Got a new printer yesterday (Canon 100 Pro) - part of a new camera deal, printer included. So, printed some photos - ink will not dry and is very blurry. Found the settings page, set it all to "photo paper" and tried again.Still blurry and ink running - and will not dry. More than two hours, and it's wet as new paint.Any thoughts?Asked on the Canon forum, but get answers like, "Well, my Canon 100 works fine." Which, of course, really helps.

Does it dry if you don't use photo paper, but regular paper?Sounds really strange that ink won't dry at all

I have had best results with another Canon ink jet printer that uses Pixma ink using only Canon photo paper. I have used other inkjet photo paper in that one and it has not run but the images were crisper with Canon photo paper and that printer has special settings to select the Canon photo stock. I also have the same small IP100 as you have but we have never put photo paper into it, just regular paper. It may be that the photo paper that you are using is not absorbing the ink properly. Prints should dry on photo paper in less than thirty seconds. I have a feeling that this is the result of the paper and not the ink - unless the cartridge included with the printer went bad. Try a black and white print on the same photo paper and see what happens. And also try a print on plain paper.

i recently helped a family friend with an HP printer problem with photo'sproblem very much like you describedtwo thingsit was set on plain paperthe big one, the paper was loaded print/glossy side upin her printer it must be print side DOWN in the traythe ink was being printed on the wrong side of the papertry a plain paper test and mark one side of the paper with a mark on one corner someplacesee which side is getting printed on and how much ink is being used

I think MrWizard is on the right track. I worked in a Sam's Photo for several years, when printing poster board, if you loaded it wrong side up the ink didn't dry (kept one for 2 months, still wet!!).

Don't know what happened - I went through all printer settings, re-set everything and suddenly, prints perfect and ink is dry as it comes out, like it should be ... as usual, puzzled Monkey.I'm thinking I had something set incorrectly, and just couldn't see it. Now, it runs like it should, so will leave it and forget trying to figure it out.I'm positive I put the paper in correctly ... and ran the settings, but sometimes, unless we set each time, the default takes over, so it may have been set from the factory in a specific way. Works fine, will keep my fingers off.Thanks for comments - you all have a great holiday ... :) M44

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MNtundraRet
Navigator
Dec 19, 2013
monkey44 wrote:
MNtundraRet wrote:
The package that holds the special printing paper for pictures holds a special sheet that protects the paper from light.

I suspect that you did the same thing my brother did earlier this year with his Cannon printer. That sheet got loaded in the printer, in stead of being thrown out.

It was the first picture printed which was bad. We had a good laugh about it when he figured out what he had done. I suspect you did set up the printer correctly but accidentlly left that sheet on the pile placed in the printer. It would have printed first.

Well, that is a NO ... :) ...

Used the correct paper and the correct side up. In fact, the first thing I noticed was the paper goes in face up instead of face down. But, again - printer is truly a keeper, and does one very fine job printing once it gets the right settings. Printing a 13x19 print, very good detail, even under a loupe. So, monkey's tech stupid self rides again, but pulls himself out of the mud :) :) :)

My HP printer has two storage bays. One for smaller picture sheets up to 5 x 7 inch pictures. The other is for regular paper, or photo paper up to 8.5 x 11 inch. The side to be printed is face-down for both storage sites (unless 2-sided printing is desired). This makes sense since photo paper is light sensitive over time and is better protected if stored face down. Normally that means placing photo paper in the larger storage only when photo printing is desired.

If yours is face up do they recommend only placing Photo paper in the printer when doing photo printing? Is this printer only for photo printing? If so the trays are most likely light protected.
monkey44
Nomad II
Dec 19, 2013
... and I never put paper in until I'm ready to print, one sheet at a time. Paper stays in the protective package.

A very high-end Canon photo printer, not an every-day consumer printer. Prints up to 13x19 ...
ScottMack
Explorer
Dec 19, 2013
monkey44 wrote:
Ran some today, same results - worthy of framing, easily. So, will investigate ink sources ... Canon thinks OME ink sits on the table beside gold nuggets

monkey44,

I hear ya' - I print on an Epson R3000 and haven't found anywhere that discounts OEM inks enough to make any real difference. I have never used anything but OEM inks and the Epson pigment inks that the R3000 use do such a great job.

If you are not familiar with them, check out Red River papers - they are a bit cheaper and most of their customers feel they are better quality than the OEM papers (they have been with the comparisons that I have made). They sell a sampler that contains two sheets each of around 17 of their most popular papers and it was the best $12.00 I ever spent.

They also have free color profiles for each of their papers for most upper end printers and just recently added profiles for your printer. Their profiles are designed specifically for the paper and printer/ink combination and the results have been nothing short of stunning. Needless to say, I am now a customer for life.

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