Digital BW, The Print

Hi Ophelia;

You haven't found any references to this kind of problem in part 
because the forum is about B&W printing (you're trying to do B&W but 
with color inks, and dyes at that) and in part because nobody uses 
Canons on this forum for the B&W. That's mostly because the Epson 
printers were always better at pushing pigments through the heads, 
so the whole B&W 3rd party ink thing has grown up around Epsons.

Judging from your description however, I'd say the canned profile 
that came with the printer is optimized for the lower res setings, 
and at HQ it doesn't work as well. That's not unusual, though 
sometimes you get several canned profiles that cover all settings 
reasonably well. Try going to the Canon website and checking for a 
newer driver, if there is one maybe it'll have more profiles with 
it. Also, do a Yahoo groups search for canon printers-there is a 
dedicated Canon group that might be more helpful

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "FaeryOphelia" 
<faeryophelia@b...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I'm so impressed by the massive amount of knowledge that seems to 
be 
> present in this group that I'm worried I might be about to lower 
the 
> tone!
> 
> Anyhow, I use a Canon ip5000 to print black and white images 
> predominantly only hammered texture greeting cards, however the 
> output on the high quality setting is oddly green/yellow tinted.  
> This only happens on high quality, oddly it's perfect on standard 
and 
> grayscale settings.  I've tried changing the colour balance and it 
> doesn't help.  If I could I would simply print on standard but 
can't 
> because the image has those annoying 'printhead' lines through it 
> (despite having just replaced the printhead after 6 months use!!) 
and 
> I can't print on greyscale because the back of the cards features 
> colour and invariable the front will have colour lettering.
> 
> It makes no difference whether I change the paper to plain or 
photo 
> paper and seems to have no effect when I print from a different 
o/s 
> or port?!  Plus it doesn't change if I use Canon or 3rd party 
inks?!  
> Ooh and I've tried converting all images to CMYK on the offchance 
> that that would help and although it produces a slightly better 
> effect the tint is still there!
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas as to what I might be able to do?!  I'm 
> losing the will to live on this one!!
> 
> I'm so sorry if this kind of issue has been previously covered, I 
had 
> a rummage through messages but didn't manage to find anything!
> 
> Wishes & stardust,
> Ophelia
>