Printing an Image

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Printing an Image

This section explains how to print high-resolution photographs easily with Canon inkjet printers compatible with the Canon printing software, Easy-PhotoPrint EX or Easy-PhotoPrint. It also explains how to print photographs using other printers.

Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint EX
Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint
Printing Photographs with a Printer other than Canon Inkjet Printers

Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint EX

You can perform the following types of photograph printing with Canon inkjet printers compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint EX (hereinafter, "EPP EX"):

  • Simple printing of RAW images
  • Printing with faithful colors

To perform this printing, it is necessary to first install EPP EX version 1.1 or later on your computer.

  1. Select the image to be printed.

  2. Start up EPP EX.

    • Select the [File] menu → [Plug-in printing] → [Print with Easy-PhotoPrint EX].

    • EPP EX starts up.

  3. In the EPP EX window, select the [File] menu → [Preferences].

    • The [Preferences] window appears.

  4. In [Print Quality], select [Quality Priority], click the [Option] button, and then in the dialog box that appears, checkmark [Print with the best quality].

  5. Select the [Advanced] tab, checkmark [Enable ICC profile], and then click the [OK] button.

    • The [Preferences] window closes.

  6. Specify the number of sheets to be printed, and then click [Select Paper].

    • Click [ ] to increase the number of sheets to be printed.

  7. Select the paper type, and then click the [Layout/Print] button.

  8. Specify the layout, and then click the [Print] button.

    • Printing begins.


Additional information
  • Print up to 1000 images at a time
  • You can print up to 1000 images selected in DPP at a time. When printing more than 1000 images, divide the printing into several jobs.
  • The printed image's color is not what you expected
  • In the EPP EX window, select [Preferences] in the [File] menu and then click the [Advanced] tab in the [Preferences] window to display the [Advanced] tab sheet. In the [Advanced] tab sheet, select [Enable ICC profile] in [Color correction for printing] and try printing using the [Perceptual] setting.

Advantages of printing with EPP EX
  • Printing with faithful colors
  • When the color space is set to sRGB or Adobe RGB (Setting Work Color Space, Color Management), this color space is automatically transmitted from DPP to EPP EX, allowing you to print with faithful colors. If you set Apple RGB, ColorMatch RGB or Wide Gamut RGB, the image is printed with an Adobe RGB color space.
  • Printing with a wide color reproduction
  • When the color space setting (Setting Work Color Space, Color Management) is set to Adobe RGB and the image is printed with a Canon inkjet printer, the color reproduction range is wider, and green and blue in particular are reproduced vividly.

DPP is also compatible for printing with Easy-PhotoPrint Pro.

Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint

You can perform the following types of photograph printing with Canon inkjet printers compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint (hereinafter, "EPP"):

  • Simple printing of RAW images
  • High quality printing using the color reproduction range of Adobe RGB and a Canon inkjet printer

To perform this printing, it is necessary to first install EPP version 3.5 or later on your computer. When using an Easy-PhotoPrint EX-compatible inkjet printer, it is recommended that you print using Easy-PhotoPrint EX.

  1. Select the image to be printed.

  2. Start up EPP.

    • Select the [File] menu → [Plug-in printing] → [Print with Easy-PhotoPrint].

    • EPP starts up.

  3. In the EPP window, select the [File] menu → [Preferences].

    • The [Preferences] window appears.

  4. In [Print Quality], select [Quality Priority].

  5. Select the [Advanced] tab sheet and check that the EPP image compensation function is disabled.

    • If not disabled, the operation of the EPP image compensation function may prevent images being printed with faithful color reproduction.

    • If [Optimize images automatically] is checked, click to remove the check mark.

    • Click [OK] to close the window.

  6. Specify the number of sheets to be printed, and then click [Next].

    • Click [ ] to increase the number of sheets to be printed.

  7. Check that the image compensation function is disabled, select the paper type and then click [Next].

    • If [Vivid Photo] and [Photo Noise Reduction] are checked, click to remove the check marks.

  8. Specify the layout, and then click the [Print] button.

    • Printing begins.


Additional information
  • Print up to 1000 images at a time
  • You can print up to 1000 images selected in DPP at a time. When printing more than 1000 images, divide the printing into several jobs.
  • The printed image's color is not what you expected
  • Change the [Rendering intents when using Easy-PhotoPrint] to [Perceptual] and print.

Printing with a wide color reproduction

When the color space (Setting Work Color Space, Color Management) is set to Adobe RGB and the image is printed with Canon inkjet printer, the color reproduction area widens, and green and blue in particular are reproduced vividly. When the color space is set to Apple RGB or ColorMatch RGB, the image is printed with an sRGB color space, and when set to Wide Gamut RGB, with an Adobe RGB color space.


DPP is also compatible for printing with Easy-PhotoPrint Pro.

Printing Photographs with a Printer other than Canon Inkjet Printers

You can print one image on one sheet of paper.

  1. Select the image to be printed.

  2. Select the [File] menu → [Print].

    • The [Print] dialog box appears.

  3. Set to photograph printing and print.

    • Specify the optimum settings for photograph printing in the printer's print settings dialog box and click the [OK] button.

    • Printing begins.




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