The Proper Color Fix For the Canon Pro-100

[@phamburger]

I am here to say your video saved my prints! Thank you so much. Once I downloaded and installed the Canon IJ Network Tool, I had to wait for the IJ network to pop up before I could select it. It took about 30 seconds to a minute on my network. Before I downloaded the IJ Network Tool, my photos were either lacking color and life when I selected "printer manages colors" or my photos had a magenta hue when "Photoshop manages colors" and I selected the proper paper. Now the photos look exactly as they do in Photoshop. Thank you again!

[@axelbuecker3678]

You saved my day ... after moving from my Windows workstation to an M1 Max MacBook Pro I blindly trusted Apple with the available PRO-100 driver and it drove me nuts for hours. Fortunately I quickly found your video about the Canon IJ driver, and after installing it I had my proper color sync back and the prints are coming out beautifully. Thanks a ton from Austin, TX!!

[@defyingtheodds1987]

I bought this printer a few weeks back. Had to buy the ink. Had a few problems. Couldn't get a decent print going. Finally my paper arrived today. I came back to this video, copied your settings, Crossed my fingers and ......They came out great! about 95 percent accurate in color. I'm so damn happy. Thank you for your help!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Happy to help! I’ve found I need to reinstall the driver regularly to maintain results.

[@jessbaumung6541]

I just got a Pixma Pro 100 and the first issue I had was the photos coming out too warm so I found your video and fixed the problem immediately! thank you

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Awesome!

[@rachelfurlough113]

Jarred, THANK YOU. My last pixma pro-100 went on the fritz with color and no one could tell me why. Canon ended up sending me a free replacement. When all of a sudden my watercolor prints were coming out incorrect tonight I was panicking- but after watching your video and reading your comments to others, I deleted my printers and reset my mac's printer settings, reinstalled as you suggested, and VOILA. I'm back in the game. Thank you. No tears needed this time, and I can get my business order out!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

So happy to help!!!

[@dorisweir9301]

You do not understand how grateful I am for your video. While I do not own a mac I used the settings you provide. OMG the photos came through 100% better than what I was told on other videos! I almost went out and purchased a new printer because of my frustration with this printer! Thank you!!!

[@laurenl1217]

Thank you!! I was so close to giving up on my printer. I had the "Bonjour" version installed and uninstalling it seemed to fix all my issues. You're the best!

[@suzannelacore7289]

Holy cow, it really worked! I've had my Source of Frustration - er, I mean my Canon Pro-100 - for almost five years and have never been able to use it for anything but packing slips and mailing labels. I've been wanting to start selling my art prints, didn't want to go the POD route and now...wow. What a game-changer. Thank you so so much!

[@jarreddecker5278]

So happy to help! Just FYI anytime you do any sort of computer update I would delete and reinstall the printer. that fix works but I find that after a month or two the same problem starts happening so I have to start over it’s really really annoying

[@suzannelacore7289]

@@jarreddecker5278 How weird, and yes, annoying. But at least that's a pretty easy fix. Thanks for letting me know!

[@deerears]

Seriously thank you SO MUCH for this video!! I've been feeling one step away from throwing my printer out the window, and thanks to your video I have FINALLY gotten color-accurate prints from my Pixma Pro!! You're my hero, dude!

[@bkhughes2385]

I have wasted expensive paper, cursed, and agonized...finally, I am getting good prints!! Thank you for this!

[@cherylmccaffrey8354]

Wow thank you so much for this video!!! I love the quality of my Canon Pixma Pro 100 that I've had for a few years and I've always really struggled with the color matching my original watercolor paintings. I finally googled and luckily found your video and it was the simplest and BEST fix! Thank you, thank you!!

[@MJ-kq8rc]

Thank you Jarred. I have had my Pro-100 for years and barely used it because I couldn't figure out how to print with accurate colours. I still need to do some tweaking but after watching your video I am getting closer to how my prints should look. Cheers mate!

[@garywalensphotography]

Jarred - I can't thank you enough for posting this video. I have had my Canon Pro-100 for over 2 years and have used it only 2 times because of the horrible print quality I was getting with the setup I had. I searched everywhere on the internet to find how to set it up correctly and your video is the first that has the correct setup process. I had no access to the color management or other options in the print setting until I installed the drivers you recommended. The print quality is exactly what is on my monitor now. Thanks again!!!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

So happy to help!

[@david.4445]

Thank you Jarred for taking the time to assist and educate those of us that may well of been getting rather frustrated in trying to solve the problem.

[@owleyes71]

Omg I cannot thank you enough! I’ve been fighting with this printer and photoshop to print correctly and watching many how/to videos. Yours worked within minutes and the difference is SO obvious!!!

[@Zenity7two]

Dude! I was going bat shit crazy. You are my new best friend. I must have been using the Bonjour printer. I erased both of the 100 printers and only installed the IJ and I have perfect prints so far. Thank you!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

That’s awesome so happy to help!

[@ALEXAWRIGHT]

Thank you so much for the tutorial! I was getting inaccurate colors before your fix. This did the trick. Thank you for figuring this out and sharing with us!

[@matthewrussotto2376]

Nice. The Pro-100 was working fine on my wife's old computer, but she hadn't used it in a while when she got a new computer. First time used on the new computer it was getting the colors all wrong, and it turned out to be exactly this. We were thinking maybe the inks had gone off in the time it was unused, but no, just software! Thanks.

[@26james]

Wound up here after Mac OS Big Sur broke the Canon Print Studio Pro Plug in for Lightroom, which worked flawlessly, and had to start using Lightroom's Print Module. Good info that helped me make sure I was ticking the right boxes to get a good print! The brightness level is much closer in Lightroom than PSP and results are very close to what I was getting before, thanks!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

No problem! I always had issues with canon print studio pro until I figured this out.

