Help! Printing from Indesign to an inkjet.

[JamesB]

I'm still quite new to printing, so please forgive my lack of knowledge.

I am trying to set up Indesign CS3 to print to our Canon iX5000. I'd like to get our in-house printouts to roughly match the final professional versions.

I believe this is the way my settings are supposed to be:

View > Proof Setup > Coated FOGRA27 (The final printers profile, not our Canons)

*InDesign’s Print dialog box:*

_Output:_
+Colour+ > Composite RGB (Because the Canon converts to RGB anyway)

_Colour Management:_
+Print+ > Proof
+Colour Handling+ > Let InDesign Determine Colours
+Printer Profile+ > Canon iX5000 MP2 (This should mean 'Matte Paper' which I am using).

I also turned OFF Colour Correction in the Canons preferences.

With the above settings the Canon printouts are MUCH darker and more de-saturated than the professional print.

If I turn ON Canons Colour Correction the colours are closer but look overexposed.

What I really need is something in-between.

I know it's quite a cheep printer and I'm not going to get perfection, but vaguely accurate colours (and contrast) would be helpful. Any Ideas?

 

[Guest]

Re: Help! Printing from Indesign to an inkjet.

See this thread:

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b52c9b/23