown box with the colour matching option for me on Windows. Cheers
@@Gazzhands So have never used Lightroom in Windows, I have never actually printed anything in Windows. But as far as I know, the setting in Lightroom should work for both. Its at 4:24. Instead of a profile select "printer manages colors". Keep in mind this is not really a proper fix. To get colors totally accurate, the printer should be using profiles matching your media. I posted another video where I discovered that the way you setup your printer plays a major role in the colors and the double profiling issue. I'm not sure how to go about it in windows, but on a Mac using the Canon IJ connection method made it so I can print with profiles and my colors are accurate.
@@phototocanvaspdx I use about 60% brightness. But I just took my image to a store and got it printed and it came out perfect. But my printer prints too bright consistently.
This video does not address low res images. If you are printing with Lightroom, the only aspect of this process that would affect that is the ppi setting in the print dialog. Aside from the image being low res to begin with of course.
Oh this is a tough one. It will be the subject of my next video. Basically the short answer is that this printer requires a specific (and very large) margin when printing with fine art paper. It sucks as I have piles of scrap of really nice fine art paper that I would love to use in it. The margins are required as the paper can curl and catch the print head. There are certain preset fine art paper settings in the driver, but they are very limited. Ill get more info as soon as I can.
Hi, my canon ix650 is doing very strange stuff. I'm using photoshop, have tried the colour syncing in the settings that you suggested and set the printer to manage the colours- my prints are coming out mainly white with red outlines instead of full colour. Have spent several hours on this and nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?
Try exporting from photoshop and printing from another program. I’ve recently discovered the pro-100 issues are a problem with Adobe. Please report back!
@@phototocanvaspdx hi, sorry for the delayed reply. I tried printing from other software, didn't work. My printer is completely broken now since fiddling with the settings, it was inaccurate before but now its miles off (can't even print basic black font now). I need to get it back to a workable state, any advice?
Is it recommended to print from Lightroom to get the best photos? What I mean is, if I just print from photos (for example) it won’t work out nearly as well right? Or, is there another way other then Lightroom to get a well done job, that you may know of?
I don't use the Photos app, so I really don't know. I use Lightroom to print for convenience, but am growing increasingly frustrated. For example getting the borders I create to print correctly is almost impossible. I am actually going to explore printing via photoshop. This video is only recommending color settings.
On a PC you should still be able to let the printer control colors, not photoshop. In other videos I discuss a better fix allowing you to use your profiles but you may have the same issue with not understanding on a PC. Sorry I can barely even turn a windows machine on!
Interesting I haven’t heard of that issue. I would check out my other videos, reset your printer system and reinstall the printer the proper way (not Bonjour) and try again.
@@phototocanvaspdx Great thanks will try that now. The latest update i have installed on my mac is Monterey. When installing the driver, does this really matter? Because i don't see the respective update in the dropdown arrow on the Canon website. Thanks for the help
@@jaiel.p I wish I could answer that. Because I print for customers I usually dont update my OS until it’s officially supported by Canon. I have a new MBP coming soon so I will be able to answer in a couple weeks. I would guess it won’t matter but can’t say for sure.
$100 for this? Ugh how did I miss out? The lowest price for new (in stock) is $429 at BestBuy right now. Are there any models between $100-429 you'd recommend? The PP-100 is highly regarded so I'd like to stay in that realm for printing.
I am trying to print on 11x14 photo paper, but that format is not one of the options available. Even called Canon Technical Support, but they said it is a .Mac (Photos) problem. Help!
Hi Jarred. Great help this video with my new canon 100s printer, but having problems after setting a custom size, using bespoke, cut to size, art paper. following all your other tips for colour & paper, but it just won’t print, telling me to change media settings to match paper size to ‘art paper with margins’. There is no option for this. I have tried all the art papers highlighted & none work. Stuck now!!! Can anyone help?
Ah man this is a tough one. I own a printing company and use a lot of Moab fine art paper. I had hoped to use falloff scraps for small prints with the pro-100. But fine art paper requires a 30mm margin. On top of that last week I tried over sizing my sheets but it still would not work. It said I have to use the preinstalled fine art sizes which I don’t want to do. So I haven’t tried those. I wish I had a workaround. I’ve tried using the Canon Matte Paper profile but the colors are off. Please check back if you find a solution!
@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks for the quick reply! I could only get it to print using the photo matte lustre profile & yes, the colours are not great! Will try and persevere! (Got some art prints to send out ASAP so feeling the pressure!)
Hi Jarred, Tried a lot of different profiles & only seem to be able to choose ‘photo paper matte’ which it clearly isn’t & still getting very bad colour on my art painting prints (photos not as bad), tried changing colour preferences (such as ‘Adobe RGB’ etc) & again not much difference. If I bought some inkjet art paper (such as Bockingford A3 paper I’ve seen) do I need to download a profile for the paper, or I may be in the same situation? It doesn’t show many paper options.??? Would be a great help if you had a suggestion. Thanks
@@philbowermodenough5099 as far as I know any art paper needs to have the large margins to use the correct profile. 30mm. I’ve only tried one art paper on the canon pro100 and even with large margins it won’t work with its unless setting the printer to photo paper matte, which indeed give off colors.
I don't take enough shots to make it worth paying Adobe monthly. Would you be able to give me some tips for Photoshop Elements? Or I can search for another video. Thanks.
@@phototocanvaspdx I'm still experimenting and so far I got better results with letting Photoshop Elements manage colour which sets it to 'Colour Sync' (oops, I guess it uses US spelling but I'm too old and British to change that). Now I watch your video again and see that you suggest the opposite. Well, I just bought more 4x6 Canon glossy to burn through while I try to figure this out - which I hope I'll do before I run out of ink! I thought about using a hardware calibrator but, at least on Amazon, the ones that are most recommended have too many negative reviews for me to risk my time and money on. Overall, even though the Canon Pro 100 has produced great photos for me, I'm still adjusting by eye and I think I'm going to have to settle for 'good enough' or I'll start to lose my mind!