[@mariaricciardi2330]

I cannot even begin to express how grateful I am to you for making this video. Because of you, my printer lives to see another day and I can stop crying. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@GavinChapmanphotography]

Thank you so so so much for this. I have spent months trying to get prints that come out like what im seeing on my screen. After nearly packing it in this video sorted me out and now its working brilliantly. Thank you again you bloody superstar.

[@SergevanNeck]

THANK YOU!!!! OMG I wasted so much premium fine art paper but thanks to you, everything looks perfect now. I really thought I was going crazy.

[@betyerpwet]

So glad I saw this just before I purchased my printer. I did exactly what you said, and even had my own experiment and can see a difference, though very subtle, it’s something I can see therefore it bugged me. Thanks for this tutorial!! Still very helpful 10 months later!!

[@paulplummer9151]

Thank you. My Mac with Canon Pro 100 was relating the printer profile more or less reasonably and then NOT. I have no idea what changed. I had to use "Manage using printer" as you suggested. I reinstalled the printer as you described and now I'm getting a reasonable facsimile using the printer profile.

[@evanhunt5622]

THANK YOU!!! I was ready to ditch my Pro-100 and try another manufacturer. It's appalling that Canon support doesn't know the answer to this common issue.

[@valgirard2121]

Thank you! It worked for me as well! I use red river as well and I thought a green/yellow-ish tint was just the best I was going to get with their matte paper (Aurora Art White) but it's actually not! Super glad to know this. Thanks again!

[@michaelslay858]

Thank you Jarred! You saved the day. Me and my wife have been struggling with this issue for most of the day. So glad we found your video because it solved our problem.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Michael Slay Awesome!

[@CKTodoroff]

Thanks for sharing this! I have struggled with my Canon pro 100 for over a year trying to get the color output right and consistent. Now it just works, much appreciated.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Cynthia Todoroff so happy to hear!

[@mjurgemeyer]

I've been trying to solve this for years, and this finally did it! Thanks so much for getting this figured out!

[@feylesia_raccoon]

I've been struggling with my canon pro 100 for the past few days and stumbled upon this video and BOY it helped BIG TIME! Thank you so much!!

[@gilribeiro3248]

Hi Jarred, I have the Pixma Pro 100s for 2 years now. I tried a lot of different ways and it was always a struggle getting the right colours out. What works best for me is using the the Canon Studio Pro plug-in on LR and PS. It has all the settings you need in one window, so no switching between PS and printer settings anymore and the images come out exactly how I want them to. I highly recommend if you didn’t already try it! Cheers

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Thanks for the heads up! I’ll check it out!

[@monicaharris811]

Hi Gil, how did you get the Studio Pro in PS, I can only access it in LR.

[@gilribeiro3248]

@@monicaharris811 Hi Monica, if you got it installed in LR then it also should be available in PS. When you're ready to print go to file> automate> canon studio pro

[@monicaharris811]

@@gilribeiro3248 that’s the thing, i can see in the PS application the Plugin for Studio pro but it’s not showing in „automate“ in PS or in plugins when I am in PS.

[@monicaharris811]

Hi Gil, I checked again my download and found out what I did wrong. It’s showing up in PS now. Thank you!

[@_Andy_A]

Thanks for posting. I've had the same problem (pink / magenta prints) and spent hours searching for a solution. Turns out all I needed to do was clean the heads, as the yellow was clogged - can't believe this wasn't the first thing I tried. So much ink and paper used lol.

[@hossmacian]

Thanks for this! My Pro 100 is arriving tomorrow and will save this video to get it set up right the first time!

[@noahsmith1169]

Thank you!!! This canon fix saved my marriage!

[@ErinBassett]

I've been following your saga & I'm so thankful you posted the updates. I have a different Canon printer but the same issue and doing the airprint finally fixed it.

[@totonj]

Thank You!!! Not perfect yet but so much closer to what's on my computer screen and what I saw when taking the picture. I was always told to disable printer color management. Wrong! Your method works. I just wasted hours............

[@phototocanvaspdx]

You actually should disable color management. You want Photoshop or Lightroom to manage the colors. My other video shows that using printer management gets you close, but this method got me there where I can let my software manage the colors and get accurate prints. Glad it was helpful!

[@bossoidanielle]

Wonderful! Thanks Jarred! You really saved me a ton of heartache and money thanks to this video.

[@clairepowell9497]

Jarred! BIG thank you for making this video. I have a Canon ip8750 but your strategies have helped me go from magenta cast print outs to accurate(ish) colours in just a few tries. I am so grateful. I'm going to be printing illustration work to sell and your video really has made my life A LOT easier, saved me hours of frustration not to mention money / resources. Shame I can't upload a photo to youtube of the differences between my first try and the latest! I'm finding using the correct paper driver (downloaded from Innova Fine Art Papers) and having photoshop manage the colours through Coloursync is working well. Now I just need to print tests on all my paper samples using the correct driver for each to decide which paper suits my work. Thanks again.

[@claudia-wklize]

i have a Canon Pixma IX6850 which i think is similar did you try this whole process the same way? Those dull colors are driving me crazy

[@fionameng5374]

Yup, you're last one added only partial clarity, this one fixed the issues. Thanks for post, not going to throw printer off balcony.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

For sure. I’ve had to kind of make it up as I went and learned more. Glad this was helpful.

[@larrywilkes5787]

Thank you so much! This has saved me a lot of heartache and the urge to take a crowbar to both the computer and the machine! My only query is about the amount of paper choices you have - I can only see Canon products.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

So glad to help! I don’t use Canon Paper. So for all the papers I use I add a specific profile to match that I get from the manufacturer. What paper do you use?

[@larrywilkes5787]

@@phototocanvaspdx I've just acquired the Pixma 100s so use the Canon Pro Platinum which came with it. But I know I have to experiment and I overlooked the fact that you can add the manufacturer's profile. The printing so far is wonderful, by the way.

