Beginners Guide to Printing - NO NONSENSE GUIDE TO PRINTING!
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2024
- In this video, you will learn how to prepare your images ready for print
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
00:32 - My Printer
01:17 - Papers I use
02:00 - My Monitor
02:35 - Monitor Calibration
03:45 - Best Paper to use?
07:09 - Presentation is key!
08:25 - PRINTING GUIDE
11:18 - Sharpening Pictures
12:30 - Add an ICC Profile
This is an easy-to-follow step-by-step guide on preparing your images for printing. Print for home? perfect! I will also show you how to set your printer up to achieve perfect prints every time!
Equipment:
CANON IMAGEPROGRAF PRO-300 PRINTER - tinyurl.com/t5hp8bnd
(CLAIM £ 100 CASHBACK)
Canon Fine Art Papers - tinyurl.com/msyrmpyd
This is a follow-up video. In my original, I went into the philosophy of printing. You might like some of my thought processes.
See it here: • Printing Tutorial
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Questions? please feel free to ask them in the comments section.
Gary - Jak na to + styl
This was super helpful. I've just bought myself a Canon 8750 as an entry to printing my own prints and this video was just what I needed
Complexity into simplicity, from photography to printing experience ! Thanks Gary, all your videos are outstanding. Cheers mate...🇦🇺
Awesome, I picked up the same printer last week so this was a very timely and informative video for me, especially the pre-print adjustments to the image. Thanks for taking the time
Very informative! Thank you.
Hi Garry , once again an absolutely brilliant tutorial , I really appreciate the time you take to do these tutorials as I know that you would rather be out shooting , getting back to exposing your Images once you are finished everything else { sharpening etc.} , just a useless piece of information but what I do is a brightness / contrast level , and move the brightness slider up to say 7 or 8 and then move the contrast slider up to 12 , something that has always worked for me , take care , Phil
Many thanks for this, very much appreciated.
Excellent as always Gary thanks for sharing your knowledge 🎉
I'm so pleased we invested in a large Canon printer. It definitely changes your approach to photography when you start printing off your own work. Great video Gary.
Gary brilliant as always, you're getting quite good at this !!!
This is an absolutely brilliant tutorial. Thank you so much.
An absolute masterclass, Gary, well done for putting such an excellent video together
Cheers Darren. Kind of you to say 👍👍
Thanks Gary for sharing and definitely helpful.
Great tutorial with simple straightforward points of instruction
Thanks Gary. Well done mate and much appreciated.
Genuine guide Gary . The Best i ever wacht . Big big thank you. Most of the tutorials are to long and confusing yours is straight to the point and as simply as possible.
Cheers Norbert 👍👍
Love your videos Gary. So helpful, always thoroughly enjoyable and interesting. Thank you for another excellent video :)
Thank you Marios 👍👍
Merveilleuse Année M Gary , un très très grand merci pour ces bonnes explications !!! Un régal pour le débutant que je suis 💥👏👏👏👍👍👍.
excellent video Gary, very informative thanks.
Bravo. Une des meilleurs vidéos.
Awesome as always Gary, I will be referring back to this video many times, I think my first step is to get a decent photography monitor, thanks for sharing.
Excellent Gary , many thanks. 👍👍
Very useful guide and brilliant photographs, I've always appreciated youtube photography channels that can back their claims of what works with their own working examples.
Very helpful , as usual Gary.
Exactly the video I’ve been needing 🙏🏼
Cheers 👍
Thanks Gary very useful information
Oh Gary, you taught this old dog a few new tricks in printing today! I have been using Photoshop since version 1.0 and never realized that there was a menu item for seeing my icc profile rendering my image. I also love opening a new document the size of your paper and placing it on it, it is so much easier to see what you are getting. I never used Photoshop to print from before, I normally use Qimage One for the Mac which has a few quirks! Thanks again and keep up the great work... love it!
Brilliant Gary! The part about setting up borders for signature is what I've been after for ages!!!! I use Loxley Print who are brilliant but you can't set an offset border, now I can set it in Photoshop and then upload the image exactly as I want it!! Thanks so much!!
Bri thank you I have just bought this printer so much appreciated 🙏 thank you
I recently bought the Pro 200 and can't fault it, prints are outstanding.
It works! Cheers Gary.
