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Posted on Nov 28, 2007
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Color is off...too much red

I'm consistently getting too much red in my color prints from my Cannon PIXMA MP 780. I've tried deep cleaning & checked the printer alignment. the printer align printout colors look OK, but a little lighter than the example on the screen.

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  • Anonymous Dec 06, 2007

    Pixma 6320D prints too red. The printer menu allows only adding more red and yellow. Same result printing from Canon software or Photoshop. Ted.

  • Anonymous Dec 09, 2007

    Canon Pixma MP450, using Canon inks and Canon paper, prints out too red. Yellow-red fox is raggedy ann red; surrounding yellow white grasses are orange. Monitor is calibrated, using Elements; seems like too much magenta. Blues look violet, etc.

  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    cannon pixma printer keeps showing red triangle with a squiggly line through it and won't print

  • Anonymous Mar 19, 2014

    I don't have the white paper guides on my paper tray. When inserting 5x7 paper into my printer how do I align it horizontal or vertical and is it to be flush left or right

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Your color profile is off

Click on start / printer and faxes

right click on your printer and select properties

click on the color management tabe and selct another color profile

If that dont work

in the printing preferences (propteries) adjust the amout of maganta(red) down a bit to compensate for the rest..

but the problem is your color profile

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