[@Lightcode]

Thank you! Im dumbfounded by this random color from this printer. Just bumped the saturation on a piece to quite high and shifted teh colour profile and STILL got a dull flat washed out print. rrrrgh

[@lynnkavelman1604]

Yes! Yes! Thank you for solving the problem.

[@captainzeb1969]

My Pro-100 just arrived. After work I will set it up. Regarding drivers and software available on Canon’s site, what do I actually need to install? I don’t want to bloat my machine unnecessarily. I use Lightroom and Photoshop on my MacBook Pro with a 27” Cinema screen.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

You need to install the driver, and if I remember correctly you need to install the Canon utilities. That will get you setup for wifi.

[@captainzeb1969]

Jarred Decker Photography Hey Jarred, I got it setup and the prints look quite good. I printed via LRC not PS. I set colour management to use the correct Canon paper profile. The print dialog was set to ColorSync. Is that right? Thanks again for this vid. I wonder if you should take down the one that says to let the printer manage colour?

[@captainzeb1969]

@@phototocanvaspdx One more thing...before I went to bed last night, my MacBook told me I had an updated version of Canon software for the printer waiting to be applied, so I did. When I tried to print this morning, NONE of my Canon paper profiles were visible in LRC. Needless to say, I was not impressed. After searching the net I came across an article that says if the AirPrint version of the printer was installed that it would remove the profiles. It was and it did! I followed the steps in the article: delete the printer (AirPrint, IJ and USB) from System Preferences-->Printers and Scanner. Then download and install the driver and add the USB and IJ (as you also advised) but do not add AirPrint. After doing this I went back into LRC and the paper profiles were visible. Whew! Although the article specifically refers to the Pro-10 the same steps apply to the Pro-100 (community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Pro-10-ICC-Profiles-on-Mac/td-p/283157#) Word to the wise: be very cautious about applying any updates for Canon software.

[@captainzeb1969]

And yet another update of some kind took place and blew away my profiles. I deleted both the IJ and USB printers followed by installing the newest drivers and adding just the IJ network printer. Now the profiles appear in Lightroom. So annoying. I’ve turned off automatic updates for apps from the App Store.

[@captainzeb1969]

And something updated overnight on my MacBook Pro, once again blowing away my profiles. Argh!

[@marthaglotzhober4335]

I just recently switched from a Windows computer to a Mac, & I'm still fighting the printer (I have the PRO-100). I think I'll have to uninstall the driver completely from the Mac & start over, as following your directions still did not help. At first I thought the problem might be in the printer itself, but I printed a photo using my windows laptop & it looks good. Thanks for this video, and looking at the other comments I'm hopeful that with just a little more work, I will overcome the printing issue.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Try resetting your print system and then reinstalling the driver. I have another video on how to do this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGm2c35rd5x6nbc

[@marthaglotzhober4335]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thank You!!

[@marthaglotzhober4335]

@@phototocanvaspdx I reset the print system, reinstalled the driver, still had a minor issue. I got to thinking about color space, and checked the various places that color space can be set. Now I have the same RGB color space (Adobe RBG). The last image I printed came out wonderfully. Not a great photo, but it was a good print.

[@chrisrydlewski8502]

A re-install and limiting that to IJ has definitely helped a lot. Prints are still darker than I'd like but at least I can work with this now. I am working in Adobe RGB workflow and using (UK-based) Permajet Oyster paper. I'll go for a custom icc profile from Permajet and see if that helps. Your video is SO useful. Shame on the printer manufacturers for making all this so difficult!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Glad to help. How bright is your screen set?

[@chrisrydlewski8502]

@@phototocanvaspdx Hi it is halfway on the brightness scale and a white point of D65.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@chrisrydlewski8502 What are you calibrating with?

[@chrisrydlewski8502]

@@phototocanvaspdx Late to respond as I don't calibrate. I thought I had sorted the magenta cast problem but (after a few weeks not printing) it has come back. I have tried to disable the printer color management but don't seem to be able to do it. Have tried lots of online fixes but no fix. I am thoroughly confused by all this!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@chrisrydlewski8502 yep it comes back. So annoying. A quick remove and re add of the printer should fix that. I was hoping canons newer print software would fix it but I can’t even get the software to recognize the printer!

[@tam8325]

I have stayed up for days screwing with this humongous paperweight in my office!! The colors weren’t exact but a whole lot closer than they were!! It may also be that there was no regular rosin glossy which is the only small photo paper I had laying around. Most of my stuff I do on regular sticker paper and the colors are INSANELY off. I’m thinking it might be too much printer for regular sticker paper! But it is so much closer with the exception of a peach slip n slide came out more of a pink. But holy cow what a difference.

[@billiefrench1268]

Thank you so much! You are a life saver!

[@Mr7Poz]

My color fix on Mac and Capture One Pro: PrintLab software. It seems to be able to disable the printer correctly. My (Managed by Printer on Capture One Pro) never works.

[@DrDebiUTube]

It worked better than what I was able to do before, but I still can't figure out how to download the ICC profiles to my computer...I went to their website and that was NO HELP at all.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Mac or pc?

[@DrDebiUTube]

@@phototocanvaspdx Mac

[@RedBrickStudiosMedia]

This video saved me, thank you!

[@Beanie1973]

Thanks Jarred, it’s still not working for me. The prints are coming out darker and with more red tones! I don’t know what to do. I also can find the canon Ij software. Can you help?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

The software should be able to be downloaded from the pro-100 page on the canon website. Try resetting your print system as well if you are on a Mac.

[@waynehollman8950]

Hey Jarred I use Capture one and Affinity Photo will it work the same way on these two programs.

[@ElectricEyesTV]

That was so helpful. Canon should put this tutorial in their manual for the Canon Pro 100. LOL. I didn't even know you can install different modes of the printer. The whole time I plugged it into the USB and it was using the network, so slow. When using the USB method, do you think the printer is using double profiles still?