Lovely video as always Gary I’ve picked up a couple of tips there cheers
Cheers Paul 👍👍
Great tutorial, thanks Gary. I've just bought this printer & your tips on set up & photoshop tweaks to replicate screen & print images are very helpful. Now a subscriber too 👍
Fantastic! Happy printing Nick 👍👍
Very nice tutorial for anyone who is new to printing. It pretty much covers it all. Here is some additional info on my 2 years of printing on the Canon Pro 1000. The only way to save ink, is to print as much as you can. Don't buy such a printer, if you only print once a week. I print at least one print each day. Canon provides you with an excellent tool to calculate the cost for each print. If you print a lot, the cost per print is fairly low. It is expensive, if you only print every now and then. To keep the printer as maintenace free as possible, don't print borderless. As for paper, the Pro 1000 can be used with almost any inkjet paper. There are many 3rd party paper brands, some of them much cheaper than Canon paper. I am using paper from Hahnemühle, Ilford, Epson and PPD. PPD paper is cheaper than the other brands and produce quality prints. Good every day paper. My goto printer software is Qimage Ultimate. Highly recomended. Happy printing.
Cheers Rene, great extra info. Thank you 👍👍
The pro 1000 is designed to print very frequently. That is definitely less true of the pro-300.
Cheers Gary, your tutorial has helped me no end, 👍
Glad to help 👍👍
First time I've seen one of your tutorials very easy to understand well impressed
Cheers 👍👍
Really sound advice Gary and like wise in the Canon club. I use the Canon Pro10S and love the results it gives. Still trying to settle for a paper for my black and white work so will check out the papers you were discussing
Brilliant Gary 👍🏼
Great advice Gary. I brought a Canon Pro10s a week or so before the the first lock down and not looked back since. I had plenty of time to play about and learn a thing or two, more so about colour gamut warnings which was completely alien to me. To avoid too much wastage, I do my test prints on 6"x4" paper, make adjustments then print on A3 once I'm happy. Obviously the two sizes of paper are of the same brand and type. I regret I didn't buy the bigger A2 model but I'm running out of wall space as it is.
Thank you, thank you, thank you Gary. After your previous video on printing I took the plunge and purchased a Canon Pro 300 and various papers from Canon and Fotospeed. I already have a high quality BenQ monitor so was all set to go. BUT, I haven't found the confidence to try it yet but thanks to you I am going to start. I am currently visiting Scotland and going to Skye next week so will, hopefully, have lots of photographs ready to print. I loved your photo of the Old Man of Storr and plan to climb it but, unfortunately, we are in the wake of Hurricane Ian and the weather is atrocious but fingers crossed.
Thanks alot for this one, Gary! I've started doing a bit of my own mounting and framing (professional woodworker from way back so making frames is easy...now if I can just learn to make glass 😂😂😂😂😂) but I'm still a bit on the fence on the printing side.....this vid gets me closer to jumping down off the fence.
I like it thank you for this video hopefully I can keep this and use it’s at an appropriate time I.E when I’m in photoshop I’ll look at that part again and hopefully it doesn’t disappear over a period of time. There is a lot to be thinking about in this video and thank you again for it.
Great video! 😄👍🏻
Fair play to you Gary for sharing this. I've a cheap Epson printer whose ink seems to go on forever and prints A4 max which is all I need and have room for.
I've set it up, through experience in a similar manner to yours and if I require a bigger print there's a place near that will do a good job 👍
Great presentation
Thanks for your help, I love printing my photos, hard to get them right even I have my screen color calibrated, I use a large production printer that goes up to 14x18 inches, I'm sure this is going to help me to get better results.
That’s it I’ve ordered a pro-300 printer this afternoon and saved few hundred $ ….it was on sale.
Cant wait to install and print with it.
Hi, Gary, this is the first of your videos I fully understand I used to own a printing business. We predominantly printed large-format digital wallpaper, however, we started providing a lot of prints for painters who would have their paintings photographed and we would print them on Hahnemühle paper. Absolutely fantastic video for people who are new to printing their own work.
Cheers Andrew 👍👍
@@GaryGough How about a badge for watching most of your videos 🤣
That's what I will do next did not know before
Gary, I'm a Nikon fan so I use all Nikon camera equipment along with a Nikon Pro printer and Nikon papers - Just kidding. I'm currently looking at buying a Canon Pro 300 printer and am already using Canon paper with my Epson Photo Printer. I recently bought a BenQ PD 3205U monitor with a Calman Delta E rating of 0.0129. The colors are amazing.
