I had for a while been think about getting a new printer to replace my ageing Epson Photo R300.
I'm wasn't looking for a 'top end' printer, as I print few photos, preferring to view them on-screen, but sometimes Mrs S likes a particular picture, and wants to frame it.
So my requirements were a photo only printer (not multifunction), A4 size, and at least a print quality equal to that produced by my old Epson.
Having always been an Epson man, when it comes to inkjet printers, this time I decided to try a Canon Pixma.
As I said, I wasn't looking to buy a 'top end' printer, so I bought the Pixma ip7205.
It arrived this morning, and having set it up and run the print head alignment routine, I printed off a couple of pictures for which I had examples of from the Epson.
How disappointing the results from the Canon are, with the colours being notably drab compared to the Epson printed pictures, and not at all pleasing to the eye.
The whites in the Canon prints are noticeably off-white, and the colours quite muted compared to both the screen view, and the Epson prints.
I have both printed with the colour managed by the printer, and then Photoshop, with little perceivable difference.
I should add that my monitor is calibrated using a Spyder 3 Pro.
The only possible 'fly in the ointment' is that fact that I'm using Epson Premium Glossy photo paper, which may or may not have a suitable profile for Canon printers.
So, at the moment I'm thinking that I should have stuck with Epson.
Dave
I'm wasn't looking for a 'top end' printer, as I print few photos, preferring to view them on-screen, but sometimes Mrs S likes a particular picture, and wants to frame it.
So my requirements were a photo only printer (not multifunction), A4 size, and at least a print quality equal to that produced by my old Epson.
Having always been an Epson man, when it comes to inkjet printers, this time I decided to try a Canon Pixma.
As I said, I wasn't looking to buy a 'top end' printer, so I bought the Pixma ip7205.
It arrived this morning, and having set it up and run the print head alignment routine, I printed off a couple of pictures for which I had examples of from the Epson.
How disappointing the results from the Canon are, with the colours being notably drab compared to the Epson printed pictures, and not at all pleasing to the eye.
The whites in the Canon prints are noticeably off-white, and the colours quite muted compared to both the screen view, and the Epson prints.
I have both printed with the colour managed by the printer, and then Photoshop, with little perceivable difference.
I should add that my monitor is calibrated using a Spyder 3 Pro.
The only possible 'fly in the ointment' is that fact that I'm using Epson Premium Glossy photo paper, which may or may not have a suitable profile for Canon printers.
So, at the moment I'm thinking that I should have stuck with Epson.
Dave
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