Can I just say from the bottom of my heart. THANK YOU. I've printing greeting cards for over a year now. as much as the print quality setting I was using was fine. this has just completely changed the game. I searched high and low at the beginning of my business for this information and you have just saved me lots of money! Thank you x
This was an AMAZING tip. I have scoured the internet for literal months looking for ways to improve my print quality and this did it. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!
Wow... I use Ikonics RapidMask HD & HT... Always had a density problem with my original HP printer for 2 years. I finally purchased the Canon Pixma iX6820 several months ago. Google through TH-cam, after several other channels; came across yours today. I am grateful for all your explanations regarding Adobe Ilustrator through the Canon specs. Tomorrow, I am excited to print my first AccuBlack under my new printer!!! Thanks again for your expertise sharing of your knowledge. Bob
thank you so much for this video!!! i followed your print settings exactly and first try got a perfect positive and perfect screen. you literally saved me hundreds of dollars!!!
This total noob can't thank you enough for such a clear and concise tutorial! So many questions answered, even though I'm using an ip8720 printer and Photoshop; virtually everything you discussed helped me move forward. Your approach to the settings looks to have solved the problems I'd been seeing. I'm involved with a DIY system using a layre UV LED strips for an exposure source to create screens for printing ceramic underglaze on greenware and bisque pieces. Should be an interesting project.
@@ikonartstencil I've continued to experiment with the prints and have found that visually (not tested yet with UV - just finishing my DIY UV light source) the darkest prints by far are with the printer set to manual color mgmt, Photo Paper Pro Platinum, Photoshop managing colors, Canon's PT2 profile and rendering set to saturated. I've been monitoring my ink levels and it looks like in this mode, only PGBK is used. So, pigment rather than the inks. I'm guessing/hoping that this is the most UV opaque setting. Further testing will tell... Thanks again for your video(s) (Not being a graphic artist by training or any other measure, your tutorials are very useful!)
These tips are great, and they work! One thing I've found: You do not get the same results printing from other applications, like Photoshop or Preview-Illustrator seems to work best. My recent print was raster artwork, not vector, so I initially export a TIFF and printed from Preview-not as good! So even if your work is raster, drop it onto an artboard in Illustrator and print from there-that's how you'll get the best results 👍🏻
Thank you so much for these amazing settings!! they produce perfect transparencies for my screen printing business, using the canon pixma ip8720 though, but works perfect!! thanks again!
@@KantraBe78 Sorry, didn't see your question. Hopefully you've figured it out, but if not, when opening the Print dialog window (I'm using Illustrator), select your Canon printer. Assuming you've correctly installed your driver, click the Setup button near bottom left. In the new dialog window, click the button that has Layout selected. It's in this dropdown where you select the Quality & Media, Color Options, etc. detailed in this video. To save time for my next print job, I saved all these settings as a preset.
I needed this. These are things you don't normally understand with printing-different qualities among different printers and what they're capable of. It's still confusing because this feature has to be more readable in marketing when buying a printer. I used to think we needed the big printers to print clean images on different paper quality (especially glossy card stock). So this Canon printer does it as good as how paperback covers for books are printed?
We mirror all our artwork before making our stencils so that the ink side of the printed artwork is touching the stencil film during exposure. However, this step is optional.
Hi, this is awesome thx. I have a question i got a pixma ix6820 too but when I ran out of ink I replaced them with compatible ink cartridges and now my yellow and magenta are darker than what image on screen is, do you have any suggestions on how to adjust this so my photos or prints are closer to the real image? Thx a lot in advance, have a blessed day !
You could try adjusting the color balance. Here is a tutorial on how to do it in the printer driver. ugp01.c-ij.com/ij/webmanual/PrinterDriver/W/PRO-1%20v1-1%20series/1.0/EN/PPG/Dg-c_color_correction02.html
This vid is very helpful! I'm on a mac though, and in my print preferences for the iX6820 I only see "Media: Auto Select / Photo / Envelope / Plain Paper". There also aren't other options for setting contrast etc. I'm getting some issues with flat black and I've tried things like changing it to rich black in the file, using only 100%K, printing from InDesign or PDF, and seems like it's somewhat random why it'll look muddled or not. I had one successful test print using just 100%K and printing from a PDF. The black was pretty grey but it was a nice smooth tone. Not sure how to recreate that or get a smoother tone with darker blacks. It seems like you've done a lot of tests so I was wondering if you have any ideas?
I don’t have a Mac, so I can’t re-create this and I’m not sure what the answer is. Can you select the quality slider and move that all the way to high?
@@ikonartstencil Yup, I tried that and it helps. Actually I just realized yesterday if my file is in CMYK it comes out really crappy looking, but if I export a PDF as RGB and print that, it looks much closer to the version on screen
Hey, it sounds like you are not using the installed Canon driver, but instead the default Mac driver, that's why you are getting less customization in your print settings. Of course, you may have figured this out by now, but hopefully this will be helpful to someone. If you're printing over wifi, you will need to delete the printer from your list of printers, then re-add it. When you search for available printers, there should be one instance that uses "Bonjour" or AirPrint (which are Mac ... things) and another that comes up (a few seconds later, perhaps) that says something like "Canon IJ Something-or-other"-that's the one you want to add! If your situation isn't a wifi one, you might just have to google how to switch the driver you're using. Hope that helps!