[@NH4Ukraine2]

Hi. Stumbled across this video and so glad I did. I have the Pro-10 and am not that experienced with it. Do you happen to know if this is a problem with that printer as well? Thanks in advance.

[@MrIddogoldberg]

Great vid thanks. Worked for me!

[@shookstylez]

thanks alot, i am giving this a go. My colors are totally washed out suddenly using Photoshop on Glossy sticker paper. It's so weird... !!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

I’d uninstall and reinstall using this method for sure.

[@nadinek6693]

I installed the Canon Pro-100 series 2 USB... when I click on other software there is no Canon IJ option. This is what the menu shows: Canon PRO-100 series, Canon PRO-1v1-1 series, Canon PRO-10 series plus a bunch of Epson and Dynamo printer options. I work with an iMac 2020. Any suggestions?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Can you send me a screenshot to [e-mail]

[@bluenote9580]

I need to ask. Because I watched another vid where you show to choose canon color match instead of color sync. So canon handles the color. But here you say use color sync and use the IJ network. Sorry I'm a bit confused. Is the latter the correct settings? Photoshop handles colors? Do you use print studio pro?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Hi sorry for the confusion. I made the other video and used that method for a while. It works ok, but not as accurate as I would’ve liked because I couldn’t use proper profiles. After doing more research and many many many more experiments I discovered that the method featured in this video allows you to use the proper profiles and actually get accurate colors.

[@bluenote9580]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks so much! So I'm assuming the same would apply when using print studio pro, makes sense.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@bluenote9580 I would assume so, sorry I missed that part. I tried it once and wasn't a fan, I much prefer photoshop to print.

[@lenawalton4264]

Hi, I’ve been trying this but haven’t yet managed to make it work - but I think that’s because I can’t get the right icc profile for my paper. I’ve downloaded it but it’s not showing up in my printer profile drop down menu. Do you have any videos showing how to get the icc printer profiles downloaded correctly? I’ve bee googling and trying to figure it out for hours

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Mac or PC? Mac go to library>ColorSync>profiles and add it there then restart PS. No idea on a PC.

[@lenawalton4264]

@@phototocanvaspdx thank you for your reply :) I have a Mac, big sur. I did that but haven’t restarted my computer. I’ll do that and see if it helps. I need a degree to figure this printer out!

[@jennaralissima]

Thank you very much for this. I can't remember but I think I installed my Pro 100 with IJ at the beginning (18 months ago) as it's too far away for USB but nevertheless I did it again and this time I let Photoshop Elements manage the colour but the MAIN difference was the selection of 'Perceptual' which you kind of glossed over. Until I did that I got the same old dull yellowish prints but that made my red's red rather than orange. I'll have to do more experimentation. Unfortunately it seems that 'printer adjustment' isn't available in Elements (and any Adobe subscription model is way too expensive for the number of photos I actually print - it starts at over CAD$400 per year). Is there a way of adjusting brightness for printing that I haven't found?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

You can uninstall and reinstall using the IJ with wifi at any time. Its very easy. Perceptual and relative should have very little effect on the prints. You can do your own research but perceptual is essentially trying to match what is on screen and relative is more trying to get accurate colors of what they should be. I use perceptual for photographs and relative for artwork. You can adjust brightness within Lightroom or Photoshop in several ways, from the brightness in the print module or the exposure of the photo. Again I know nothing about Elements as I have never used the software.

[@jennaralissima]

@@phototocanvaspdx I tested this again and I found Perceptual to be only slightly better (with my picture of a red maple tree in fall). I believe that using printer colour matching made it looks quite orange which definitely isn't how I saw it when I took the shot. I think I got confused as to which variable I was testing for which print. I'm using Scott Kelby's book on Elements and he recommends using Elements to control colour. I will test a bit more and settle on 'good enough' rather than burn through all my paper and ink!

[@jarreddecker8965]

@@jennaralissima you always use the software to control the color to get proper prints with the exception of the pro 100 because it’s driver issues create problems. The correct way to get proper colors will never be letting the printer control the colors but it was a work around because the pro 100 issues.

[@nickkrane4120]

Your Video has been super helpful. I'm finding that my primary subject seems to have accurate colors but the bokeh in the background often has a dark and magenta color shift. Any Ideas?

[@verezworkshop1483]

Hi I just bought a used one of these. Is the usb print driver install a necessary step? My printer is in another room and I have a desktop style Mac. I see the correct driver install currently for lan printing

[@phototocanvaspdx]

If you see the correct drive you should be fine!

[@verezworkshop1483]

Update: on Sonoma with latest drivers and apps, photoshop appears as it does here but Lightroom color matching option shows greyed out ser to canon color… prints are dark. Then I did some fiddling back and forth… now light room matches photoshop… so clunky. My printer driver looks different with all canon options stacked. Very clunky… and frustrating. 😂

[@morlthree]

Thanks, Jared, for all of your hard work! I'm still struggling as to what ICC profile I need for my paper (Inkpress Luster ). The paper manufacturer says 'Use the default/preset ICCs and drivers that come bundled with your Canon Pixma printer.' What is the default called that I need to select? I appreciate your help!

[@jarreddecker5278]

My pleasure! I would look under photo papers in the driver for a semi-gloss. If there is a semi gloss ll try that.

[@lenawalton4264]

Hi there, I just bought the pixma pro 100s and I feel really annoyed that I bought it! I’m printing from indesign and while the colours aren’t bad I want them closer to what I see. However, my printer didn’t come with a USB so I’ve been printing using wifi. I went to look at the printer drivers and saw that it’s the canon air print that I’ve installed. So my question is, do I need to go out and buy the USB connection so that I can download the correct drivers. Will this fix my colour matching issue? Or is wifi ok to set up the printer and print with?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Yes it’s super frustrating. You can still move forward without the usb cable. Just download the proper driver, uninstall, and reinstall the printer. This time instead of AirPrint choose the canon ij driver (it works via WiFi) and you should be good to go!