Thanks Gary. I find that Canon Pro Platinum Paper is a good “all round” choice for my Canon iP8760. I use “Printer manages Color”.
THANK YOU so much dear friend ,it help me a lot , but i have capture one pro and dont use photoshop ,but it gave me some tips and i have a canon pro 200 printer
I think you've answered the most important, one question I was never sure about there. That is, do you need to make the photo to the size you are going to print it before printing. I was always worried whether I would ever find this out and you answered it. In fact, if you hadn't answered it in this video I was going to ask you in an email to your website, LOL. The whole video is full of the information I need for when I start my new buisness, so thanks Gary. 😊👌
Thanks Gary, since watching this the first time I have bought an Epson XP-15000 printer, not as good as yours but I am not a professional and it was less than half the price, and a multitude of papers. My Kodak A4 premium gloss were pretty good with colours but left some minor white streaks in the light sky, my Uinkit A3 added a horrible reddish tint and I'm trying to get my money back BUT then I got my Epson Ultra Premium Lustre (Epson's fine art paper) and the prints are perfect. Added 0.65 exposure and they are identical with the screen. I pretty much watch this video (not all) each time I print.
Regarding the ICC Profiles:
I have a Canon Pro 100-S (much older than the printer Gary is using) and the ICC profiles make a HUGE difference, they probably make less of a difference with new higher end printers.
I print from Lightroom, but I don’t use the “Print” tab, instead i use Canon Print Studio Pro plugin, and it’s excellent.
Regarding papers:
The Canon papers are excellent, I also love the Permajet papers.
Happy printing all 👍
Great Tutororial Gary. I use a Canon Pro 9000 mk11 which is a grest printer.
THANK YOU -
Thank you for a lot of great information. Just a comment on a detail: When you went through print size, you mentioned 300 dpi. The correct is ppi as is actually showing in Photoshop.
Contrary to what some people thinks, dpi and ppi can not be used interchangeably. All editing software are using pixels. The only thing using dpi is the printer driver, and we have no control over that 😊
Very interesting tutorial, just a few thoughts, a test print is the most important print with any new paper or printer( there loads on the internet you can download) it enables you to compare print to print, as opposed to print to screen, and helps give you more predictable results, once your happy with your test print. Canon do not make their own paper, this is carried out by third party. The advantage of using canon papers on a canon printer is there is a generic ICC already programmed in, ICC,s are important they are in essence a translator between RGB, media type, and CMYK and paper used. The most important part is that you were happy with your print at the end, and that’s all that matters really. The one question is the print looks great at A3+ , so should you have bought the next size up?
Hi Gary. Great vídeo, as usual. I’m curious regarding your computer. Could you share with us which computer do you use? Regards
Hi Gary a great informative video I don’t think you mentioned the gauge of paper you prefer to use does it make a difference.thanks Tony
Perfect guide, what is your thoughts on printing frequency and clogging? When it is worth it to buy this or other printer and when to send to a lab?
Hi Gary
Great tutorial, I use Nikon but Cannon pro1000 printer which I have to say is brilliant.
I also use the Cannon print software would you be doing a tutorial on that software
Hi Gary, it was indeed a no nonsense tutorial. Something you mentioned a few times during your tutorial was the need for experimentation. You don't need me to tell you how expensive paper and ink are just now so experimenting can become expensive very quickly. I checked the price of the paper you are using and they total just over £200. As you are a professional photographer you can probably justify the layout but for Joe Bloggs I would probably need to experiment on 6x4 paper if that's a possibility.
Thanks again for your tutorial.
My go to paper with my Canon Pro-1000 is the Epson Exhibition Fiber paper, my preferred size is 17x22, stacked up on it a few years ago as the price has increased significantly. I also use Canon and Epson Luster, both are pretty much identical. For the Epson exhibition paper I use the Canon ICC Pro Luster setting with excellent results. I also use Dell monitors, I also color calibrate them to get the best results possible. For printing I use Affinity photo and I always soft proof the image before printing, then uncheck soft proof when I am ready to print the image.
