IP4000 --- unsure of correct media setting

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I have the following paper:
Kodak Premium Picture Paper High Gloss

When I print on my IP4000, I have lots of choices for the media setting.
Quite a few are Photo Paper Plus. Is this just a Canon paper product. Do I
select Photo Paper Plus Glossy or just Glossy Photo Paper??

I'm just not sure of the difference.


Mel
 
I don't think you will achieve acceptable results using Kodak paper in a
Canon printer. For best results, stick with Canon paper.

Bill Crocker
 
lol

Bill Crocker said:
I don't think you will achieve acceptable results using Kodak paper in a
Canon printer. For best results, stick with Canon paper.

Bill Crocker
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Go to Kodak's web site, http://www.kodak.com/go/inkjet Then select
printer settings on the left side list.

They have settings for Kodak papers with the Canon i4000. I think you
want to select Photo Paper Plus Glossy, print quality = high,
color_adj = manual, magenta -10, yellow +5
 
BreakPoint said:
Go to Kodak's web site, http://www.kodak.com/go/inkjet Then select
printer settings on the left side list.

They have settings for Kodak papers with the Canon i4000. I think you
want to select Photo Paper Plus Glossy, print quality = high,
color_adj = manual, magenta -10, yellow +5
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So, from i see Kodak's Ultima paper (best) is about same priced that Canon's
best (PR-101)...so, what do you think...which is better?
looking about specs and how they are made, it seems similar...
 
Well I have a Canon iP5000, which unfortunately Kodak does not have
settings for at this time. But I did print on Kodak Ultima paper with
the settings I gave in this post and the results were excellent on the
one or two prints I made. I would need to do more testing before I
could say which paper is better. If Kodak ever provides settings for
the iP5000 I will do some more comparisons since I'm not sure the
iP4000 settings apply.

Normally, I print with Photoshop CS. Canon provides Photoshop ICC
color profiles only for Canon paper. I believe these profiles are
much more accurate than a manual setting given by Kodak. So for
Photoshop users the answer is clear, Canon paper is better because of
the provided color profiles. Your results may depend on your printing
software.

Because of the above, I am going to use Canon paper in the future. I
just have some left over Kodak Ultima paper which I am using up.
 
BreakPoint said:
Well I have a Canon iP5000, which unfortunately Kodak does not have
settings for at this time. But I did print on Kodak Ultima paper with
the settings I gave in this post and the results were excellent on the
one or two prints I made. I would need to do more testing before I
could say which paper is better. If Kodak ever provides settings for
the iP5000 I will do some more comparisons since I'm not sure the
iP4000 settings apply.

Normally, I print with Photoshop CS. Canon provides Photoshop ICC
color profiles only for Canon paper. I believe these profiles are
much more accurate than a manual setting given by Kodak. So for
Photoshop users the answer is clear, Canon paper is better because of
the provided color profiles. Your results may depend on your printing
software.

Because of the above, I am going to use Canon paper in the future. I
just have some left over Kodak Ultima paper which I am using up.
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aha... i never actually used color profiles yet. I usually print from Canon
Easy Photo print software and i use Paint Shop Pro for corrections.
Photoshop is difficult to learn...
 
Normally, I print with Photoshop CS. Canon provides Photoshop ICC
color profiles only for Canon paper.
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Just a minor point of correction. These are just ICC profiles, not
just PS profiles. Any app with color management can use them. PS, PSP,
Qimage, etc. And if your app doesn't have color management itself. the
printer driver should. At least my Epson 1270 and R800 drivers do.
 
Interesting. I tried those settings (which I agree is what is stated on the
Kodak site) and then I tried the auto default settings. The latter actually
printed better!

Mel
 
MB_ said:
Interesting. I tried those settings (which I agree is what is stated
on the Kodak site) and then I tried the auto default settings. The
latter actually printed better!
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From i see Kodak's best paper is similar priced than Canon's best, so i'd
rather stick with Canon, since it's Photo Print already have optimal
settings, so you just select and print...voila!
 
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