We live on a single grid which is susceptible to power outages due to ravens and weather. With thunderstorms, we have lost power just about every day this past week.
My printer, Canon 9000, suddenly started printing with a decided magenta cast. As it had just been on a road trip I thought perhaps it had been damaged in transit. After checking the nozzles etc., found nothing wrong. Still printed with strong magenta cast.
Recalibrated the monitor and the cast disappeared. While the computer is surge protected and on a UPS, the only thing I can attribute this sudden shift in colour to is the repeated backouts which seem to have effected the monitor. Curious as to whether others have had similar experiences.
I have found that sometimes after my pc comes out of sleep mode it's using either the wrong profile, or corrupts the correct one. I'm still troubleshooting this, but this issue might be similar to yours. If you find an answer, let me know. I'll do the same.
Paul
9 out of 10 times when a printer is suddenly printing with a strange color cast, we find it is attributable to clogged nozzles or an empty ink cartridge. Since you already checked your nozzles, the cause might be something more obscure. We would have you check to see if your correct printer profile is being used, and if your print driver media settings are all the same. Maybe the outage corrupted any presets you had? Did you change inks?
One thing is for sure: Calibrating the monitor would not directly affect the printer color. The display and the printer are not interconnected and a calibration of one will not directly affect the other.
"Calibrating the monitor would not directly affect the printer color."
Absolutely. Unless you re-adjusted what you were printing while using the out-of-sync monitor the monitor's profile shouldn't have an effect on the printer.
I printed on three different types of paper using the appropriate profiles. All had the magenta cast though it did lessen as more sheets were fed through. The nozzle check was ok. As it disappeared after calibration the only thing that seemed to make sense was the power outages somehow effecting the monitor.
The only other thing that might make sense is that the inks were disturbed during transit and the printing and checks cleared the problem. That the first good print came after calibration may have just been one of those coincidences.
You said UPS in your original post Dave. Is that the same as an APS (alternate power source) or battery pack. Like you, we're on a single grid and experienced all sorts of weirdness with power outages and voltage drifts. Having the monitor as well as the CPU on battery backup solved our issues. I'm not saying it will solve your magenta shift, but it will certainly improve overall performance and longevity of your gear.
If we're saying the same thing in UPS and APS, and I'm in fact preaching to the choir, sorry bout that!
While I know in theory the calibrating the monitor doesn't directly bear on the printer I do find it rather strange that recalibrating seemed to fix it. As Patrick noted it may be something quite obscure. More thunderboomers predicted for tomorrow. I'll leave the computer off.
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7 repliesMy printer, Canon 9000, suddenly started printing with a decided magenta cast. As it had just been on a road trip I thought perhaps it had been damaged in transit. After checking the nozzles etc., found nothing wrong. Still printed with strong magenta cast.
Recalibrated the monitor and the cast disappeared. While the computer is surge protected and on a UPS, the only thing I can attribute this sudden shift in colour to is the repeated backouts which seem to have effected the monitor. Curious as to whether others have had similar experiences.
Paul
One thing is for sure: Calibrating the monitor would not directly affect the printer color. The display and the printer are not interconnected and a calibration of one will not directly affect the other.
Patrick Herold
Tech Support
www.chromix.com
Absolutely. Unless you re-adjusted what you were printing while using the out-of-sync monitor the monitor's profile shouldn't have an effect on the printer.
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I printed on three different types of paper using the appropriate profiles. All had the magenta cast though it did lessen as more sheets were fed through. The nozzle check was ok. As it disappeared after calibration the only thing that seemed to make sense was the power outages somehow effecting the monitor.
The only other thing that might make sense is that the inks were disturbed during transit and the printing and checks cleared the problem. That the first good print came after calibration may have just been one of those coincidences.
If we're saying the same thing in UPS and APS, and I'm in fact preaching to the choir, sorry bout that!
Yes, APS. UPS is how my wife gets shoes!
While I know in theory the calibrating the monitor doesn't directly bear on the printer I do find it rather strange that recalibrating seemed to fix it. As Patrick noted it may be something quite obscure. More thunderboomers predicted for tomorrow. I'll leave the computer off.