Printing Colour-Matching

[danrow_99]

I have a Canon i865 printer, but it's currently printing my photo's with a sort of greenish tinge.
I've heard that there is free software available to colour-match prints to standard colours. I think the idea is to download a standard colour chart, print it, scan it, and let the software do the rest.
Any advice on where to get this software, or other hints would be appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Attu90]

Wouldnt scanning a colour chart just help to calibrate the scanner to the printer ?
I think im right in saying that if you use the same colour profile on your monitor, software and printer you "should" get a good print but in reality this doesnt work which is why people send prints off to get profiles made or use some thing like a Colour vision Spyder to create a profile.
If you haven't tried using any profiles it may be a good place to start though, do a search on the internet for an ICC profile for you monitor and your printer and your software and see how that comes out.
Also what inks and paper are you using ?, 3rd party inks arnt to bad these days but some papers can be really bad so if your not using Canon inks and Paper which is what the printers inbuilt profile is set for your going to struggle getting the correct colour without creating a profile using some thing like a Spyder.

 

[danrow_99]

After lots of p155ing about I hadn't got anywhere.
I'd researched a lot and still couldn't decide. Mum was asking what I wanted for Christmas, and I had no idea (as usual). Then dad mentioned that Computer Shopper had commented on the exceptional qualitity of the prints from the Canon IP4500, and that it was only about 70 quid...
I probably wouldn't have upgraded from my old Canon printer if I hadn't had to think of something around that price for my parents to buy for me at Christmas to be honest. However, I've been extremely impressed by it's performance.
I'd been away to Lapland with the family just before Christmas, so I had plenty of shots taken in challenging lighting conditions (with my trusty old Nikon D70).
To test the printer I tried a pic taken on full auto setting, in twighlight, against snow, with no adjustment prior to printing. I was absolutely blown-away by the vibrancy of the print, the translucencency of the ice/snow was so perfectly reproduced that it almost looked edible!
I'm sure this printer has it's weaknesses, but so far I haven't noticved any...