[@artistlin]

I think something changed since this video came out. I was doing well with oyur suggestion (yay!) and now the new upgrade to Photoshop has my printer printing too yellow yet again. Any clues?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

I had to install it in a new computer last week and it worked fine. I would delete it, reset the print system and reinstall making sure you have the newest driver.

[@artistlin]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thank you!!!! Happy holidays!

[@dirtybeagles1502]

Just got a Pro-200 and was using Secure Airprint. I noticed that in the printer settings, there are several ICC settings for Airprint. None of them worked so I had to turn off no color correction. I then saw your video and did not realize there were printer drivers for Mac so I went to their drivers page and sure enough, there it was. I installed it and I do notice a difference. It is slight, but I do notice it. The photos are a little brighter. Did you change anything in the printer itself?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Nope. That’s one of the annoying things about this printer you can’t really adjust anything. I don’t use AirPrint for any printers except my crappy document printer.

[@Savage1776_]

These are the best videos

[@jendydelatorre2480]

thank you for sharing, you has been my life saver ✌🏼❤

[@roybush1]

My pro 100s is connected by Wi-Fi in another room, I see that the in version is listed in the plus icon in settings on iMac …. Is that the same ?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Thats fine you just need to select the correct driver when installing it.

[@bebechat14]

Help! I reinstalled the driver for my Canon Pro-200 and the "IJ" option does not show up in my printers list. Only the USB version.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

The USB versions is likely fine but the IJ not being there likely means the driver isn’t installed.

[@bebechat14]

@@phototocanvaspdx How do I know the driver is correctly installed?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@bebechat14 I would just download and install it again.

[@bebechat14]

@@phototocanvaspdx I have downloaded the Pro-200 driver for MacOS 13. Should I download the Pro-100 driver from your link?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@bebechat14 no just whatever one is needed for your printer. As I said USB should be fine.

[@Slave-Of-Christ]

There doesn't seem to be an option for the IJ driver anymore. The printing system on Mac OS borked right now. It is insanely difficult to not get double profiling; it's as if they've stacked the deck against us.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

There is I just reinstalled mine last week. Email me and I can help.

[@Slave-Of-Christ]

@@phototocanvaspdx Hey! I really appreciate it. I have installed my printer using Airprint and found that, contrary to my and most people's understanding, that does not mean that you can't use the proper Canon driver with its options for the printer. Airprint is just a protocol, and it can be made to use the official drivers. After a lot of tests I found that the Bonjour protocol is totally messed up on Mac right now. Nothing works correctly at all using it. The Airprint protocol works as expected. I suspect it is the same as using the IJ connection protocol. I'd still like to know how to install that just in case, though.

[@Slave-Of-Christ]

@@phototocanvaspdx I sent you an email. Thank you.

[@cwash2465]

Hey Jarred I tried it and it is printing a lot closer to my image. Thank you for your help. Do you think it matters if you using a laptop or desktop? I read that can make a difference in the prints.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Im glad it helped! Where did you hear that? I can't see why laptop vs desktop would matter...

[@cesarmartinez3658]

Help...For the wifi way, only the bonjour options comes up for me and nothing else.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Can you connect via usb for the setup?

[@TheXaraujo]

Thanks!!! worked like magic!!

[@norashootsbeauty]

Jarred, can you do the video to print from Lightroom? LR doesn't have the options in the video. I can only select the Canon IJ profile OR the paper type, which are all Canon options of paper. I've tried both and color is way too much black. I made a manual adjustment +25 brightness to combat the darkness and see no difference. Any thoughts? Thank you so much, Nora

[@phototocanvaspdx]

I do have a video about printing from Lightroom on my channel. I’m a bit confused by your comment. Canon IJ is the connection method, and should not be near a paper type. If you are loading the proper driver and only seeing Canon papers it means you haven’t installed your profile correctly. If it is installed, in the Lightroom print option you have to tell it which profiles you want to be present in the drop down menu. Very important that your monitor is not set too bright or your prints will always look too dark. I wouldn’t go above 50% brightness. Keep in mind the image on your screen has a light behind it and prints don’t. Dark images are definitely the hardest to print and often require some trial and error. Printing in Photoshop lets you apply black point compensation which is helpful with dark prints.

[@norashootsbeauty]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks for the reply Jarred. Very nice of you. I did see you other video on printing setup from Lightroom and I'm solid on set up. It's only print quality I have an issue with. I did color for offset printing for 20+yrs, so I'm very familiar with color. I do have my monitor brightness turned down and I calibrate it regularly using the Spyder 5. Per the video, I deleted all my printers and only installed the new Canon 100 IJ print driver. I'm printing (4) photos at a time, getting 4 up on a 8.5" x 11" sheet for efficiency. In LR Classic, under Color Management, the only options are "Managed by Printer" or "Other" Under Other, the options are Canon 100IJ color print profile or Canon paper selections. I'm choosing the semi gloss although I'm using HP photo paper. I looked up 1/2 versus 3 and Canon site said lower the #, the better the quality, so chose 1/2. Quality is getting better, so thank you, but it's not there yet. I've printed over 15 sheets so burning through paper and ink, trying to dial in the color. It's very frustrating. But really do appreciate this video as it's getting closer. THANk YOU!!! My Instagram: norashootbeauty

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@norashootsbeauty to me that means your profiles are not correctly installed.

[@norashootsbeauty]

@@phototocanvaspdx I looked for the ICC profile for the HP paper I'm using and there isn't one for the Pixma Pro 100 but I read that if you choose a Canon paper that is most similar it should work. Im getting better results using the IJ driver I d/l from Canon. So really appreciate your video and help. It's been such a struggle and I'm finally happy with the results. Indebted to you. THANK YOU!!!!

