Canon G550 printing black and white photos on the G500 series. Profiling and media

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Printing black and white images on the Canon G550. Comparing the printer driver and custom icc profiles for B&W printing on fine art and lustre photo paper.
The G650 is the same printer (but with a scanner), In the US the 650 is the G620 Wireless MegaTank Photo Printer.
00:00 Start
00:35 Does the grey ink help?
01:20 Printer driver options
02:18 B&W print settings
03:47 Printers for better B&W
04:33 Test prints
05:10 The need for adjustment
06:00 A simple curve adjustment
07:16 Using a fine art paper
07:58 Print software
08:58 Print settings
10:02 Media settings
11:00 Printing and paper feeding
12:59 Looking at the print
14:57 How good is B&W on the G550
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@ogopogohunter69 2 года назад

Thanks for making this video, I haven't tried black and white photography for years but perhaps I should experiment.

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

The G550 needs some effort to make good B&W, but it is possible!

@ThatWanderingNomad 2 года назад

Thanks Kieth, so far I am liking my G620 here in Canada. Haven't tried B&W yet though! Thanks for all the great work you do!

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Thanks - the full review should be along in a week or so

@dunnymonster 2 года назад

Another excellent video Keith 👍

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Thanks, I'll have the main review ready in a week or so.

@nafnaf0 2 года назад

3:50 This comparison is spot on. I have the Canon Pro-200 and was able to get "pretty good" B&W results thanks to testing and following your advice. It is outstanding for color. Thanks Keith!

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Thanks - glad it was of help!

@castrogot Год назад

CONGRATS on your great work and thanks a lot for taking the time on this “entry level” printers. I am willing to buy a “better” (Pro 1000 or Pro 2100 like) someday but first there’s a long learning curve ahead and you are making it easier.

@KeithCooper Год назад

Thanks - I do like the challenge of getting good prints on some of the smaller printers ;-)

@yashika4k223 2 года назад

Actually great printer. I tried with Keith colour Profile. pretty happy with it. Again thank for Profile

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Thanks - I'll have the main review done for next week

@williar1961 2 года назад

Thanks Kieth 👍

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Glad you liked it

@roffemas Год назад

Tack!

@KeithCooper Год назад

Thank you!

@Frantixj 2 года назад

I've been looking for a printer for printing out my photo projects so that I can lay them out on the floor and have a better look. That small Canon seems nice but I was wondering if the Epson EcoTank L805 would do the trick as well, seems there's a better ink management there.

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

I don't know that printer I'm afraid. I don't normally test small printers like this - the one I've looked at is the ET-8550

@Frantixj 2 года назад

@@KeithCooper still, your work is amazing and it's actually ver rare to find a solid printer review on YT, seems to be a niche. And in all of my photography journey, picking up a printer is the most annoying choice so far...I think I'll just go with a "quantity for the money" option to have preview prints and use the lab for any serious work.

@vincenzofalzone9084 6 дней назад

Thanks for your video. Please, where I could found this ICC profile for Canon G550?

@KeithCooper 6 дней назад

read the written review...

@snapshot_ie9730 4 месяца назад

Hi Keith I’m interested in getting new printer for photography would you recommend the canon G650 or IP 8750 for photo quality

@KeithCooper 4 месяца назад

Neither really... ;-) I've never seen an 8750, and the G650 has broken colour management on Macs [which is all we have here for testing]. Ink is appreciably cheaper on the g650 though.

@davidbridenstine6358 2 года назад

Enjoy your videos, Keith. Might you consider using a lavalier mic for audio? The placement of this one results in some annoying reverberation. Cheers.

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Thanks, I have tried that, but I kept hitting it with prints and things and got caught up in the cable :-) I'm afraid the kitchen has a lot of stone surfaces, and my office has no space for doing the videos. I will have another look at echo reduction in my video editing software (Resolve 16), where a couple of notch filters might cut the echo a bit?

@nelsonclub7722 2 года назад

Mr Keith Sir - I am a UK based photogpraher with a hot new toy the Leica Q2 Monochrome. I am going to be printing to sell - but need to 'soft proof' to a very high standard - or even perhaps using it just to print and sell (which I would prefer). So whilst I have seen your video my questions are. Is there a printer - Canon or Epson - up to A2 which is going to be better purely for this purpose? Am I going to get through so much ink it just won't be worth it? I value your opinion above all others - thanks Simon J Miller

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Pigment ink is a must - that means Pro-1000 or P900 at 17" and reasonable size. I've detailed written reviews of each of those printers, specifically covering B&W as well, on the Northlight Image site. Soft proofing needs a good screen (and calibration) - however it is (IMHO) way over rated, especially for B&W, where you are never printing with profiles (as I had to here). Printing samples (hard proofing) on a printer like this would be a waste of time (at best). I've lots of articles about B&W - such as how to perfect printing with suitable test images. You want top quality B&W, don't think you can do it on the cheap with a printer like this ;-) It would gain you nothing, just to be cheap on ink!

@nelsonclub7722 2 года назад

@@KeithCooper Keith you are a legend - thanks so much for the detailed reply - I was thinking in the £1K price band - so the Pro range was where I was at - I have seen many - if not all of your other videos - you are the oracle as far as I am concerned - thanks again and good luck with everything. I shall of course continue to watch!!! Simon J Miller

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Thanks, but do read the articles as well? - the videos are often only there to supplement my more comprehensive written articles. Start here: www.northlight-images.co.uk/digital-black-and-white-photography/ I started the videos last summer - the articles go back to 2003 ;-)

@martinohesse 2 года назад

Hi, i have a silly question: how do I buy a color profile? In what factors should I put attention?

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

Some paper suppliers will make profiles if you buy paper There are companies who will make profiles - most will provide a target to print, which you post off, and they will email a profile. For this printer though it depends on Mac or PC - Mac profiles are non-standard (see my review)

@martinohesse 2 года назад

@@KeithCooper would I be able to find paper suppliers that provide icc just by searching in Google? I'm very interested in black and white in matte paper and as far I have seen in your videos the printer does generate a color cast with the default parameters so that would be kind of hard for me to deal with it...

@KeithCooper 2 года назад

no idea - depends where you are. In the UK I know of several Yes a profile really helps with basic printers like this

@martinohesse 2 года назад

@@KeithCooper thanks a lot for your replies! I'm now watching a lot of your videos. I never thought how interesting and massive is the universe of printing and your passion is contagious!