graham said:
I recently acquired this printer (i9900(?) in USA) which appears to be
excellent. I did however want to use soft proofing and do my colour
management in Photoshop. The 5 ICC profiles supplied are simple codes,
not indicating which paper they are for. Canon Australia are unable to
tell me which is which!! Does anyone know?
For Canon printers, you may select the paper type when you print from an
app. The app will remember the settings you've chosen. However, the
printer will detect paper type and override your setting, unless you've
disabled this feature. AFAICT, the paper setting changes the amount of
ink delivered, but not the relative proportions of the colours.
AFAICT, there is no relationship between colour profiles and paper
types. It would be difficult to specify, anyhow, since papers from
different mfr vary in chemistry as well as brightness and surface
treatment. These factors control ink-adhesion and colour (some papers
will actually chnage the colour of the ink.)
FWIW, my Canon i960 is compatible with IBM and Epson glossy papers, IBM
and Mead matte papers, less compatible (colour shift problem) with Epson
matte papers, and incompatible with Kodak glossy paper (ink beads up.)
It works well with a wide variety of bonds and other papers, but I now
always do a test print on any new paper brand.
HTH