[@andreafine439]

I've had my pixma pro 100 for a number of years. i'd print with different canon papers and I'd get perfect results with IJ. But now when I try to get the rich colors I'm used to the prints are not matching the vibrance or color and the printer often rejects the print request completely when I choose a paper and have PS or lightroom doing the printing.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Yeah they are super finicky. Im not sure if they are compatible with Canons new print software, I need to check on that. I use PS for 95% of my printing. Honestly I would never tell someone to buy one of these. As operating systems change they seem to get worse and worse for compatibility.

[@sheltonseraphin1903]

Hey you did this for photoshop can you do it for Lightroom please

[@phototocanvaspdx]

It’s very similar. But yes I can do that soon.

[@mattholmes4543]

our prints are still coming out slightly blue, primarily noticed in the skin tones. I've tried both letting Photoshop manage colors as well as the printer. Printer management seems to work better, but is still off. Incidentally, this is a watercolor that has been scanned in, laid out in InDesign, exported as a PDF, and pulled into Photoshop. I'm starting to think there are simply too many places to go wrong. Any ideas?

[@phototocanvaspdx]

The only one left is uninstalling and reinstalling the printer, possibly resetting the print system.

[@thomastuorto9929]

Apple products are a lot more complex, or it seems so coming from a pc. PC user here. Print from LR6, color matching, = none! = means LR or software controls color. Monitor is calibrated, = no problems. Usually a on monitor to print match. Once in a while a couple of little tweaks when going for perfection & trying new non Canon papers from sample packs. For the $150 US I paid, (with extra paper) totally satisfied. Found the vid interesting because thinking of getting/trying a M1 MacBook or Apple desktop.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

That’s great that you’ve had fewer problems. I’ve never tested from a PC but there’s a lot of people that have had many problems on them as well. When you say color matching do you mean Canon color matching or using icc profiles? Canon color matching consistently gets OK results I’ve posted that in another video but many people want to use proper ICC profiles with her specific media’s and this is when the problems begin.

[@thomastuorto9929]

@@phototocanvaspdx yup. I pick a media type like pro photo luster, etc & use the paper ICC profile & let LIghtroom, manage color. I have Qimage Ultimate also but have only used it once or twice quite awhile ago. I am pretty sure it has a smart thing built in where you can’t double profile. I just use LR mostly because it is what I’m used to & find easy enough.

[@jarreddecker8965]

@@thomastuorto9929 It sounds like its your workflow, not Mac vs PC. I would not let this sub par printer prevent you from trying an m1 machine they are absolutely incredible!!

[@thomastuorto9929]

@@jarreddecker8965 Sub par! Thats funny. I get very nice prints from the Pro 100. Would I like to move up to a larger 12 ink printer? , sure I would. Probably be moving this year & after I'm settled in & see how much space I have... Would like at a minimum 30 "36" wide printer. Finacially it doesn't make sense but, hopefully it will put a smile on my face. I think an option might be to try & get someone who likes to print their own go in on it. Just a thought. Happy holidays & happy printing.

[@claudia-wklize]

does anyone know if this works forCanon Pixma IX6850?

[@rupertberr]

I have tried for two weeks using your method and I still can't get it to work. I can not get the Canon IJ option to show up even thought I have downloaded it multiple times. I have been trying for almost a year before hand. Great for black and white but the color is terrible. Prints still look like crap. I have been using Canon printers for over 20 years and they have all been great until I went from a 9000 to a Pro-100 only because it was hard finding ink for the older one. Using Mac M1 Ventura 13.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Im not sure what to tell you, on my m1 with Ventura I plug the printer in via USB and IJ shows right up. If you cant get it to work your best bet is using a different application to print (like apple preview) or letting the printer choose colors not the application.

[@rupertberr]

@@phototocanvaspdx Just after I wrote that comment I found your other video. That seems to have done the trick. I printed off of Preview and the color is much better. Trying a couple other images to see if it works on all of them. Thanks for the quick response.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@rupertberr Great news! Let me know how it goes!

[@mcddetectrespect.7467]

Hi thanks for the video, can you help please, when I print on the canon 8750 using the the proper paper profiles the skin to are very red or orange all other colours seem fine . Monitor skin tones look great but when printed to saturated. If there’s a way around this would be grateful for your advice. Thanks

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Did you follow the instructions for the printer connection method?

[@mcddetectrespect.7467]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks you for replying, I set it up using a usb connection lead lm not going to use WiFi, it all seemed to load up very simply and my iMac recognises it. I don’t know if I should have done something differently, is there a way of checking if it’s setup properly. Thanks

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Note that even when you plug it in via usb, you can still connect via bonjour. So open you printer/scanner prefs and make sure under connection method it says usb.

[@mcddetectrespect.7467]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks again, I have now let the printer manage the colour and the orange colour has gone from the skin tones, don’t know why but it works better. Thank stay safe.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@mcddetectrespect.7467 good to hear. This isn’t a known problem with this printer so I would still recommend contacting Canon support.

[@kathyowen4028]

So I can use the usb printer if I’m wired and if not wired use the ij option? My prints look great printed from photoshop but awful printing from lightroom .

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Its odd to have prints coming through different colors with those programs, though I have had the issue. I have not however when the printer was hooked up via USB. Did you check your printer preferences to make sure the pro-100 is only in there once? For a long time I used USB but it had automatically (I think) set up another copy of it via bonjour. There was no way to differentiate them aside from the fact that they had slightly different icons in the dock when I was printing. After I discovered this I removed the bonjour version and renamed the USB version with USB in the title so I wouldn't make the mistake again. Give this a shot!

[@kathyowen4028]

@@phototocanvaspdx i downloaded the ij drivers but when i go to add the IJ network printer its not showing up as a option. the only way I am able to print is usb? I have the new macbook pro , monterey system. what am i doing wrong>. love your videos!

[@cherylmccaffrey8354]

Thanks!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Yay! Im so glad this was helpful! Please dont hesitate to reach out if you have any more issues!