@@jennaralissima I have several videos showing several options. Letting your printer manage the color will get it close. Letting color sync do it is the proper method but it is dependent on how you connect the printer (depends on Mac vs pc) and on the icc profiles you have installed, as well as what media you are using. The pro-100 has serious driver issues. I will not even use it anymore as nothing is ever consistent. If you reinstall the printer every time it should work. Honestly I would try letting the printer manage the colors and see if its close enough. This way tends to mean you don't need to deal with much.
@@phototocanvaspdx Thank you for your response. I have a Macbook air, I installed the printer as IJ, and print wirelessly. I will try it both ways again and see what happens. My main point of reference right now is a picture of a red maple tree in the fall (from a Nikon D3500 set to sRGB) and I got a better red letting Elements mange the colour.... but I'm willing to experiment some more to be sure what works best and just take what I can get. I only print for myself and family so perfection isn't required - but it is what I prefer :) which is maybe more than half the problem!
3 months ago...i brought canon pro 100...dealing with the same problem...done everything ( monitor calibration, reinstall lightroom and photoshop, reinstall window, called canon customer care) nothing happens. So, finally using without icc profile with color management handled - by printer (inlightroom and photoshop)....print approx but not same color ( bit vibrant ) But far better than when i use icc profile (in lightroom) / photoshop manage color (in photoshop).
I only have the Managed by printer option, so that doesn't really help and when I print, the colors are completely different than what I see on the Mac
That generally means you aren't actually using the correct driver. Make sure you have the current version installed. I did another video with the proper fix which explains that the problems are based on how you connect your printer. This is where you pick the driver. Check that video out it should help.
@@phototocanvaspdx I download & installed the most current driver for my Canon Pixma Pro and I still do not see that color matching drop down menu when I click the printer button on my Lightroo.
Using a pc it’s hard for me to know the problem, but on a Mac when you click that print button in Lightroom it opens your print driver. I’m pretty sure it’s the same on a pc. If there is a selection missing it’s a driver issue. The most common thing I see with that is the connection mode of the printer, and making sure it’s using the canon driver not the OS generic one. An easy solution on a Mac is to delete the printer, and reinstall it with the new driver now in your computer. During the installation you should have a way to make sure you are using Canon IJ to connect to the printer.
@@Thisnotmysandwich yeah I don’t trust the longevity. I own a giclee printing company. I’ve read too many reviews of third party inks fading very quickly.
@@phototocanvaspdx I believe the canon 1000 is an intro level giclee printer but the replacement cartridges are $800ish. I’m just doing art prints... Maybe one day.
This worked great for the first print, but when printing more of the same print using the same settings after, the colors started looking 100% wrong again :(
@@phototocanvaspdx Yes! Actually, I did! With the help from your 'Proper fix for the canon pro 100' video! I meant to actually reach out and thank you. After two years of trying with this printer, Ive gotten it to work because of you :)
Hi I'm having this issue. I want to sell my digital art and it's hard to get the same colors on paper as it looks on the screen. I watched your video, and the print you have is still way different than what it looks like on your screen. The orange hues get lost. If people are buying your prints do they ever comment that it looks different than what they saw on website?
I think you need to factor in that the videos may look completely different. I’m still new at video and always experiment with colors. I’ve been selling prints for 5 years (though I didn’t print them all) and now print full time for a living. I’ve yet to have one complaint about colors. Everything I do is calibrated.
The photo you are comparing it to is a scan on a ten year old $80 scanner so I wouldn’t expect those to look the same. The scan was just to compare the drastic difference in the two.
Thanks for the reply! Is there a way to see the photo with a picture taken from like your phone or something? I can tell better from phone photos, and i know some color and saturation gets lost but I know I'd be able to tell. A lot of people seemed to have gotten better results after this video so I want see if it's just my printer. Ironically mine has been on Canon printer profile the whole time so like what is it then lol
I don’t have a copy of the print to take a photo of. Something you might try which started working for me yesterday as long as you’re printing from Lightroom is make sure your pro 100 is connected to the a IJ Canon setting not Bonjour and not air print. Doing that my pro 100 started letting me use proper ICC profiles
I just wanted to let you know I have fixed the problem and it has been working for a few days with no issues. When setting up the printer you have to use the Canon IJ connection. Bonjour or AirPrint causes problems.
Thank you for these tips. I have downloaded ICC profiles for Canson papers, but do not see any of my Canon ICC profiles for the various papers that I purchased in a sample box. Does the Canon software recognize the Canon paper profiles automatically? I cannot find the Canon ICC profiles on their website. Thanks for your reply.
The only thing I can think of is that you are selecting the wrong printer. I mention in the video that you can connect via Canon software or Apple software. If you have both setup, one of the printers has different options. So when you select your printer if you have two to choose from try the other one.
@@phototocanvaspdx Does this only apply to the printer you have? I have a Cannon Pixma TS6220. Because I do have 2 printer options but both are AirPrint.
@@tallgirlswagg Sorry for the late response. This is the only printer that has the issue and I own 5 canon printers. Canon actually just told me to use AirPrint. If you use canons drivers it double profiles. So keep using AirPrint and the colors should be good with Lightroom and Photoshop handling them!
As usual, the manufacturers make all their money on the ink, so they give the printers away. For a $50 ink cartridge, it costs them literally under $3.00! Great tutorial. Thank you!
I keep hearing about how these printers are only $100. But when you look them up online on eBay and Amazon there closer to $1,000! The cheapest that I've seen used is $350. Would that be a waste of money to spend that much on this printer?
Canon did promos for years practicall giving these away, and many people didn’t want them so they were selling them for really cheap. Craigslist was the best source. I wouldn’t spend $1000 on one. I haven’t priced their other printers aside from large format roll printers so it’s hard for me to say what the best deal is for that price range.
I'm guessing that the pro 100 software is very different for mac than a pc. In Lightroom Print module, goe to file & scroll down to page setup. Choose the printer if yo have more than 1 , other wise the Canon Pro 100 will be showing in the printer box. Click on properties in the upper right, click on photo printing, scroll down to additional features &, click on color intensity/manual adjustment. Another window pops up & in the top left corner click on matching, then click on none. This lets Lightroom & the lightroom softproofing & print dialog control printing. I watched this because I will be switching from a windows to all Apple products. Thanks for putting up the vid. Please let me know if this works on a mac. Happy shooting!
