Help! needed w/ Canon BJC-600 Print Quality
ricknt
those here, and it never printed pictures well. Did nice text and clipart
etc., but horrible at pictures. I too tried every tweak in the book, use
that energy for something better.
"Scott" <sco...@XYZexit109.com> wrote in message
news:396bbdc5...@news.exit109.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I recently acquired a Canon BJC-600. After cleaning the heads, it is
> working fine with the exception of the following problem. I am using
> the latest drivers, v3.96, from Canon. Here's my problem:
>
> I'm having trouble printing a good quality image
> (BMP, GIF, JPG, etc.). I do know that the printer
> can only do 360dpi... this isn't the problem.
> The problem seems to be related to the "halftone"
> settings in the printer driver. The printer does
> great with solid color jobs (i.e. greeting cards,
> business cards, bar graphs, etc.). However, if I try
> to print an image, the quality suffers greatly. There are
> only 2 settings for the "halftone".
>
> Here's what I get with each:
>
> 1) If I set the "halftone" to "fine", the picture is sharp
> and clear, but the colors are way off. It looks almost as
> if the color level has been dropped to 256 colors.
>
> 2) If I set the "halftone" to "diffusion", the colors seem
> fine, but the image is so badly diffused that it looks
> like it was painted by a French impressionist like Monet.
>
> I have already tried different types of paper. I have also
> tried every possible "Print Model" and every "Color Adjustment"
> setting with AND without the "Image Color Matching" enabled.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas that could help me with this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
> sco...@XYZexit109.com
> (To reply, remove the XYZ after the @ sign)
Scott
Scott
>I don't mean this sarcastically, but...
Who are kidding... there's no other way to take it!
>...quit dreaming. I have a dead one of
>those here, and it never printed pictures well. Did nice text and clipart
>etc., but horrible at pictures. I too tried every tweak in the book, use
>that energy for something better.
Well, I don't mean this sarcastically, but if you don't have anything
useful to say, don't say anything at all.
You obviously didn't read my previous post very carefully.
As I pointed out:
" I do know that the printer can only do 360dpi... this isn't
the problem. The problem seems to be related to the
"halftone" settings in the printer driver."
I'm not looking for great "photo quality" pictures, but I've seen
pictures printed on the BJC-600 in the past and the quality was 100
times better than what I'm getting. If you like, I can scan in a
printout of what I'm getting and show you just how bad it is. It's
obvious that something is wrong or not set properly on my end. That's
why I asked for the help.
If you have anything "useful" to say, I'd be glad to hear from you.
Thank you,
ricknt
suggestions: Make sure all the dip switches are set to US defaults. I didn't
notice when I updated the software if there was any difference inpicture
quality, try different versions of their software.
"Scott" <sco...@XYZexit109.com> wrote in message
Scott
>I'm sorry if I offended, but this isn't a good picture printer. Some
>suggestions: Make sure all the dip switches are set to US defaults. I didn't
>notice when I updated the software if there was any difference inpicture
>quality, try different versions of their software.
Actually, I did find a solution to the problem. Someone emailed me
and told me to try the Microsoft BJC-600 drivers that came with
Windows. That seems to have fixed it.
Thanks,