[@jackvainer9679]

Hi, Jarred. I followed your advice, and unfortunately, it did not work for me. I've ing own my Pixma Pro 100 for about five years now, and for the first four, I never had many problems match colours with my screen. However, that changed when I updated my Mac to Mojave, and now all my prints never match my screen colour and are also usually very dark. I've updated the driver and firmware to the latest ones with no luck fixing the problem. I've tried printing also using Canons Print STudio Pro utility, but this doesn't work either. I'm ready to give up on this Canon printer and switch to Epson.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Sorry that's too bad. Have you tried letting the printer manage the colors?

[@jackvainer9679]

Yes, I did try this as well with marginal better results.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@jackvainer9679 have you tried removing it and reinstalling it? There’s a way to completely reset the printers in macOS but I’m struggling on remembering how to do it. I think it involves holding the option key when deleting a printer or something I’ll have to get back to you on that.

[@jackvainer9679]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks Jarred, This is excellent advice. I think it may work.

[@jackvainer9679]

I found this: Reset Your Mac’s Printing System A quick refresh can also help address printing problems after a Mojave update. Here are the instructions: Proceed to the Apple menu. Choose System Preferences. Click Printers & Scanners. On your keyboard, press and hold the Control key. Click anywhere in the list of devices found on the left side of the window. Click Reset printing system once you see a prompt to reset the printing system

[@Leilani2828]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! this was so so so helpful :D the only thing I'm having trouble with is that all the other steps I've been able to follow, except for the quality and media paper options. I was finally able to get more media types by installing the printer and everything (i have a canon pixma-100 pro), but in the media options, i am supposed to select other fine art paper 1 but when hovering over the fine art papers options, everything in the menu is greyed out. not quite sure what to do, but if anyone knows how to fix this, i would greatly appreciate it! 💗

[@Leilani2828]

OH MY GOD jkjkjk literally 2 seconds after i posted this, i changed the sizing option from US Letter Borderless to US Letter Art Paper margin 30 and i now can access those options. if anyone else has this issue, just try that out! if all else fails, maybe post a comment asking for help then you'll accidentally fix it right after lol.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@Leilani2828 have you tried actually printing? I have had many struggles with fine art paper.

[@ArthurSchwartz-w8m]

I am desperate to find out how to print B&W without a color cast. I'm using the latest PS on an iMac with Monterey (OS 12.6.6). I've tried with PS controlling things and with Printer controlling and nothing works. Please, please help.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

What color mode is the image in?

[@ArthurSchwartz-w8m]

@@phototocanvaspdx Grayscale

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@ArthurSchwartz-w8m Hmm im really not sure. Is it a magenta cast?

[@ArthurSchwartz-w8m]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thanks for giving it a shot. Sometimes magenta. Other times bluish. I'm stumped.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@ArthurSchwartz-w8m And you are using a pro-100? If so try exporting from PS and print it in Apples Preview program.

[@warwolflover]

I just got my Canon a few weeks ago and I'm so ready to return it, I invested a lot of money in it as it was recommended as a REALLY good quality printer that could print on heavier paper. But when I try to print on plain paper everything is washed with magenta! I tried this method I tried SO many methods and I have no idea what to do! If just won't print the colors correctly any help would be so freaking awesome cuz im crying over here

[@phototocanvaspdx]

What computer are you using?

[@warwolflover]

@@phototocanvaspdx it's an iMac pro, I noticed specifically that my browns are getting the magenta wash.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Gabriela Reyna Have you tried letting the printer manage the colors?

[@warwolflover]

@@phototocanvaspdx I tried that today I set everything to go with printer management I've been doing the opposite and making sure Photoshop or adobe acrobat manages the color but still the image comes out pink instead of brown. It's like no matter what I do it comes out pink! And no matter which program I use it comes out pink I have no idea what is going on!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Gabriela Reyna have you tried deleting the printer, resetting your macs printer prefs and reinstalling using the method I describe?

[@ronswansons_mustache]

I really wish how to create a connection to the IJ network was explained. It shouldve been simple to connect, but ive been researching like crazy and nothing explains as to how to troubleshoot the problem of the IJ network utility not detecting my computer via usb. For example, Idk what it means when they say make sure your network settings are correct... I just know my computer and printer are connected to the same wifi network and that my usb cable is detected by my computer.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Are you on a Mac or PC?

[@ronswansons_mustache]

@@phototocanvaspdx Hi! I am on a mac

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@ronswansons_mustache Hi! Yeah its way too difficult. So your printer is plugged in, you have the network utility running and the printer is not showing up? A Pro-100? Have you tried a different cable?

[@ronswansons_mustache]

@@phototocanvaspdx No I have not, that the only thing i have left to do. I purchased the cable online and it'll get here tomorrow. I had to ship out some prints today so i did a temporary solution, i really hope its the cable x.x And its actually the Pro-1000. I figured the troubleshooting is the same, but I made sure I downloaded the correct most updated drivers. Thank you for keeping tabs on this I'll let you know how it goes.

[@ChuckRiley]

Great video, but I’m not sure what you mean by the IJ Tool. My only printer options are air print, and bonjour.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Thanks! The canon IJ network tool is downloaded from the Canon website. Go to the product page for the pro-100 and it should be available.

[@SugarCrispPictures]

​@@phototocanvaspdx Hi! Thank you so much for your videos. I have the pro-1000 and the same problem. 3 months ago I got this to work after watching your video. I think I remember correctly if my old Mac found the IJ printer, but now when I have a new Mac (M1 mac mini) the IJ printer is not found, only Bonjour. I updated the firmware on the printer to the latest 3.020 and then the IJ printer could´nt be found on my old mac either. (catalina) Don´t know if it had anything to do with that, but I tried to solve it by deleting all printers and download the latest drivers from Canon website but it still only finds the bonjour kind. (on both Macs) I think I have the Canon IJ drivers installed (during the setup it said Canon IJ in one of the boxes) but I´m not sure that it´s fully working with Catalina or Big Sur? (when it worked 3 months ago I also had Catalina) Do you know why I can´t find Canon IJ when adding the printer? So thankful for your thoughts and help!

