Bad Print Quality

[Phil.c]

Can anyone please help with this?
I'm using a HPDeskjet 4272 printer. When I print an image using HP Premium Plus paper I get great results, but if I use any other good quality photo paper the blacks and colours are dull.
I have tried most of the paper settings without luck.

Phil

[Big Al]

Please give us a little more info. What are you printing, color pictures, black and white pictures? How old are the ink cartridges? Are you using the special color cartridges? The photo paper will give the best results but it is very expensive. Anything below that in quality is going to suffer because the paper absorbs too much of the ink. The photo paper is designed to reflect back to you the maximum amount of light and so gives the best images.
Older ink cartridges can have problems with chemical changes in the ink.
Al

[Phil.c]

Hi Al,
I'm printing colour, the cartridges are new an HP.
When I print with HP Premium Plus photo paper on the "Best" setting I get excellent prints, but if I use photo papers other than this I get washed out prints, and I have tried various paper settings.
The other papers I have tried are :- MX2 Proffesional Photo (gloss) and Canon Glossy Photo paper (everyday use).
Maybe I should stick with the HP Premium Plus.
I have quite a few boxes of the MX2 and Canon which I used with good results on my old Epson printer, it would be a waist not to use them!

Phil

[redcow]

Stick with the HP paper.
It works, don't reinvent the wheel.
You'll be "waisting" ink and paper if you use the other stuff.

HP ink and paper are made for each other.

[Phil.c]

I stated above that if I print with Hp Premium Plus I get good prints, and they are good, but the colours are not identical to the image in Photoshop.
I've tried unclicking "Printer manage colours" and clicked "Photoshop manage" but this still does'nt work.
Is there a way around this?

Phil

[redcow]

You've got a printer that sells for 40# and you're complaining it doesn't work well with Photoshop.

Try the drivers.