I began to watch this and realized you are not using Print Studio Pro, Canon's app for printing from the Pixma Pro 100. If you load the paper profiles, printing is not that difficult.
Frustrating, still. One, I don't have a bunch of profiles coming up that list the paper type at all. From your video, it sounds like a given, but I don't have anything like that. I've searched the web looking for "profiles Canon paper," and I get a bunch of stuff about folders and aliases and libraries and God, who needs it? All I get when I click the Printer... button and then get the printer dropdown are Media & Quality, Layout, Paper Handling, Cover Page, Watermark-nothing at all for ColorMatching or ColorSync. I can't imagine that all of this has changed since January. Do you have any idea what's going on? And why "easy" Macs are suddenly so complicated? Why doesn't stuff just ... work anymore?
Nothing has changed. It doesn't sound like you actually installed the pro-100 driver. Don't be mad at your Mac. Once you click "print" you are in the print driver. But if you haven't installed one it will just use a generic one which has far fewer options. You can get it from Canons website. Try that and report back. Also as far as AirPrint and bonjour, you don't want to use either. If you click bonjour it will likely install using the AirPrint driver, which you will see on one of the next steps. When you are downloading the printer driver you also download the tools software which will include the Canon IJ installer.
My don't be mad at your Mac comment was because after hitting the "print" button you are essentially in another companies software. It still uses Mac OS but its the driver. I have 5 Canon printers. Those drop down menus are different depending on what printer I select when I am printing. Make sense?
One more thing...If you did install the driver, you aren't using it. When you add a printer it will ask you what driver you want to use. This is where you can select AirPrint which will reduce your options. You need to make sure you select the pro-100 driver at this stage of the setup.
@@phototocanvaspdx Saw your followup video. And gee! When I went into Photoshop instead, that's where all of my profiles were, etc. And my photos now print great. Obviously not your fault, and I guess that's why printing used to be a union job: It's hard. Anyway, if you could merge the two videos somehow, that'd be helpful. Then again, everyone else seemed to get a lot out of both the way they were. Anyway, thank you!
Do they really? I was planning to buy a set of inks for my pro-100 but from Octoink.co.uk which is probably the same product. So you're saying that it's not the best ink?
@@rsorez329 if you put print under UV glass probably ok but I have seen prints laid out on table fade in 30 days. I use canon ink will never use third party again, I sell prints, I can’t sell junk like precision color
I print for a living and use Lightroom and Photoshop every day. The problem with this printer is it’s driver. But that’s great that you have found other software that helps you!
@@phototocanvaspdx DUDE!! I am so close to pulling the trigger on one of those! Especially since at this moment I can't get the purple out of my pixma 100 no matter what i try!
This video makes no mention about seriousness of printing. It’s a great printer for hobbyists who want decent color prints larger than 8.5x11. I am quite serious about printing as I own a printing company, and use pigment based inks for clients. But again that’s not what this is about. Thanks for your input.
In my opinion the colour management by printer should be disabled. ICC profile must be installed for the paper you are using and select it before printing.
@@1977Lazlo but there is issues with this printer. Even with the proper occ profile installed for many users itt double profiles. Its well documented. I posted another video after this one where I seemed to get mine sorted out, but letting the printer do the management is the only thing that allows all these people commenting to get decent prints from this printer.
July 2024 and this advice is still so relevant and so good - old, 2nd hand Pro-100 printing perfectly, thank you for sharing!
Hell yeah, printing like a champ now! Was banging my head and wasting lots of ink. Prints look amazing, you saved me lots of $ on inks. Thank you! Subscribed!
I wish I had found this video earlier. I wasted a lot of time and ink, too, trying to get color that looked anything like what I saw on my Mac. This did the trick and the color is now spot on. Thanks, man!
So glad it helped! I feel your pain! If you have any luck getting the borders accurate let me know:) Its funny I just applied this to printing on my small office printer and it fixed the problem there too!
I have a solution!! I just got off the phone with Canon. They acknowledged its a double profile issue. The solution is to re add your Pro-100 using AirPrint, removing canons driver from the mix. You can then use Lightroom or Photoshop to manage the colors in conjunction with a specific ICC profile and the colors are spot on! I will make another video soon!
YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!!! I've struggled with this issue ever since I got my Pixma Pro 100, and NEVER gotten it right...until following this video! I've changed so many settings willy-nilly I can't believe I'd never fallen onto this setting even by accident, but I didn't! I've wasted COUNTLESS ink cartridges and expensive sheets of photo paper. NEVERMORE!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
Happy to help:) I have another video showing another fix where you can still use the proper paper profiles.
Wow, thank you Jarred!! Finally my printing problems have been resolved. I've wasted hours researching and wasted money on paper and ink and now I'm getting the results I expect. Thank you so much!!
Glad to help! Check out my newer video if you want to be able to use paper profiles!
@@phototocanvaspdx i certainly will! 🙏
Great video! I will try this setting with mine. Thank you!
Super useful tips, thank you so much!
Yeah! I have updated videos too. Avoid printing with adobe software!
This helped so much thank you. I was on the phone today with Canon support for over 90 minutes and they couldn't fix the problem at all. Looks like your fix got my Pro 200 almost perfect first time .
Thank you! I figured out how to use the right paper profile but printer manages color was the key. I just boost the white in levels a touch and now my pixma 100 prints 13x19 photos that look exactly like the photos on my iphone screen. Skin tones are PERFECT!!
thank you for all your help, as normal just one item that is a problem like switching a light bulb, now ing to try my image, will let you know if it turns out right
Thanks to your video, I've started using my printer after 2 years of being frustrated with the results. Have just subbed, keep up the great work :)
So glad its been helpful!
Oh man. I've been working on this issue for two weeks, but with the Pixima PRO 200. I thought surely my monitor calibration was off and I tried everything under the sun to make print and monitor color even remotely close. I watched something like 15 videos and read several articles on the subject. Nearly all suggested having the profile managed by Adobe using brand paper profiles. Your guidance here along with soft proofing now gives me absolutely spot on color and brightness. I can't thank you enough. I sure wish Apple, Canon, and Adobe would take note and provide unified and practical instruction like yours from the start, instead of sending us all spiraling down an expensive and aggravating color k-hole.
So happy to help! I have another video showing how to get good results with the proper profiles, but hey if it’s working carry on!
In the layout menu when you are using the icc profile I believe colorsync and canon color matching are correct as they appear. They are both deactivated when using an icc profile and letting the app (Lightroom) manage color. Are you selecting the proper media type before printing? In the drop down layout menu in addition to selecting color matching you also have to select quality and media setting. The appropriate media setting is given by the paper manufacturer. For RR ultrapro satin you should select semigloss. Another possible cause for the difference in the prints that you show could be because the icc profile provided by Red River is based on the OEM inks not precision color inks. The precision color website has profiles created using their inks and most likely will be more accurate.
rz3733 Smith thank you so much I’ll give it a try!
So I tried this and its pretty much the same as I used to do it. I printed the same image my new way and this way, and the print using the icc profile looks completely different. Reds are orange. Did the same thing with OEM inks.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Jarred. That was a big help!
just Got my printer today :] thank you so very much !!!! my prints looks much better.
I’ve had this annoying problem for awhile, such a simple fix. Thank you!
Getting rid of the AirPrint solved my color issues. Thanks!
OK so I just went through 4 prints all looking like absolute muddy garbage and then I found this video. Turned colorsync off and now my prints look so good! Why oh why is these setting even a thing?! Might as well call colorsync the 'make your prints look like trash" button lol. Thank you so much though, you just saved me a lot of paper!
Glad to help! FYI there is a way to use ColorSync and proper paper profiles. I made another video about it.
@@phototocanvaspdx I’ll definitely check it out. My main problem always lies when using non-Canon papers and have to choose similar profiles
@@gregnowachek definitely do I never use canon papers and use ColorSync.
You’re such a life saver! I’ve wasted so much ink and paper trying to fix that stupid orange overcast on all my prints. My prints are perfect now!!
Thats awesome! Glad to help! You should check out my later fix, it shows you how to get the right colors with the proper media profiles to make them even more accurate!
the way you wer doing it in the bigining is cald doble profiling you ave to go in driver seting and turn all color seting or put the to managed by aplication also you need to instal canon print studio pro plugin for light then print tru that and specyphy the icc ther and then the color will mach perfectly
I just started printing with a Pro300. The Canon Professional Print & Layout app and driver has bugs with Mac Sonoma. I use Photoshop not LR and the Canon app has issues. Using the PP&L app standalone with airprint driver and Canon ICC for glossy and luster paper gives very good color and B&W prints with old Hp paper from a drawer and new Canon Luster from the printer sample. I have not printed from Adobe or straight through the Apple driver yet, but do not expect any issues. You may want to update the firmware in P100 along with OS and drivers, I suspect the color issue and airprint wireless have been fixed.
Got my pro - 100 with paper and full set of inks, brand new for $80 in Phoenix. That is cheaper than a set of ink alone. Just really hard to throw away the printer each time you replace the inks!!
I found a pro 100 in a back alley covered in trash yesterday and it works like a dream. Just had to change a couple cartridges!
Thank you! Thank you for this video! You are a lifesaver!
Is there a pc version of this?
Great tutorial, Jarred. Would your discussion for the Pro-100 be applicable to my Pro-10?
I really have no idea but this should be the proper way to connect any high end canon printer. I havent heard of this specific thing happening with the Pro-10.
Will you be doing a Part 2 to this video on printer set-up?
I will. Is there a certain aspect of the process you are wondering about?
Holy cow! thank you so much for this!
You are the man. I had given up on printing color prints on this printer. I print mostly black and white and even those were hard to get to not have a green cast to them (tons of experimenting with the color adjustments). This printer has been a huge nightmare. Hopefully this will solve my issue. Thanks!
Chris Ray glad to help! I’ve done another video since that was a better fix for me allowing me to use my paper profiles!
Thank you so much
OMG this was super helpful. Thanks so much!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Hi! Nice video! May can I ask if this printer can be used to transfer photo for printing on clothes ? Thank you!
Great tutorial Thanks
THanks! Ive actually made some progress in the battle. Ive had it working for a few days using the proper profile. They key for me is using Canon IJ for the connection, NOT bonjour or AirPrint. Macs by default were connecting it via the other ones. Hope this works for you. I'll do another video soon.
Will give this a try, thanks . Will get back to you.
This isn’t a proper fix but helps. I posted another video which properly fixed the problem.
Yep I had the same problem on Windows. What you were doing was called double-profiling. Lightroom was pushing to the printer what it thought the color should have been while the driver was doing the same via color matching, giving crazy results. Until you said to let the driver run the whole show and Lightroom send no profile info to the printer.
Yeah I know all about double profiling. Fortunately I figured out a way to fix it and still use paper profiles (another video). Good to know it happens on windows too.
I've not had any issues printing to the Pro 100 from Lightroom. The color matches very well. I use the ICC profile for the paper I choose in the print module and the appropriate settings recommended by the manufacturer. My main problem is always getting proper contrast and brightness to the paper with my profiled monitor and luminance at 80 cd/m2. It always seems to take a couple prints to get it dialed even when I soft proof. I guess that will improve over time as I get used to using a paper. I use Canon ink.
Thanks for the info. I’ve discovered the problem seems to be that macs default connect the printer via bonjour or AirPrint and for me it has to be connected via canon IJ. Have you tried photoshop? Lightroom always gives me brightness and contrast issues as well but photoshop prints spot on.
@@phototocanvaspdx I have not tried photoshop to print yet. I forgot to mention my printer is wired to my mac. When I first set it up my wifi network was too slow and unreliable so I cabled it and haven't gone wireless even though my network is good now. I'll give photoshop a try, thanks.
