Pixma 1800 Faded Printing

Brand new out ofthe box Pixma 1800 is making faded color prints.
There is no white lines or breaks on print test.
Everything is just weak and faded.
Black is good and solid.
Colors are there just very faded.
Nothing in manual about this.
Paper thickness lever is proper to the left.
Any ideas?
Bad brand new cartridge?

Thnx

Return it to the store.

Better to get a Canon Pro9000

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Brand new out ofthe box Pixma 1800 is making faded color prints. There is no white lines or breaks on print test. Everything is just weak and faded. Black is good and solid. Colors are there just very faded. Nothing in manual about this. Paper thickness lever is proper to the left. Any ideas? Bad brand new cartridge? Thnx

On Apr 4, 5:52 pm, measekite wrote:
Return it to the store.
Better to get a Canon Pro9000

I got this 1800 for $40 off Craigslist. It was unopened brand new.
Cartridges are about $35 alone.
I don't have the $250 for the P9000.


rote:Brand new out ofthe box Pixma 1800 is
making faded color prints. There is no white lines or breaks on print
test. Everything is just weak and faded. Black is good and solid.
Colors are there just very faded. Nothing in manual about this. Paper
thickness lever is proper to the left. Any ideas? Bad brand new
cartridge? Thnx

With all this talk of special inkjet papers, what kind of paper are you
using? Is it a coated paper for inkjet use? Also what settings are you
using for the drivers, draft, photo, what resolution?, etc.

There is a possibility of bad heads, or bad cartridges, but first make
sure you are using the right paper and driver setting before chasing
after other problems.

Art


wrote:
Brand new out ofthe box Pixma 1800 is making faded color prints.
There is no white lines or breaks on print test.
Everything is just weak and faded.
Black is good and solid.
Colors are there just very faded.
Nothing in manual about this.
Paper thickness lever is proper to the left.
Any ideas?
Bad brand new cartridge?

Thnx

On Apr 5, 4:42 am, Arthur Entlich wrote:
With all this talk of special inkjet papers, what kind of paper are you
using?

I was just testing with plain paper.

Is it a coated paper for inkjet use?

No, but I didn't expect high gloss perfection.

Also what settings are you
using for the drivers, draft, photo, what resolution?, etc.

The printer's print program is very limited to red eye correction and
not much else.
No resolution or other settings.

There is a possibility of bad heads, or bad cartridges, but first make
sure you are using the right paper and driver setting before chasing
after other problems.

Art

Thanks.
I'm going to try a high resolution jpeg file and photo paper.
I get an ok picture on plain paper but it is thru Windows and not
printer software.
I hate wasting ink and paper on testing.
Like I said, when I printed a reduced picture thru Windows rather than
the Printer Photo program it was not faded.
The manual is not much help either.
Just says clean and align heads.
Black printing works fine.

wrote:
Brand new out ofthe box Pixma 1800 is making faded color prints.
There is no white lines or breaks on print test.
Everything is just weak and faded.
Black is good and solid.
Colors are there just very faded.
Nothing in manual about this.
Paper thickness lever is proper to the left.
Any ideas?
Bad brand new cartridge?

Thnx

wrote:
On Apr 5, 4:42 am, Arthur Entlich wrote:
With all this talk of special inkjet papers, what kind of paper are you
using?

I was just testing with plain paper.

Generally printing photos on plain paper produces disappointing results,
usually very pale. Changing the driver settings won't help very much.
You would be well advised to buy a small amount of photo quality paper and try
the printer with that, making sure you use photo quality settings in the
application or driver. You may be very pleasantly surprised since this printer
can produce very high quality output.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging

Tony wrote:

wrote:



On Apr 5, 4:42 am, Arthur Entlich wrote:



With all this talk of special inkjet papers, what kind of paper are you using?



I was just testing with plain paper.



Generally printing photos on plain paper produces disappointing results,

What kind of idiot that makes believe he is a photographer would print results on plain paper even if the person does a snapshot with a pinhole camera.


usually very pale. Changing the driver settings won't help very much. You would be well advised to buy a small amount of photo quality paper and try the printer with that, making sure you use photo quality settings in the application or driver. You may be very pleasantly surprised since this printer can produce very high quality output. Tony MS MVP Printing/Imaging

On Apr 5, 5:29 pm, measekite wrote:
Tony :On Apr 5, 4:42 am, Arthur wrote:With all this talk of special inkjet papers, what kind of paper are you using?I was just testing with plain paper.Generally printing photos on plain paper produces disappointing results,

measekite wrote:
What kind of idiot that makes believe he is a photographer would print
results on plain paper even if the person does a snapshot with a
pinhole camera.usually very pale.

