Making printer icc profiles for Canon G550/G650 with ccStudio. Printer profiles for better prints

Making printer icc profiles for the Canon G550 printer with the CCStudio printer profiling software and spectrophotometer ( ex i1Studio / Colormunki ). Testing PermaJet 250gsm Artist Watercolour paper, using custom profiles to get round the limitations of the printer driver when using third party papers. 00:00 Start 01:00 Testing a small printer 01:45 Colour management issues 03:19 Paper - artist watercolour 250gsm 03:58 Profiling with the i1Studio/ccStudio 06:37 Who is this kit for 07:10 Printing a first target 09:28 Print settings 10:36 What media settings to use 12:30 Loading the art paper 16:35 Paper drying 17:21 Measuring the target 18:37 Not measuring the colour of your desk 20:44 Creating the second target 21:58 Printing the second target 23:59 Measuring the second target 25:00 Other profiling options 26:00 The importance of your profile names 28:48 Printing a test image with the profile 30:00 The problems in evaluating prints 33:08 Printing with just the printer driver 34:20 What using a profile changes The G650 is the same printer (but with a scanner), In the US the 650 is the G620 Wireless MegaTank Photo Printer. Note that the profile made here is specifically for use with the Mac AirPrint driver - it may work on Windows if using the printer manages colour option _and_ the profile. For making Widows profiles for this printer, the ccStudio/iStudio will work just fine. Articles and videos that expand on all the different aspects of printing, in particular: http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/why-prints-look-wrong/ and http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/better-photography-by-printing-your-work/ For more paper details see: https://www.permajet.com/product/artist-watercolour-250/ ----------------- If you'd like to make a small donation, I have a Kofi page: "Buy me a coffee" https://ko-fi.com/keithcooper ----------------- My articles and videos are always free to access. Any help with running this channel is gratefully received. ----------------- I also have some affiliate links which earn me a commission if used. US Amazon photo/print gear: https://amzn.to/3l9vJC6 B&H Photo: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/?BI=2008&KBID=2711&DFF=d10-v1-t8-x4 Adorama: https://www.adorama.com/?utm_source=rflaid64416&utm_medium=affiliate