Awesome! 👍👍
Looking tio get a printer and start printing Gary so very useful. I'd really love an A2+ sprinter but think realistically that Canon Pro300 may be the one for me.
You won't regret it Steve 👍👍
Awesome as always GG. That print up for sale ? ;-)
Morning Gary, interesting video. I have a Canon Pro 10S A3 printer which kicks out some great prints. I use Fotospeed paper both gloss and satin finish. Can I ask you this, if you're framing a print with glass on top would you know any difference in the finish of the paper or not? For example the difference in the colour or saturation of the print.
Also, I use genuine Canon refill cartridges. There are lots of independent makes for replacement or refill but would you agree genuine cartridges are the way to go for any printing.
Cheers mate, Richard
Nice one Gary. New to your channel and subbed. Are inks expensive with this printer and real world how many prints do you get from a set of inks? Many thanks.
I give you big like for patriotism (Canon patriotism😁👍💪), i also use Canon gear, i recently buy Canon pro 100s with unoriginal inks, and i was surprised (rather shocked) from color accuracy (and my claim level is not low at all), so i am more than satisfied with this Brand. 👍
Inasmuch as I'm now contemplating undertaking my own printing, I want to thank you for this very interesting information. That said, with regard to the black & white wedding shot (at 6:08) of a bride in a room in which the shot included the ceiling and floor, I'm very curious to know what lens you used for this shot? It almost looks as if it was shot with a tilt-shift lens. Looking forward to hearing from you, thanks in advance.
Hi Gary, greetings from Nova Scotia, Canada. I have a pro-200 that prints A3 plus, and does amazing prints. I also use Canon Pro-Luster paper. I'm super happy with the results except I've noticed the paper warping under the mat in certain situations. I tape at the top and let the paper hang and react accordingly to the elements. The weight of the paper is 69 pounds here in Canada. I'm wondering if you or any of your subscribers have noticed any warping of their papers in certain situations? I don't have custom frames and try to keep the costs down for anyone interested in my prints by buying from big box stores which are mostly Chinese frames. This probably contributes to a certain degree when framing for a 12x18 inch print with a mat for a 18x24 inch frame or larger. I'm just wondering if anyone may have the same issue? Thanks for the the entertaining content. I do enjoy seeing what's on the other side of the coast. :-))
What model Dell monitor are you using?
I have the same printer and as a NIKON shooter I absolutely love the Pro 300 and Canon paper, I agree the quality is outstanding. I’d like to know where you get your ink refills from? I’m looking and am worried I get some knock-offs. Cheers Mike
I wouldn't risk buying cheap inks. Look at Canon's site for replacements store.canon.co.uk/ink-toner/
Hope that helps? Cheers
Hi Gary, thanks for your video. I have one more question - if you create a new document with the size of the paper, copy the image into the document and then print the document with margins, does Photoshop "know" that the margins from your document are the margins for the printer? I think you have to print "borderless" in the driver to use the margins of the document, otherwise it would print a border (from the printer driver) around the edge of the document, or am I wrong? Hopefully this isn't too confusing...
Great video, have you any recommendations on where to buy off the shelf frames. Thanks
I'm making a video on just that very subject. It'll be a couple of weeks. I would recommend just looking up your local framers though.
Ikea sell some good frames too. Very reasonably priced. I display them in and around my home. As you can swop photos in and out of this type of frame, it stops me getting bored with my displays.
When im out shopping i always stick my head into charity shops. And i've picked up some very nice frames for not much money. Give them a try.
@@tilerman Great Idea thanks
Hi Garry,did I miss exactly what monitor you use,or maybe someone else can tell me,thanks..
If you are a Canon fanboy, what don’t you print with Canon’s professional print & layout software? I bought a Canon pro-300 last weekend andgot amazing prints using that software without going through the PS steps. So intuitive ! I’m really delighted with the results I got.
Thank you for this tutorial Gary. What is the model number for your monitors?
Dell U2711 I mentioned it @ 02:00 - My Monitor
They're an old monitors but they're excellent and I still use them today. I have 3 in the studio.
@@GaryGough Thank you! I missed it in the top left hand corner. 🙂
Thanks Gary,I missed that also👍
Hi there Gaz, "KISS PRINTABLE!" ... "Keep It Simple Stupid.." 🤣😂 & well done. Cheerz fom AU.