Nice video. What other options do you select in the printer window ?
I love, love, LOVE you right now. I have been trying to print various ways with ICC profiles for a year. I have wasted SO much ink and stupid-expensive paper (I’m bleeding out for Hahnemuhle because I made a good print one time…hahaha). Now I’m ashamed since the solution was so simple. I’ll get over the shame. My print just came out perfect.
Thanks so much glad to help! I have a more recent video that shows you how to fix it and still use your icc profiles!
saved me big time here, thank yo very much
My pleasure! If you have any pro-100 questions let me know! I enjoy making the videos!
The problem that I have with my printer in addition to the horrible color is that the printer constantly reverts to being offline. I just saw your video regarding the color problem and can’t wait to try it tomorrow but my printer is always offline. Any suggestions?
The first thing that comes to mind would be 2.4ghz vs 5ghz network. I believe the printer needs 2.4
Thank you for this video, I do have two printers one is an air printer meaning I can print remotely, the other I have to have an attachment from my MacBook Pro to the Canon 100. How do I get the Canon printer that is not an air printer to print remotely? Hope this makes sense
Sorry about the delayed response! If I'm understanding correctly, you need to install the Canon network tool. This is what you use to develop Canons connection. If you can't find it ill look for a link.
Jarred Decker Photography thank you so much. I did get it going. Now working on getting the color to print better on my photography. Thanks so much again
This was great! Thanks!
thank you !
Hey thanks man! this was super helpful! I have a pro 10 and the colors have always been a pain to handle. lol
Hi
Good morning, I wonder if you can help me with a problem i have,I have the same printer but for som reason the ink carriage will not come to the middle for me to change the inks i have tried everything that i know,
Thanks.
I am printing with the Canon Pro 100 and was wondering if you can use 48 pound paper, 13 by 19 inch sheets. Canon recommends the minimum weight at 53 pounds. Have you any experience with these lighter papers.1
Thanks for the video - it solved our problem. Really interested in Precision Colors Ink. Is it as good as OEM?
Thank you for this video. I've been using the Pixma Pro 100 for 5 years with a MacBook, printing on RR Polar Matte and the color situation has been INCREDIBLY frustrating. I found this video while looking for answers on how to get bold colors while printing on 28lb premium bright white - hoping these adjustments will help :)
Make sure you check out my more recent videos. I have one that shows its the way you install the printer that seems to make the real difference. The other fix allows you to use the correct paper profiles.
I have 3 icc profiles that I can use to print to the Canon Pro 100 using Costco glossy paper(Kirkland) from my MacBook Pro.
PC42G_Opt_KirklandProfessional Glossy_OP. , additionally I increase brightness to 50%
PC25X_6_KirklandProfessionalGlossy_PPPGII_d…. , additionally I increase brightness to 50%
CanonProo 100 -Kirkland GI.icc , additionally I increase brightness to 50%
they all are pretty accurate to what is on my screen with accurate color.
I used the method above without changing exposure or brightness and it came out dark.
The colors on all prints where fairly accurate. icc profiles must match the paper stock you are using.
I had to do a lot of digging to find them for my paper.
Make sure in print menu (Quality & Media) (Media Type) that you choose paper types that reflect the paper you are using. For Kirkland paper I use "Photo Paper Plus Glossy IIa" it seems to work well for me.
Thats awesome! For some reason, even though I use the proper profiles, all my reds come out orange. If I let the printer manage colors, they come out accurate!
Does this printer work with only the black and grey ink cartridges installed? All my work is in black and white and it would save a lot of money.
It does not
My printer settings does not having color matching as an option in the dropdown menu, only media & quality, layout, paper handling, cover page, and water mark. How do I add the color matching option?
That means you installed it with the wrong driver. Are you on a Mac?
@@phototocanvaspdx Yes, a Mac. I just searched, downloaded, and reinstalled what I thought was the correct driver but it still doesn’t show up. Any tips?
@@readerreader6703 when you install the printer you have to make sure you have right driver selected I’m sure that’s where the problem is. Unfortunately I can’t send you a screenshot until tomorrow
Thank you for this helpful tutorial Jarred! Is there any way you can make one using Photoshop CC? That would be super helpful as well as I do not use Lightroom to print, and maybe others as well. Thank you!
Hey there! At some point I can do this tutorial. But for colors with photoshop I just select the paper profile in the print settings and they come out very accurate.
I have a Canon G6020, would that help to? Really frustating now
Im really not sure. I would try printing from any other program. I have a bunch of videos I made after this. The problem seems to be an adobe thing.
Thank you so much! It worked
Thanks for this. Any idea where I can find colour matching on Windows?
Are you using Lightroom?
@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks for replying :) Yeah I am. It's the dialogue box that comes up for you at 5:06. It doesn't have that same dropdown box with the colour matching option for me on Windows. Cheers
@@Gazzhands So have never used Lightroom in Windows, I have never actually printed anything in Windows. But as far as I know, the setting in Lightroom should work for both. Its at 4:24. Instead of a profile select "printer manages colors". Keep in mind this is not really a proper fix. To get colors totally accurate, the printer should be using profiles matching your media. I posted another video where I discovered that the way you setup your printer plays a major role in the colors and the double profiling issue. I'm not sure how to go about it in windows, but on a Mac using the Canon IJ connection method made it so I can print with profiles and my colors are accurate.
to me the color matching is set up like yours but my print comes out very bright...
hmmmm its usually the opposite. How bright is your monitor set?
@@phototocanvaspdx I use about 60% brightness. But I just took my image to a store and got it printed and it came out perfect. But my printer prints too bright consistently.
Ok I did what you said but it didn't turn out as I had hope. the image is pixelated like low resolution. any suggestion
This video does not address low res images. If you are printing with Lightroom, the only aspect of this process that would affect that is the ppi setting in the print dialog. Aside from the image being low res to begin with of course.
Thank you for the video. Could you please tell me why my canon pixma pro 100 doesn't print in fine art paper setting? what am i doing wrong?
