Why are my Canon Pixma Pro-100 prints desaturated and too dark?
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I replaced an Epson R2000 with a Canon Pixma Pro-100, and my prints are coming out desaturated, a little dark, and reds are not rendering correctly. I’ve tried the usual print settings, including PRO mode, but the results are the same. What should I check to correct the color and saturation?
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Have you been closing the application after printing? I'm not sure exactly what causes it, but when I was doing prints out of Lightroom the other day on my Pro-1 and I closed lightroom. The exact moment I closed the program, the print (mid-line) developed the problem you describe. Reprinting and not closing the program fixed the issue completely.
My theory on the problem is that the ICC profile was dropped from processing when I closed lightroom. At the time I was printing on Canon Photo Pro Platinum paper. If your situation doesn't match mine exactly, the problem is still probably some information not getting to the printer from the application about the color space. Perhaps try printing from one of the packages that comes with the printer. Easy-PhotoPrint EX has been my prefered stand alone tool.
Also, if this is helpful and fixes the problem. Please let me know what about it you changed. I'm very curious as to what information dropped out to cause this problem when I was printing as well.
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This likely isn’t a simple “saturation setting” issue. The community answer points to a color-management/ICC-profile problem between your editing software and the printer.
Things to check:
- Make sure the application stays open until the print is fully finished. One user saw the print shift mid-print after closing Lightroom, likely because the ICC/color information stopped being applied.
- Verify that the correct paper/profile settings are being sent from the application to the printer.
- Test printing from Canon’s included software, such as Easy-PhotoPrint EX, to see whether the problem is coming from your current workflow rather than the printer itself.
Desaturated, dark prints and inaccurate reds are common symptoms of mismatched color space, wrong ICC profile, or double/missing color management. If Canon’s software prints correctly, compare its settings with your Lightroom or other application setup and match the paper type/profile carefully.
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