Only great for those with PC! Mac is totally different printing steps! Need one for MAC
Aren’t you double profiling by converting to the paper ICC profile and also using the same ICC profile in the printer setup? I think you should use the Photoshop soft proof functionality so you can leave the color space unchanged when sending it to the printer and then use the ICC profile during printing.
I turned my screen brightness down until it matched my photos. same with the red/green/blue adjustments. so it will print like it is on screen.
Thanks Gary , this is really useful, and might actually tempt me away from the photo printing services
Cheers Paul 👍👍
If you are using a Canon printer, wouldn't it be a lot easier to use the Canon Printer LR plugin? Really makes it easy.
Ah! I see the Print Pro Studio isn't listed as supporting the newer printers (I have the Pro 10s). Do they have an equivalent for the newer range? Certainly simplifies life.
i dont see a bounding box squares in the corner to size image in the page. what am i missing?
Check the unhidable smile at the end. That's what printing does to us. It's wonderful.
I'm looking for recommendations for monitors... what to look for and any preferred brands. I'm a pc user NOT apple. Thanks
That will depend greatly on your budget. I’d suggest any decent brand and preferably a monitor with a Matt finish.
@@GaryGough Thanks 🙏 I’ve bitten the bullet and gone for a BenQ SW271 Monitor 🤞
Hi Gary, do you ever regret not buying the pro 1000 instead of the pro 300.
I can’t seem to decide which one to buy.
Go for the 1000 👍👍
Much appreciated Gary, I’m sold 👍
@@Robbo490if you can remember, please let me know how it turns out. I'm also very interested in the pro 1000. My biggest concern is the cost of the ink. If you buy the entire pack of Canon inks, you are looking at $600 minimum every time. 😱 Nevertheless, I keep seeing reviews that the quality is top notch.
@@johndough82 I will do, I’m hoping to pick it up tomorrow, so I’ll see how I go in the next few weeks or so and let you know.
@@johndough82Hi John, I did buy the Pro 1000 and I have to say I am very impressed, the photos print out as good if not better than the print shop I was using and it’s great to be able to do the whole process start to finish myself.
As ink goes I’m still using the original ink, each cartridge showing just under half full, i have printed maybe 10-15 A2 size and maybe 30ish smaller prints of various sizes.
The ink cartridges when you first put them in they have to fill the tubes to the printer heads and therefore the cartridges show just over half full, after doing so, but the ink is still there to use, you just don’t see it in the cartridge gauge.
There is a lot of advice on CZcams about ink usage, I changed the setting so the printer never turns off (every time it turns off the printer does a cleaning cycle which uses ink) and I print every other day even if it’s something small.
There is a Facebook page also for this printer which has some good knowledgeable people in it.
All in all I am so glad I bought this printer.
Sorry a bit long winded but hope this helps.
Ian.
Hi Gary,
Has your Canon printer refused the use of certain brand of ink-jet cartridges?
I only ask this because my Epson printer is guilty of this.
You get warnings Leo. It's just like using unbranded batteries in your cameras. It's never happy :)
I've been told that gloss is the way to go for photo contests. Any comment?
I'm the same with Nikon..... only nikon don't do printers so I'm forced against my will to use Canon 😅 for my screens I use Lenova 4k screens and I've never calibrated them once. Reason is, the difference is too minimal for me to care about it.
I'm Nikon too but I use an Epson XP15000 Expression Photo HD printer and it prints beautifully. Inks are archival which means that they'll last. I also use Epson paper: premium glossy and lustre (archival). This printer won't break the bank either.
I've been down the calibration road and found it to be frustrating and unproductive. Having said that it's always an experiment to get what I see on my monitor to end up on the paper.
Great minds and all that Jack 😁😁
Hi Hi Gary, I realise that this is an oldish video. I notice the image used was .jpeg. No one seems to comment on the file type, .nef ,tiff, or jpg. Perhaps it doesn’t matter which is why it’s never mentioned. Do you have a view?
Fujifilm.
Great video, but if only Nikon made printers! 🤣🤣🤣
Bogos binted
I switched off the moment you advised not to calibrate your screen.
Completely out of context, he explains this clearly
didn't look like a beginners guide to me. I'm a true beginner and there is too much detail to learn anything.
Hello Gary! What is your e-mail. Thank you