Oh this is a tough one. It will be the subject of my next video. Basically the short answer is that this printer requires a specific (and very large) margin when printing with fine art paper. It sucks as I have piles of scrap of really nice fine art paper that I would love to use in it. The margins are required as the paper can curl and catch the print head. There are certain preset fine art paper settings in the driver, but they are very limited. Ill get more info as soon as I can.
Thank you. USMC disable veteran. I do have question regarding B & W.. Do I do anything different?
I would not do anything different!
Hi, my canon ix650 is doing very strange stuff. I'm using photoshop, have tried the colour syncing in the settings that you suggested and set the printer to manage the colours- my prints are coming out mainly white with red outlines instead of full colour. Have spent several hours on this and nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?
Try exporting from photoshop and printing from another program. I’ve recently discovered the pro-100 issues are a problem with Adobe. Please report back!
@@phototocanvaspdx hi, sorry for the delayed reply. I tried printing from other software, didn't work. My printer is completely broken now since fiddling with the settings, it was inaccurate before but now its miles off (can't even print basic black font now). I need to get it back to a workable state, any advice?
Is it recommended to print from Lightroom to get the best photos? What I mean is, if I just print from photos (for example) it won’t work out nearly as well right? Or, is there another way other then Lightroom to get a well done job, that you may know of?
I don't use the Photos app, so I really don't know. I use Lightroom to print for convenience, but am growing increasingly frustrated. For example getting the borders I create to print correctly is almost impossible. I am actually going to explore printing via photoshop. This video is only recommending color settings.
this is great...but on a pc I have no idea how ot do it. any suggestions anyone?
On a PC you should still be able to let the printer control colors, not photoshop. In other videos I discuss a better fix allowing you to use your profiles but you may have the same issue with not understanding on a PC. Sorry I can barely even turn a windows machine on!
My blacks keep coming out as orange and don't print correctly. Any help?
Interesting I haven’t heard of that issue. I would check out my other videos, reset your printer system and reinstall the printer the proper way (not Bonjour) and try again.
@@phototocanvaspdx Great thanks will try that now. The latest update i have installed on my mac is Monterey. When installing the driver, does this really matter? Because i don't see the respective update in the dropdown arrow on the Canon website. Thanks for the help
@@jaiel.p I wish I could answer that. Because I print for customers I usually dont update my OS until it’s officially supported by Canon. I have a new MBP coming soon so I will be able to answer in a couple weeks. I would guess it won’t matter but can’t say for sure.
@@phototocanvaspdx Ok! Thank you so much for the help
$100 for this? Ugh how did I miss out? The lowest price for new (in stock) is $429 at BestBuy right now. Are there any models between $100-429 you'd recommend? The PP-100 is highly regarded so I'd like to stay in that realm for printing.
Jabraase I.... never said I was spending 400 on it lol
how do you find and remove air print ?
Sorry this one got past me. I just found out from Canon the only proper fix is to use AirPrint so don't remove it! I'll do a follow up video soon!
go to system preference, add printer, then make sure air print isnt checked
I am trying to print on 11x14 photo paper, but that format is not one of the options available. Even called Canon Technical Support, but they said it is a .Mac (Photos) problem. Help!
You just need to create a custom paper size for 11x14.
how to get champer 2/group 2 to print black, when it dosnt work? its on canon pro 100s
Hi Jarred. Great help this video with my new canon 100s printer, but having problems after setting a custom size, using bespoke, cut to size, art paper.
following all your other tips for colour & paper, but it just won’t print, telling me to change media settings to match paper size to ‘art paper with margins’. There is no option for this. I have tried all the art papers highlighted & none work. Stuck now!!! Can anyone help?
Ah man this is a tough one. I own a printing company and use a lot of Moab fine art paper. I had hoped to use falloff scraps for small prints with the pro-100. But fine art paper requires a 30mm margin. On top of that last week I tried over sizing my sheets but it still would not work. It said I have to use the preinstalled fine art sizes which I don’t want to do. So I haven’t tried those. I wish I had a workaround. I’ve tried using the Canon Matte Paper profile but the colors are off. Please check back if you find a solution!
@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks for the quick reply!
I could only get it to print using the photo matte lustre profile & yes, the colours are not great! Will try and persevere! (Got some art prints to send out ASAP so feeling the pressure!)
Hi Jarred, Tried a lot of different profiles & only seem to be able to choose ‘photo paper matte’ which it clearly isn’t & still getting very bad colour on my art painting prints (photos not as bad), tried changing colour preferences (such as ‘Adobe RGB’ etc) & again not much difference.
If I bought some inkjet art paper (such as Bockingford A3 paper I’ve seen) do I need to download a profile for the paper, or I may be in the same situation? It doesn’t show many paper options.???
Would be a great help if you had a suggestion. Thanks
@@philbowermodenough5099 as far as I know any art paper needs to have the large margins to use the correct profile. 30mm. I’ve only tried one art paper on the canon pro100 and even with large margins it won’t work with its unless setting the printer to photo paper matte, which indeed give off colors.
I’ll look into this more when the holidays die down.
One question. I dont have the canon color matching on my options. I have a lightroom CC on Mac 2021 big sur. Do you know how can i get it ?
I don't take enough shots to make it worth paying Adobe monthly. Would you be able to give me some tips for Photoshop Elements? Or I can search for another video. Thanks.
Ive never used Elements but it should be the same process. Sorry!
@@phototocanvaspdx I'm still experimenting and so far I got better results with letting Photoshop Elements manage colour which sets it to 'Colour Sync' (oops, I guess it uses US spelling but I'm too old and British to change that). Now I watch your video again and see that you suggest the opposite. Well, I just bought more 4x6 Canon glossy to burn through while I try to figure this out - which I hope I'll do before I run out of ink! I thought about using a hardware calibrator but, at least on Amazon, the ones that are most recommended have too many negative reviews for me to risk my time and money on. Overall, even though the Canon Pro 100 has produced great photos for me, I'm still adjusting by eye and I think I'm going to have to settle for 'good enough' or I'll start to lose my mind!