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@SugarCrispPictures Hi Sandra! I don't think the drivers are properly installed. I have a m1 MacBook Air running Big Sur and it all set up fine. Are you doing the setup hardwired? Canon IJ has several things, from scan tools to print drivers so the box that was checked may have been for something else. I'll check my m1 today at some point and let you know if anything seems off.

[@SugarCrispPictures]

@@phototocanvaspdx Thank you! Feels good to hear that it works on the M1. I´m not the most techie, so I´m not sure I get you right. Do you mean that I should try the setup while connected to the internet by cable? Or to the printer..? (did´nt think the mac needed to be connected to the printer during driver setup? I did it all wirelessly) I downloaded the latest complete drivers and program-package from canon website. And just followed the instructions. (it was´nt a checkbox with canon IJ info, it was like "the name" of the driver in the beginning, like "setup canon IJ printer" or something similar.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

@@SugarCrispPictures When on the webpage to download the driver, make sure you click "software" as well. There are a few things here. One of which is the Canon IJ Network tool. Did you install that?

[@darrenchang2907]

My canon pro 100 decides to have different issues at random times. The current issue is that if I print 10 pages of the same flyer, the first 4 or 5 look fine, then the following ones gradually shift the blue to pink! Yes, gradually. If I restart my Mac and the printer, it returns to normal, but after a few prints the same problem reoccur!

[@LamdaMahryaArt]

Hey Jarred. how do i know what the printer profile setting is?

[@photonewbie8065]

Thank-you! This information should be in the manual (but isn't).

[@jakesywong]

hey, i've tried your method but the colours still arent accurate. I use a mac pro retina display with a canon pro-100. I reached out to canon and they talked about changing the photo from an RGB to a CYMK but doing that didnt change the inaccuracy of the colours. Printing on lightroom gives my photos a blue tinge where when i print with the same settings on photoshop, the colours are different. Different but still inaccurate! The issue is, i know my printer can print accurate colours because I've done it once, but couldnt repeat it and it has been quite frustrating trying to do something i've done before. I feel that the colour range in my prints do not match my edited photos. if you have any thoughts on why this is please dont hold back on sharing! your videos have gotten me closer to a more accurate print but I want to make them perfect!!

[@jakesywong]

Also, different photos have different colour inaccuracies. so not all of them print with a blue tinge

[@jakesywong]

Nevermind, I've realised my magenta ink isn't printing and I'm just going to replace my print head.

[@dylanrummel9832]

Thank you so much!!!!! 2 years later lol.

[@bcck58]

Thanks a lot! Made my day.

[@nlh835]

My Pinter manage color and did not do good.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

Yeah I have another video where that is my original solution. But with different papers it can be difficult and we should be able to use proper paper profiles.

[@emmarrichardson6066]

To keep my printer unclogged, I print 1x/week - just a .jpg Adobe RGB calibration print, low-res on regular bond paper on my MacBook Air. (I have ONLY used this printer via USB and don't want to add it to the network, which appears to be what the IJ tool does.) Yes I installed the latest drivers. If I simply want to do decent quick prints from the MacBook Air without using photoshop, I don't see how your solutions help? Such prints look awful - dingy, and the blacks are brown. (For my "good" photography, I use a of Photoshop CS3 on an old Mac tower. I haven't tried that in a long time, since I can't even get past the hurdle of printing a simple .jpg on plain ol' inkjet bond paper.)

[@phototocanvaspdx]

My solutions have nothing to do with the clog printer. They solve the well-known problem of a canon pro 100 double profiling.

[@emmarrichardson6066]

Thank you, I understand that. I was just saying that I print weekly (to keep the inkjets unclogged - not your topic) but that my prints look awful, just using the Mac Preview program, even if there's no apparent clog. There's no "double profiling" involved in Preview, is there? I had a good Preview print from the Pro-100 a couple of weeks ago, but now it's up to its old tricks again. I also use a Canon Pixma MX 920, and its color is OK, but when the Pro-100 is working properly, the quality is obviously superior & professional compared to the Pixma MX 920. Thus I feel discouraged & disinterested in attempting to print professional quality photos.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

It’s still unclear, what’s actually causing the double profiling. I’ve had fine luck with the pro 100 printing it in other software, but I’ve also had fine luck if I make sure the printers installed using the correct driver, which Apple makes difficult. Apple has completely screwed up printing with all printers in Sonoma with no fix in sight.

[@emmarrichardson6066]

Ah. I'm so glad I haven't "upgraded" to Sonoma! I think I'll delete the Pro-100 from the Apple System settings, then download all the latest Pro-100 drivers *again,* & install them before adding the Pro-100 via USB *again.* Will let you know how it works. Not tonight, I'm sick of fooling with it. I very much appreciate your lightning-fast responses!

[@emmarrichardson6066]

No go from Ventura today. After installing the latest printer driver, removing the printer from the system settings, & re-adding it, the print still looks awful. I'm confused about the IJ tool. I thought that was only for wireless printing? That's why I wasn't going to use it, since I only print USB, but if the IJ is necessary for decent prints, I'll try to figure it out. Another approach (for tomorrow - I can only stand so much of this daily) is to try my "photo" computer, the old tower, which runs OS Lion or something but it's complicated to switch from one machine to the other.

[@tiffanyfortney4999]

is this just for mac? I have the same issue with windows.

[@phototocanvaspdx]

It is and unfortunately I don’t know my way around windows. I released an updated video this week, though that may help. If you simply export your image from Photoshop or Lightroom, and then print it using any non-adobe program, the printer should work fine. Seems it’s Adobe software causing the issue.

[@jillanderson5493]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!