Changing the driver settings won't help very much. You would be well
advised to buy a small amount of photo quality paper and try the
printer with that, making sure you use photo quality settings in the
application or driver. You may be very pleasantly surprised since this
printer can produce very high quality output. Tony MS MVP Printing/
Imaging

Smedly writes:
I didn't buy it considering the "photo paper only" possible aspect of
the printer. I didn't buy it strictly for printing photos.
I bought it for all around use. I didn't see anywhere in my reading
where it wouldn't be good for general color picture and color printer
use. If it is such then I'll have to deal with it and get a "color
printer" as opposed to a "photo printer."
I had an HP 960c that made quite nice color prints on plain paper and
very high quality prints on photo paper.
If the printer is only made for photo quality paper than that's my
hard luck as I bought it for all around color printing. If it takes
photo paper to get a deep color print th that is what i will use if
printing a flyer or such on the printer.
As I said, it makes a pretty decent print now in wallet size om plain
paper from a 1 megapixel photo file.

I suspect the problem is partly the paper you are using. Also, most
printer use different profiles for different printing papers, file types
and even subject matter in some cases. The amount of ink, the contrast
and dynamic range and other issues all alter based upon the type of
paper which is going to be used. Most printers will provide you with a
choice in these parameters, and you will need to do some experimentation
to get the best results from your printer.

Art


wrote:
On Apr 5, 4:42 am, Arthur Entlich wrote:
With all this talk of special inkjet papers, what kind of paper are you
using?

I was just testing with plain paper.

Is it a coated paper for inkjet use?

No, but I didn't expect high gloss perfection.

Also what settings are you
using for the drivers, draft, photo, what resolution?, etc.

The printer's print program is very limited to red eye correction and
not much else.
No resolution or other settings.

There is a possibility of bad heads, or bad cartridges, but first make
sure you are using the right paper and driver setting before chasing
after other problems.

Art

Thanks.
I'm going to try a high resolution jpeg file and photo paper.
I get an ok picture on plain paper but it is thru Windows and not
printer software.
I hate wasting ink and paper on testing.
Like I said, when I printed a reduced picture thru Windows rather than
the Printer Photo program it was not faded.
The manual is not much help either.
Just says clean and align heads.
Black printing works fine.

wrote:
Brand new out ofthe box Pixma 1800 is making faded color prints.
There is no white lines or breaks on print test.
Everything is just weak and faded.
Black is good and solid.
Colors are there just very faded.
Nothing in manual about this.
Paper thickness lever is proper to the left.
Any ideas?
Bad brand new cartridge?
Thnx

On Apr 6, 6:45 am, Arthur Entlich wrote:
I suspect the problem is partly the paper you are using. Also, most
printer use different profiles for different printing papers, file types
and even subject matter in some cases. The amount of ink, the contrast
and dynamic range and other issues all alter based upon the type of
paper which is going to be used. Most printers will provide you with a
choice in these parameters, and you will need to do some experimentation
to get the best results from your printer.

Art

The Easy Photoprint software that loaded from the printer allowed the
choice of papers and size/orintation of the prints. The choices
included "plain paper."


wrote:
On Apr 5, 4:42 am, Arthur Entlich wrote:
With all this talk of special inkjet papers, what kind of paper are you
using?

I was just testing with plain paper.

Is it a coated paper for inkjet use?

No, but I didn't expect high gloss perfection.

Also what settings are you
using for the drivers, draft, photo, what resolution?, etc.

The printer's print program is very limited to red eye correction and
not much else.
No resolution or other settings.

There is a possibility of bad heads, or bad cartridges, but first make
sure you are using the right paper and driver setting before chasing
after other problems.

Art

Thanks.
I'm going to try a high resolution jpeg file and photo paper.
I get an ok picture on plain paper but it is thru Windows and not
printer software.
I hate wasting ink and paper on testing.
Like I said, when I printed a reduced picture thru Windows rather than
the Printer Photo program it was not faded.
The manual is not much help either.
Just says clean and align heads.
Black printing works fine.

wrote:
Brand new out ofthe box Pixma 1800 is making faded color prints.
There is no white lines or breaks on print test.
Everything is just weak and faded.
Black is good and solid.
Colors are there just very faded.
Nothing in manual about this.
Paper thickness lever is proper to the left.
Any ideas?
Bad brand new cartridge?
Thnx