@@jennaralissima I have several videos showing several options. Letting your printer manage the color will get it close. Letting color sync do it is the proper method but it is dependent on how you connect the printer (depends on Mac vs pc) and on the icc profiles you have installed, as well as what media you are using. The pro-100 has serious driver issues. I will not even use it anymore as nothing is ever consistent. If you reinstall the printer every time it should work. Honestly I would try letting the printer manage the colors and see if its close enough. This way tends to mean you don't need to deal with much.
@@phototocanvaspdx Thank you for your response. I have a Macbook air, I installed the printer as IJ, and print wirelessly. I will try it both ways again and see what happens. My main point of reference right now is a picture of a red maple tree in the fall (from a Nikon D3500 set to sRGB) and I got a better red letting Elements mange the colour.... but I'm willing to experiment some more to be sure what works best and just take what I can get. I only print for myself and family so perfection isn't required - but it is what I prefer :) which is maybe more than half the problem!
@@jennaralissima srgb is not a good way to print and likely a big part of the problem. Where is that set?
3 months ago...i brought canon pro 100...dealing with the same problem...done everything ( monitor calibration, reinstall lightroom and photoshop, reinstall window, called canon customer care) nothing happens. So, finally using without icc profile with color management handled - by printer (inlightroom and photoshop)....print approx but not same color ( bit vibrant )
But far better than when i use icc profile (in lightroom) / photoshop manage color (in photoshop).
I had the same problem until I did this. But then I figured out how to fix it and still use ICC profile which is shown in my other video.
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I only have the Managed by printer option, so that doesn't really help and when I print, the colors are completely different than what I see on the Mac
When you are in Lightroom, click "printer" in the bottom right as opposed to print and it should open up your options.
I don't have the color matching for my Canon Pixma Pro 100 using Lightroom.
That generally means you aren't actually using the correct driver. Make sure you have the current version installed. I did another video with the proper fix which explains that the problems are based on how you connect your printer. This is where you pick the driver. Check that video out it should help.
@@phototocanvaspdx I download & installed the most current driver for my Canon Pixma Pro and I still do not see that color matching drop down menu when I click the printer button on my Lightroo.
@@meljenkins1016 have you checked your system preferences to make sure it’s using the proper driver?
@@phototocanvaspdx I found where it was but it's completely different from yours since I have a PC.
Using a pc it’s hard for me to know the problem, but on a Mac when you click that print button in Lightroom it opens your print driver. I’m pretty sure it’s the same on a pc. If there is a selection missing it’s a driver issue. The most common thing I see with that is the connection mode of the printer, and making sure it’s using the canon driver not the OS generic one. An easy solution on a Mac is to delete the printer, and reinstall it with the new driver now in your computer. During the installation you should have a way to make sure you are using Canon IJ to connect to the printer.
Oddly I don't have the same drop down for where you click on colour matching, maybe because I am using Windows...
That is precisely why. I have another video with a proper fix that doesn’t require this. It’s about how the printer is connected.
Just got ink owls refillable kit for this model. $120 and you get like 20+ refills.
Nice! I actually switched back to oem inks. Those inks are good for tests but I won’t sell clients prints with them.
@@phototocanvaspdx serious? My ink from owl ink looks incredible. I’ve been print proofing offset for magazines, paper products for close to 20yrs.
@@Thisnotmysandwich yeah I don’t trust the longevity. I own a giclee printing company. I’ve read too many reviews of third party inks fading very quickly.
@@phototocanvaspdx nice! I’m just making art prints on uncoated which have looked amazing. How would I test the fading?
@@phototocanvaspdx I believe the canon 1000 is an intro level giclee printer but the replacement cartridges are $800ish. I’m just doing art prints... Maybe one day.
This worked great for the first print, but when printing more of the same print using the same settings after, the colors started looking 100% wrong again :(
Sorry for my late reply did you get this figured out?
@@phototocanvaspdx Yes! Actually, I did! With the help from your 'Proper fix for the canon pro 100' video! I meant to actually reach out and thank you. After two years of trying with this printer, Ive gotten it to work because of you :)
Hi I'm having this issue. I want to sell my digital art and it's hard to get the same colors on paper as it looks on the screen. I watched your video, and the print you have is still way different than what it looks like on your screen. The orange hues get lost. If people are buying your prints do they ever comment that it looks different than what they saw on website?
I think you need to factor in that the videos may look completely different. I’m still new at video and always experiment with colors. I’ve been selling prints for 5 years (though I didn’t print them all) and now print full time for a living. I’ve yet to have one complaint about colors. Everything I do is calibrated.
The photo you are comparing it to is a scan on a ten year old $80 scanner so I wouldn’t expect those to look the same. The scan was just to compare the drastic difference in the two.
Thanks for the reply! Is there a way to see the photo with a picture taken from like your phone or something? I can tell better from phone photos, and i know some color and saturation gets lost but I know I'd be able to tell. A lot of people seemed to have gotten better results after this video so I want see if it's just my printer. Ironically mine has been on Canon printer profile the whole time so like what is it then lol
I don’t have a copy of the print to take a photo of. Something you might try which started working for me yesterday as long as you’re printing from Lightroom is make sure your pro 100 is connected to the a IJ Canon setting not Bonjour and not air print. Doing that my pro 100 started letting me use proper ICC profiles
I just wanted to let you know I have fixed the problem and it has been working for a few days with no issues. When setting up the printer you have to use the Canon IJ connection. Bonjour or AirPrint causes problems.
Thank you for these tips. I have downloaded ICC profiles for Canson papers, but do not see any of my Canon ICC profiles for the various papers that I purchased in a sample box. Does the Canon software recognize the Canon paper profiles automatically? I cannot find the Canon ICC profiles on their website. Thanks for your reply.
I have profiles for my papers, but I don't use them. I just select "printer manages colors" and they come out great.
Sorry for the late reply!
Look in the Canon driver properties & click on media type & choose your paper.
I'm running into the same issue but in the print dialog box there isn't the color management option. I'm printing from lightroom on a mac.
