What settings do you use for printing photos on Canon i960?

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Pardon the elementary questions, but I thought I might ask to save the
expense of trial and error.

What settings do you use for the most optimal photo on 8 x 11 photo
paper?

I am using Office Depot paper for now.

I finally figured out there is a high detail setting that wasn't set
to the max!

My flesh colors are too orangey.

Other than that all seems ok.

Do you use the photo optimizer or image optimizer settings?

What is the best software to use to print photos?

I have been using MS Photo Editor and Canon Easy PhotoPrint (which
sucks). Is Adobe or others any good?

Thanks,

Don
 
It does not give you the ability to adjust the colors, but I can do it
in the printer driver. After many experiments, I still change the skin
tone from an orangey hue to a more pinkish one.

If I can't fix this within 10 days, then this goes back to the shop
:(
 
EPP is ideal for predefined layouts and generally does a good job without a
lot of hassle, but in no way is it a photo editor. If you want to adjust the
colors of your images, that should be done with a photo editor such as Photo
Shop ($$$$) or one of the many other photo editors available for much less
to no cost. I haven't tried MS Photo Editor, but I would think that product
should have given you the desired results.
 
My HP 932C produced pictures closer to the original and with just a
slight adjustment using MS Photo Editor I was able to come close to
the orginal color.

I shouldn't have to get a fancy photo editor to do a major enhancement
as only the flesh tones are wrong.

Where can I find a free or shareware photo editor software?
 
I managed to download a freeware photo editor (Which was really a
stripped version of a pro version they wanted top sell but that's
another story) and adjust the blue and the phot came out better.

I'll try the magenta setting as there is no blue one on the printer
driver and see how it goes!
 
Finally I was able to get my desired results!

The Canon BJ printer driver is useless for fine adjustments in flesh
tones. The magenta adjustment made it worst.

I downloaded the Studio line photo editor and made adjustments in the
red and yellow and the skin tones are much better now.

I wasted about 20 photo sheets experimenting but at least I know what
can be done. The BJ printer driver does not have a separate red and
yellow adjustment, which is crucial to correcting the default orange
tones on some pictures.

I can't say I like the defaults but I now know that getting a good
photo editor works wonders! My old HP 932C was at least set closer to
the actual photo in terms in flesh tones though not perfect.

I guess all printers will have a variance in producing the same
picture!
 
Orange is good! In most instances, other than with a rare subject
with absolutely white skin, the hue is probably correct and only
saturation need be addressed.

With an off-colour photo, the easiest way to adjust for skin colour,
is to increase saturation; adjust skin colours to orange; and then
desaturate.

If you already have orange colouring, although a bit oversaturated,
simply reduce saturation to provide a more realistic and acceptable
print. At the outset, if your camera is producing super-saturated
colours to the point it bothers you, then choose a different colour
setting for your camera. Many cameras provide the option of increasing
colour intensity. If you don't like the results, change the setting.

After printing thousands of photos; although I have a number of
high-end software products such as PhotoShop et al; in my experience,
I have yet to discover a program that comes even close to the
performance of Easy Photo.

'Suppose there's never been a computer program, however-well-designed,
that at least *someone* out there, can manage to screw it up.

Easy PhotoPrint is the best printing program I've ever encountered. If
your expections embrace the concept that it should also be a high-end
photo-editing program, then you are definitely on the wrong track!
 
I did not use a camera, instead I either scan photos or take some from
the Internet or other soruces.

The whole point is, I'm just interested in recreating the image
exactly like the orginal, but I find I have to play around so much to
get the right skin tones, that it's frustrating.

The best I have done is reduce the yellow and a little red and it
comes closer to the orginal. Easy Phot print does not allow me this
latitude.
 
By the way, they released the 2004 Retail product as freeware - without
the prior limitations. It's version 2.1.17 and you can download it as
"StudioLine Photo Basic" from www.StudioLine.biz.

It's a pro-level combination of sophisticated editing tools, all of
which are batch-capable, combined with image management (including
IPTC, EXIF and user tag editing and exporting) and image archiving to
CD/DVD.

If you want, you can upgrade to their 2005 retail product for under
$30.00, if you use their coupon code "Holidays".
 
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