Canon Selphy Printer
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My one also .. always give me darker colour ..
end up using nikon view to do the job for me but still not 100 % work
It's work very well with B/W and super bluish color ..
Time to bring down for service. Thank for the info .. to all the bros
My old CP200 is working fine. BTW, anyone interested to buy?
i just sent in my CP510 for calibration (testing in the end). the results shows that my printer was within the design specification. my complaints was that the prints are dark and greenish.
spoke them, was told that the calibration process will takes 5 days with a cost of $40 bucks. in the end, mine's free as they did not do anything to it. tested at canon service center before i took back the printer. the pictures turned out to be just slightly off from the monitor (its not very dark and neither its greenish). beats me what happened as i went home to try again. the prints are back to greenish and slightly dark. i thought its software problem (XP, Vista compatiable issues) but still not the case. tested the source files in both XP and Vista machine.
I think the root cause of the problem is the ribbon cartridge. since the test was done using canon's ribbon cartridge. i'm planning to try out my CP400 ribbon cartridge on my CP510. see where the problem lies. maybe can try direct print from my camera see how's the prints also.
spoke them, was told that the calibration process will takes 5 days with a cost of $40 bucks. in the end, mine's free as they did not do anything to it. tested at canon service center before i took back the printer. the pictures turned out to be just slightly off from the monitor (its not very dark and neither its greenish). beats me what happened as i went home to try again. the prints are back to greenish and slightly dark. i thought its software problem (XP, Vista compatiable issues) but still not the case. tested the source files in both XP and Vista machine.
I think the root cause of the problem is the ribbon cartridge. since the test was done using canon's ribbon cartridge. i'm planning to try out my CP400 ribbon cartridge on my CP510. see where the problem lies. maybe can try direct print from my camera see how's the prints also.
I just brought my selphy 730 to CSC for recalibration cause my prints were underexposed - big waste of time. I was told by the CSC technician that the 730 cannot be recalibrated - something to do with additional feature called mycolour. If you have a 720, then no problem - CSC can recalibrate it for you.
dorts
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Hehe. Should have called them first.Thanks for telling us.
You're welcome - I actually called CSC first and explained the problem to them. I was told to bring the printer down to CSC for recalibration - the person who took my call probably gave a stock answer. When I got there, the techician at CSC (who does the actual servicing) explained that the selphy 730 cannot be recalibrated. :dunno:
jpgutierrez18
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oh, so it's really printer problem.
i had my selphy cp720 for quite some time now and yeah the prints are a lot darker and yellow/gold - ish as compared to my 2 notebooks and 1 lcd monitor. can it be user-calibrated? lazy to go all the way down to harbourfront service centre
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i had my selphy cp720 for quite some time now and yeah the prints are a lot darker and yellow/gold - ish as compared to my 2 notebooks and 1 lcd monitor. can it be user-calibrated? lazy to go all the way down to harbourfront service centre
.NoobiePhotographer
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1 question , is it more cost effective to print using this printer or to send to shops for print?
yumyum
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i using CP510, the cartridges and the papers should last out till each of them finish, but does anyone encounter the color cartridge runs out before the papers ???
Does canon sells the cartridges separatelys, ???
and another QQQ,
Does anyone try using second source of printing papers other than buying the one and only type that meant for CP printers
Does canon sells the cartridges separatelys, ???
and another QQQ,
Does anyone try using second source of printing papers other than buying the one and only type that meant for CP printers
snowspeeder
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Planning to get the CP740. Price is S$199. Anyone has experience on this to share?
Using CP510 also...cartridge sometime run out before paper. Later realise the the setting need to be change to like printer. If you using the software provide with the CP510 printer then remember to look out the quality setting for printing. But printer directly from camera will not pose this problem.
Think so
Think so
snowspeeder
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No one using CP740?
If u keep turning the printer on & off after 1 or 2 prints, the cartridge will run out faster than the paper. The printer will use up a bit of the ribbon each time u turn on. It is documented in the instruction book.
Advise u to finish the pack of 36 prints in no more than 4 batches.
My CP750 underexposes big time.
When the printer is linked to my laptop it is an absolutely disaster.
If the same image is saved on a CF and printed without linking to the laptop, it still underexposes by 0.5 EV.
Prints look dark, colours are not accurate either.
Ended up adjusting all photos by 0.5 to 1 EV before printing.
The Canon service centre isn't helpful either, insisting that my printer is within specs (in any case, it can't be calibrated) and the 'underexposure' was due to individual bias and an uncalibrated screen, i.e. my laptop is screwy and I have a natural disposition to bright prints.
Bottomline - Before you buy the printer, bring some reference photos for test printing.
I'll still bring my printer down to Harbourfront along with a couple of reference photos; hopefully the problem is isolated to my set.
In any case, this will be the last Canon printer that I buy, will be shopping around for Epson instead.
When the printer is linked to my laptop it is an absolutely disaster.
If the same image is saved on a CF and printed without linking to the laptop, it still underexposes by 0.5 EV.
Prints look dark, colours are not accurate either.
Ended up adjusting all photos by 0.5 to 1 EV before printing.
The Canon service centre isn't helpful either, insisting that my printer is within specs (in any case, it can't be calibrated) and the 'underexposure' was due to individual bias and an uncalibrated screen, i.e. my laptop is screwy and I have a natural disposition to bright prints.
Bottomline - Before you buy the printer, bring some reference photos for test printing.
I'll still bring my printer down to Harbourfront along with a couple of reference photos; hopefully the problem is isolated to my set.
In any case, this will be the last Canon printer that I buy, will be shopping around for Epson instead.
My CP720 has had a severe underexposure problem ever since I bought it new about six months ago. After reading the posts in this forum, I decided to take matters into my own hands...
If you remove the four recessed corner screws on the bottom of the CP720 and lift off the cover, you will see a metal shield covering the main circuit board. In the middle of the shield, you will see a small circular cutout that exposes an adjustable potentiometer screw. This screw controls how dark or light the printed image is (the screw is labeled "Head Adjust" on the circuit board). Turning the screw clockwise lightens the image, while counter-clockwise darkens it. You don't need to turn the screw very much to fix the underexposure problem... about 20-30 degrees. I had to print a few photos and make minor adjustments to the screw until I got it right. If you attempt to lighten the image too much, then you will start losing contrast.
Unfortunately, this screw only fixes exposure problems... it doesn't fix any color related problems. I still have to adjust the color in Photoshop before I print because I get way too much yellow in my skintones.
I don't know how Canon calibrates the color, but the exposure problem is easy to fix.
-Jeff
If you remove the four recessed corner screws on the bottom of the CP720 and lift off the cover, you will see a metal shield covering the main circuit board. In the middle of the shield, you will see a small circular cutout that exposes an adjustable potentiometer screw. This screw controls how dark or light the printed image is (the screw is labeled "Head Adjust" on the circuit board). Turning the screw clockwise lightens the image, while counter-clockwise darkens it. You don't need to turn the screw very much to fix the underexposure problem... about 20-30 degrees. I had to print a few photos and make minor adjustments to the screw until I got it right. If you attempt to lighten the image too much, then you will start losing contrast.
Unfortunately, this screw only fixes exposure problems... it doesn't fix any color related problems. I still have to adjust the color in Photoshop before I print because I get way too much yellow in my skintones.
I don't know how Canon calibrates the color, but the exposure problem is easy to fix.
-Jeff
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