- System : Ubuntu 18.04
- Printer : Canon MP287
I've spent days trying to get the best settings to get an accurate color printing. No matter what combination I used, the result is extremely different with the source file. I've come across this question Color calibrate printer/ink/paper using the integrated scanner but he was using an unstable version of Ubuntu and his solution was upgrading to the latest version of Ubuntu.
Here's comparison between original image and scanned printed result :
That was printed using Default Setting as bellow :
General
Media Size : A4
Color Model : RGB Color
Color Precision : Normal
Media Type : Plain Paper
Media Source : Rear Tray
Print Quality : Standard
Resolution : Automatic
Srink page If Necessary to Fit Borders : Shrink (print the whole page)
Printer Feature Common
CD Hub Size : Normal
Ink Type : CMKYK
Ink Set : Both
Borderless : No
Orientation : Portrait
Printer Feature Extra 1
CD Size (Custom) : 116.1mm
CD Hub Size (Custom) : 42.7mm
CD Horizontal Fine Adjustment : 0.0mm
CD Vertical Fine Adjustment : 0.0mm
Output Control Common
Color Correction : Default
Brightness : 1.000
Brightness Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Contrast : 1.000
Contrast Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Saturation : 1.000
Saturation Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Image Type : Mixed Text and Graphics
Output Control Extra 1
Density : None
Density Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Dither Algorithm : Default
Cyan Density : None
Cyan Density Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Magenta Density : None
Magenta Density Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Yellow Density : None
Yellow Density Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Black Density : None
Black Density Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Output Control Extra 2
Composite Gamma : None
Composite Gamma Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Cyan : None
Cyan Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Magenta : None
Magenta Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Yellow : None
Yellow Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Black : None
Black Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Cyan Balance : None
Cyan Balance Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Magenta Balance : None
Magenta Balance Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Yellow Balance : None
Yellow Balance Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Output Control Extra 4
Linear Contrast Adjustment : No
Output Control Extra 5
Light Cyan Transition : None
Light Cyan Transition Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Light Magenta Transition : None
Light Magenta Transition Fine Adjustment: 0.000
Light Yellow Transition : None
Light Yellow Transition Fine Adjustment : 0.000
Ink Limit : None
Ink Limit Fine Adjustment : 0.000
GCR Transition : None
GCR Transition Fine Adjustment : 0.000
GCR Lower Bound : None
GCR Lower Bound Fine Adjustment : 0.000
GCR Upper Bound : None
GCR Upper Bound Fine Adjustment : 0.000
I have Gutenprint installed and I have checked in
usr/local/share/gutenprint/5.2/xml/printers.xml
I saw that my printer Canon PIXMA MP287 is listed already. I also have GNOME Color Management installed in my machine but I'm not familiar with it. Is there any settings advice I can follow and apply to my current setting ?
[UPDATE]
I tried to calibrate using native printer calibration from Ubuntu. I printed it8 target, scan it back and calculate icc profile for correction, setting : Accuracy. I'm aware that setting preference to accuracy will take longer, but I have 24gb ram and it's been like this for 14 hours now. I'm just gonna cancel it.
More advice ?
[UPDATE 2]
I tried to re-calibrate using colorchecker passport. Process completed and I got a notification that my device is successfully calibrated. However, calibration result is strange.
Printing result is still as bad as non-calibrated. Still open to suggestions & advice ?
