bigspace
09-27-2004, 10:27 AM
Guys,
I just bought a Bc-32e photo cartridge for a Canon S450 and I wanted to see if you could help me resolve a photo-printing problem. The problem is: when printing any kind of a multi-color image (jpg, bmp, etc), the black or really dark areas do not print and I end up with this negative effect, showing the other color (red, blue, or combinations thereof) instead of the dark/black. Here is what I've tried so far to resolve:
- new cartridge/head (obviously)
- updated the drivers
- tried printing on glossy and matte photo paper
- tried printing both of the above on both Glossy and High Resolution print settings, and on plain paper on Plain setting (note: Canon told me the S450 is not enabled to handle the Glossy print setting, whatever)
I went into Adobe Photoshop and laid out a test pattern in CYMK color of pure cyan, magenta, and black and all three colors print true by themselves, so the various inks are getting through the cartridge and onto the paper. It's just this thing of when they try to print as an image. I've just dumped a good chunk of money into setting this thing up for photo print and I've got to get this problem resolved. Any advice is greatly appreciated. The attachment shows the problem - the purple trees/reflection should be black/dark.
:confused:
I just bought a Bc-32e photo cartridge for a Canon S450 and I wanted to see if you could help me resolve a photo-printing problem. The problem is: when printing any kind of a multi-color image (jpg, bmp, etc), the black or really dark areas do not print and I end up with this negative effect, showing the other color (red, blue, or combinations thereof) instead of the dark/black. Here is what I've tried so far to resolve:
- new cartridge/head (obviously)
- updated the drivers
- tried printing on glossy and matte photo paper
- tried printing both of the above on both Glossy and High Resolution print settings, and on plain paper on Plain setting (note: Canon told me the S450 is not enabled to handle the Glossy print setting, whatever)
I went into Adobe Photoshop and laid out a test pattern in CYMK color of pure cyan, magenta, and black and all three colors print true by themselves, so the various inks are getting through the cartridge and onto the paper. It's just this thing of when they try to print as an image. I've just dumped a good chunk of money into setting this thing up for photo print and I've got to get this problem resolved. Any advice is greatly appreciated. The attachment shows the problem - the purple trees/reflection should be black/dark.
:confused: