Hello everyone! I thought that some of you might have an opinion about a prolem I have with my brand new CANON imageprograf 4100.
The problem: My matte prints are pale. The blacks look charcoal. SEE PHOTOS for a comparison with my epson p800 vs canon 4100 prints.
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I am an illustrator and a painter. I have been using pro printers for the last 18 years. I always used epson printers ( epson 7800, 9880, p5000, p6000, p800 ). I still own an epson p800 and my aging 9880. I bought the canon 4100 to replace the epson 9880.
I'm used to print on epson papers, mostly: enhanced matte paper, hot press and cold press plus some matte canvas.
When I received my canon printer, I have ordered icc profiles for my epson papers to be used with the canon since the colors and blacks were off straight from the start. The colors are now ok, but the blacks are completely off.
I ordered some canon heavyweight matte coated paper to run a test and see if the icc profiles I ordered were right. Same problem.
I tried numerous other icc profiles to test print and see if anything would improve but no luck for me.
Does anyone of you here have had issues like this before? I can't believe my 12 years old epson 9880 makes better prints thanthis new canon 4100.
See a comparison of a print of one of my artwork both printed on the same epson enhanced matte paper with two different printers.
Thanks in advance for any help or advise!
Fred Jourdain
www.fredjourdain.com