The only thing I can think of is that you are selecting the wrong printer. I mention in the video that you can connect via Canon software or Apple software. If you have both setup, one of the printers has different options. So when you select your printer if you have two to choose from try the other one.
@@phototocanvaspdx Does this only apply to the printer you have? I have a Cannon Pixma TS6220. Because I do have 2 printer options but both are AirPrint.
@@tallgirlswagg Sorry for the late response. This is the only printer that has the issue and I own 5 canon printers. Canon actually just told me to use AirPrint. If you use canons drivers it double profiles. So keep using AirPrint and the colors should be good with Lightroom and Photoshop handling them!
As usual, the manufacturers make all their money on the ink, so they give the printers away.
For a $50 ink cartridge, it costs them literally under $3.00!
Great tutorial. Thank you!
I feel you! Cartridges for my Pro4000 are $265 and there are 12 of them!
You can get all colors for $20 on Amazon. Just an fyi
I bought this printer (brand new) for 40 bucks... it was an insane deal.
You may soon find out why… I have another video with a better fix.
@@jarreddecker5278 Still waiting... Printer is still fine :D
I keep hearing about how these printers are only $100. But when you look them up online on eBay and Amazon there closer to $1,000! The cheapest that I've seen used is $350. Would that be a waste of money to spend that much on this printer?
Canon did promos for years practicall giving these away, and many people didn’t want them so they were selling them for really cheap. Craigslist was the best source. I wouldn’t spend $1000 on one. I haven’t priced their other printers aside from large format roll printers so it’s hard for me to say what the best deal is for that price range.
I'm guessing that the pro 100 software is very different for mac than a pc. In Lightroom Print module, goe to file & scroll down to page setup. Choose the printer if yo have more than 1 , other wise the Canon Pro 100 will be showing in the printer box. Click on properties in the upper right, click on photo printing, scroll down to additional features &, click on color intensity/manual adjustment. Another window pops up & in the top left corner click on matching, then click on none. This lets Lightroom & the lightroom softproofing & print dialog control printing.
I watched this because I will be switching from a windows to all Apple products. Thanks for putting up the vid. Please let me know if this works on a mac. Happy shooting!
I began to watch this and realized you are not using Print Studio Pro, Canon's app for printing from the Pixma Pro 100. If you load the paper profiles, printing is not that difficult.
Frustrating, still. One, I don't have a bunch of profiles coming up that list the paper type at all. From your video, it sounds like a given, but I don't have anything like that. I've searched the web looking for "profiles Canon paper," and I get a bunch of stuff about folders and aliases and libraries and God, who needs it? All I get when I click the Printer... button and then get the printer dropdown are Media & Quality, Layout, Paper Handling, Cover Page, Watermark-nothing at all for ColorMatching or ColorSync. I can't imagine that all of this has changed since January. Do you have any idea what's going on? And why "easy" Macs are suddenly so complicated? Why doesn't stuff just ... work anymore?
Nothing has changed. It doesn't sound like you actually installed the pro-100 driver. Don't be mad at your Mac. Once you click "print" you are in the print driver. But if you haven't installed one it will just use a generic one which has far fewer options. You can get it from Canons website. Try that and report back. Also as far as AirPrint and bonjour, you don't want to use either. If you click bonjour it will likely install using the AirPrint driver, which you will see on one of the next steps. When you are downloading the printer driver you also download the tools software which will include the Canon IJ installer.
My don't be mad at your Mac comment was because after hitting the "print" button you are essentially in another companies software. It still uses Mac OS but its the driver. I have 5 Canon printers. Those drop down menus are different depending on what printer I select when I am printing. Make sense?
One more thing...If you did install the driver, you aren't using it. When you add a printer it will ask you what driver you want to use. This is where you can select AirPrint which will reduce your options. You need to make sure you select the pro-100 driver at this stage of the setup.
@@phototocanvaspdx Saw your followup video. And gee! When I went into Photoshop instead, that's where all of my profiles were, etc. And my photos now print great. Obviously not your fault, and I guess that's why printing used to be a union job: It's hard. Anyway, if you could merge the two videos somehow, that'd be helpful. Then again, everyone else seemed to get a lot out of both the way they were. Anyway, thank you!
@@mrcpblair Glad you are making progress. The driver would be the same in both applications. Are you sure you only have the printer installed once?
Precision colors fade terribly
Do they really? I was planning to buy a set of inks for my pro-100 but from Octoink.co.uk which is probably the same product. So you're saying that it's not the best ink?
@@rsorez329 if you put print under UV glass probably ok but I have seen prints laid out on table fade in 30 days. I use canon ink will never use third party again, I sell prints, I can’t sell junk like precision color
Yeah I switched back to OEM. I haven’t had fading issues but don’t want to risk it with prints I sell.
Lightroom just cant print properly ..
same goes as PS ...
I dont use >Lightroom or PS any more
Printer does a far better result . and it match
I print for a living and use Lightroom and Photoshop every day. The problem with this printer is it’s driver. But that’s great that you have found other software that helps you!
yeah. they were cheap. they made it up in ink sales!
Ha ink is nothing my pro4000 costs 3k for new ink!
@@phototocanvaspdx DUDE!! I am so close to pulling the trigger on one of those! Especially since at this moment I can't get the purple out of my pixma 100 no matter what i try!
If someone is serious about printing would not use the pro 100 as it uses dye based ink instead of pigment ink. Just saying…..
This video makes no mention about seriousness of printing. It’s a great printer for hobbyists who want decent color prints larger than 8.5x11. I am quite serious about printing as I own a printing company, and use pigment based inks for clients. But again that’s not what this is about. Thanks for your input.
@@phototocanvaspdx fair enough.
In my opinion the colour management by printer should be disabled. ICC profile must be installed for the paper you are using and select it before printing.
@@1977Lazlo but there is issues with this printer. Even with the proper occ profile installed for many users itt double profiles. Its well documented. I posted another video after this one where I seemed to get mine sorted out, but letting the printer do the management is the only thing that allows all these people commenting to get decent prints from this printer.
@@phototocanvaspdx ok. I understand.
Thank you!