Cannon Prixima Pro-100 Watercolor Paper Printing

[Dpaul9]

So I'm new to the thread but read just about every article and watched Joe Toolman's videos on printing on Canson watercolor paper, yup the typical Michaels pack with the blue cover XL Aquarella paper. For the life of me I can't get a good print from it. Tried letting Photoshop run the show as well as the Studio Pro. Went through plenty of ICC profiles including the one Joe recommended and many others until the inevitable white flag was raised. The images are always dull with the darks 'grainy'. Some better than others, but most went to the trash bin. No problems with the Canson inkjet Aquarelle or other inkjet papers. I'm throwing it out there again, any other paper suggestions or profiles that work?

Thanks

 

[Dan Berg]

Not really sure but isn't that an art paper and not coated for printing.

Is it the exact same paper Joe is using? If it is then a possible workflow issue?

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[Howard Moftich]

'Art' paper isn't going to work well. As you observed, the inkjet version of the paper *does* work.

 

[farmersteve]

First, it's Canon with one N and it Pixma with one I and no R

While you can run non inkjet paper through a printer, your results are going to be less than good. As you noticed the Canson watercolor paper worked fine.

Inkjet papers are optimized to be used with inkjet inks and most come with a profile that is tuned to the printer/paper combination. I would stick with the Canson...

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[jtoolman]

First, it's Canon with one N and it Pixma with one I and no R

While you can run non inkjet paper through a printer, your results are going to be less than good. As you noticed the Canson watercolor paper worked fine.

Inkjet papers are optimized to be used with inkjet inks and most come with a profile that is tuned to the printer/paper combination. I would stick with the Canson...

 

[Dpaul9]

Thanks for all the feedback. Sorry about the spelling... I blame spell check... even if it was me So it seems my results were about as expected. To the point I'll stick with the inkjet paper. Though it is to note that overpainting is easier on the non-coated paper, which I assume makes perfect sense. If anyone does experiment trying that with oil/acrylic it actually works better than I thought it would. Thanks again