Problems with my printer

[the4ce]

I use Canon ip1500

I have problems with the color. I am trying to print something grey-brown and the printer makes the model green
I have replaced all the ink tanks and nothing

What is the problem??? Can I fix it???

[Dragos]

Hello the4ce ,
I also had a Canon iP1500, and I had the same problem. I can be fixed by a specialist, he must clean it or something, but my advice is that you have to buy a new printer, because even if you will repair it, soon you will have problems again .

Now I have a HP 3920 and I have problems with the color carthrige, I have to replace it.

[NULLMOON]

check the settings i have had 2 cannon printers and found the defualt color setting has produced odd colors on some models for instance i printed the ppm sligsby(wood colored) and it came out vivid yellow

[the4ce]

I check't the settings long ago but the problem is I don't know how to set the color.

Here's a picture.

[NULLMOON]

its a different set up from mine but i find that putting the setting on manual helps

[the4ce]

I tryed but nothing works

[NULLMOON]

what is the cartrige setup of this printer mine(mp460)has two cartriges with the inkjets on the cartridge the color problem with these printers i found on a older mp440 some models print fine others come out in vivid bizzare colors the automatic color setting interprets the colors incorectly %50 of the time so i generaly have to go throgh the different settings to find a corect color match if the settings are not to blame it may be mecanical as dragos suggested

[charliec]

Colour matching scanner-screen-printer can be handled by using ICC profiles. Usually these are derived from standardised targets - (read - cost money).

Each system must have it's own derived ICC profiles to account for small differences in hardware.

There is at least one thread in this forum discussing this problem.

Regards,

Charlie

[Art Decko]

I also have the Canon Pixma iP1500.

Are any other colors off?

Here's something that at least might give you a work-around:

First, get out of that Properties dialog box you opened above. Instead open "Printing Preferences".

On the "Main" tab, for "Color/Intensity" change the setting from "Auto" to "Manual". Then click on the "Set" button to the right.

Now you will have some sliders that let you adjust the intensity of each color. You can try playing with these to compensate. For example, if brown is coming out green, try boosting the red. Any difference?

[the4ce]

Nothing
I put the red at maximum and nothing, I put the cyan nothing. I have combinated the colors and nothing. The single color that works is black but black isn't a color.

[Elliott]

In reference to charliec's post, try this thread Color reference in Federal Standard
Fair warning - color matching can be an extremely complex subject - especially when you get into computer images and printers. WYSIWYG sounds nice but it ain't necessarliy so.

[Dragos]

I still believe is a hardware problem not a software

[the4ce]

Maybe its a problem with the printer.
I don't know maybe I will send it to a specialist like you said or maybe I will buy a new printer

[Art Decko]

Hmm. Since you already tried swapping in new ink cartridges, it does sound like a hardware issue.

If there is any doubt in your mind about the ink cartridges, you could try this:

Go back into "Printer Preferences", click on the "Maintenance" tab.

Then try "Nozzle Check" which will perform a printing test to check the nozzles for clogging.

If clogged, you can try "Cleaning" or "Deep Cleaning".

However, it does sounds like you might need to get the printer looked at. Is it still under warranty? With inkjet printers, repair cost often rivals replacement cost - not sure if that's good news or bad. :-\

[the4ce]

Go back into "Printer Preferences", click on the "Maintenance" tab.

Then try "Nozzle Check" which will perform a printing test to check the nozzles for clogging.

If clogged, you can try "Cleaning" or "Deep Cleaning".

I have done this one week ago and belive me its not good(look at the pictures).

P.S.: You can see that "K", "C", "c", "M", "m", etc. are green in fact they should be grey