Question For Hobbiecolor Ink.

[SpartanWarrior]

I have the Canon IP 4500 and am now printing 6x8 photos for a wedding I just did, well I really like the ink but it is saturating the color to much as the the groom was wearing a dark blue suit and in picture it looks bright blue and also the skin is a little to red, I am printing through Photoshop CS5 and do have let photoshop manage colors enabled and also on my printer I do have manual color adjustment set to none, can someone please explain what I should do in the color adjustment on the printer? thank you.

 

[ruffin]

You might prefer Image Specialist Ink from PrecisionColors.com in Canada or Octoinkjet.com in UK. Both suppliers support this forum and are first class mailorder providers. I have ordered from both with excellent service.

 

[on30trainman]

Unless you are using a printer profile specific to the Hobbicolors inks and the paper you are using you will have a hard time getting correct colors. You could play with various individual color controls in Photoshop, but it will be hit or miss getting the corrections needed. Again - you need a profile specific for your ink/paper.

Steve W.

 

[SpartanWarrior]

Thanks to both I tried lowering the red blue and red in the printer profile but does nothing since I have it set to none and Photoshop manages colors and the I am using this paper pro gloss http://www.freephotopaper.com/inkjet_papers.htm
and he doesn't have any profile for it so he told me just to use the canon PR1 profile, but I never heard of an ink profile does hobbiecolor have any?

 

[mikling]

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5519

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5539

is a technique especially useful for those who want to get the best that their printers can produce with accurate color renditions such as portraits. Just get the required paper (Kirkland Professional Glossy) which is a bargain in itself and you're into professional printing territory. Sometimes oversaturated colors might not be a good idea with certain pictures.

If you want more picture stability, for those that hang on on the wall and to be displayed. Try using the Ilford Galerie Classic paper or HP Premium Glossy ( Can use the same profiles.). These will offer the longest life that standard dye printers can produce.

 

[SpartanWarrior]

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5519

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5539

is a technique especially useful for those who want to get the best that their printers can produce with accurate color renditions such as portraits. Just get the required paper (Kirkland Professional Glossy) which is a bargain in itself and you're into professional printing territory. Sometimes oversaturated colors might not be a good idea with certain pictures.

If you want more picture stability, for those that hang on on the wall and to be displayed. Try using the Ilford Galerie Classic paper or HP Premium Glossy ( Can use the same profiles.). These will offer the longest life that standard dye printers can produce.

Ok thanks but where do I order Kirkland professional glossy from? I am in Greece.

 

[SpartanWarrior]

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5519

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5539

is a technique especially useful for those who want to get the best that their printers can produce with accurate color renditions such as portraits. Just get the required paper (Kirkland Professional Glossy) which is a bargain in itself and you're into professional printing territory. Sometimes oversaturated colors might not be a good idea with certain pictures.

If you want more picture stability, for those that hang on on the wall and to be displayed. Try using the Ilford Galerie Classic paper or HP Premium Glossy ( Can use the same profiles.). These will offer the longest life that standard dye printers can produce.

Is this the one your talking about?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KIRKLAND-GLOS...raphy_DarkroomSupplies_SM&hash=item53e34fa2af
also do they have printer profile? if not which one do I use? thanks

 

[marceltho]

I can make you a custom printer profile for free, based on the ink and paper you use now, or you want to use in the future, just email me.

 

[SpartanWarrior]

I can make you a custom printer profile for free, based on the ink and paper you use now, or you want to use in the future, just email me.

That is very nice of you, email sent thank you

 

[nche11]

I have several ip4300s all refilled with Hobbicolors UW8 inks. I print photos all the time. I don't understand why you are having a problem with blue. The blue printed by Hobbicolors ink is to me the best of blue I ever got from other inks, including Image Specialist ink. It is also the blue most closely match the OEM blue. The problem of HC inks is generally in printing black and white. The gray tones will come out with some color cast in them. But when you print color photos all you should get is beautiful vibrant colors and they are fairly close to OEM. If you have a preference of the skin tone you just need to slightly tweak it before printing. I believe your problem is in how your color management is set up.