@@sweeaught I think that's mostly right, but it seems that Canon actually has 2 drivers of their own for some reason? My girlfriend and I each downloaded a driver from their website and somehow she downloaded the IJ driver and I got the bonjour one. She had way more options for most things when printing, but strangely the "quality" setting doesn't let her change anything, and seems like it always prints to the highest quality while mine lets me choose, even though I can't make many other custom choices like color profiles etc.
For our process and our light strength you do not need to use a rip or put black in all the cartridges. That would be for traditional screen printing where they use a stronger light.
Another question I bought 3rd party ink but do you think if I changed my cmyk settings to 0 and black to 100 I could keep my colored ink in my printer instead of putting all black cartridges in
For our stencils, we only use the black channel. We do not put black ink in all of our channels. However, if you are using this for traditional screen printing, or have a stronger LED light, I cannot speak to that. That may require black ink in all the channels.
Mirroring your artwork is optional, but I like to do it. That way when I expose my stencil I flip my artwork upside down so I can read it, and then the side I printed on is touching my stencil film. This isn’t a huge deal but if you have artwork with very fine details it helps create a better seal between your artwork and the stencil film so that no light can seep in under the edges.
How can I learn to make simple artwork like that "home sweet home" I used to know how to do it when I was in my teens and early 20's but now I forgot all these stuffs. I am planning to buy my own printer and use it to do things like these. I hope you can help me. There are online platforms like skillshare but i dont know what kind of skill to look for to this type of skill.
Erwin Pangilinan First choose your design program then watch TH-cam videos on how to use it. A free one is InkScape. Here are some other artwork resources as well: ikonartstencil.com/artwork-faq/
This was so helpful!! I just got this printer to print my digital artwork, but when I go to print via photoshop, it tells me to turn of printer color managment so photoshop can do that instead, but I can't find where I can do that in the settings. Any guide on how? Thanks again!
When you click print in Photoshop and your print settings box shows up, right under your printer selection there is an area called Color Management. Under color handling there’s a drop-down where can either choose “printer managers color” or “Photoshop manager color”
@@ikonartstencil Yes, but when I choose photoshop manages colors, a warning above appears saying "Remember to disable the printer's color managment in the print settings dialog box." So when I go to printer settings box and look through there I don't see where I can do what it's telling me to do. Thank you for the response btw!! Also my art is coming out much darker than what I see on screen :(
@@SPACEDE4TH That is just a reminder. There should be a box you can check that says “don’t show this to me again”. It’s just reminding you to go to that area that I mentioned to determine your color management choice.
Hi did you have any problems with connecting to the wifi? I have been trying to connect to my ipad but it can’t detect a printer and says make sure your printer is set up to a network. I have tried so many things... just wondering if you had this problem at all. Thanks!
Same here Emily. I tried to connect to my laptop wirelessly with the blue flashing light and it never recognized the printer at all. It didn't even come up as an option. But when I have it hardwired in, there's no problem. Not a deal breaker but I have to run downstairs to connect my USB cable in order to print from my laptop. Very irritating.
Same here @Emily Rodenberg. I then realized that the flashing light is for WiFi, and not for blue tooth connection. My wife suggested getting a USB blue tooth adapter to connect the laptop to the printer wirelessly. In theory that should work so I'll give it a try when I get one and report back here.
Hello, I have the same printer, and I can't found all of your printer setting, where can I see these options? Working on Microsoft word? Or an specific canon printer app? Thanks a lot
I have these print setting options no matter what program I print out of (Illustrator, Acrobat, InkScape, Word, etc). No special app. Maybe reach out to Canon and ask??
@@greathandsatl not sure what Ruby means but yes you can use a rip and the accu set of all black inks to make your prints darker if you are familiar with that
Hi Am new to screen printing My question is on the printer should I put only black ink or can also add all the the color the come with the printer I have the same printer as you Or I can fill them up all them with black? Hope you can help me thank you
Your printer would not recognize the cartridges if you put a black cartridge in every slot. There are options out there to trick the printer and put black in every slot, but then you would need to use Rip software to make your printer pull ink from those different cartridges.
This video and these density numbers are for regular Canon inks. We have since started using Arthur Imaging inks, and the density measured slightly higher.
Every time I print the ink in the transparent paper always smears and leave a print mark I’ve been researching and following steps but none worked. I just bought this printer as well. Do you have any clue why it’s doing this?
It could depend on what transparency film you’re using. I only use our Ikonart Inkjet Printer Film which has special coating on it to avoid smearing, so I’m not familiar with how the inks react on other clear films.
If u need a total solid 100% pure black, just refill the CMY ink cartridges with BLACK INK. NOW u have all ink cartridges with 4 black and when you print on the film, u will HV a pure solid black☑️ just print it in CMYK mode...
Works great for businesses that only use their printer for this one purpose, but not if you want to continue using your printer for printing other stuff. If you do this you also have to setup your artwork as a blend of colors rather than 100% black so that it pulls from all the cartridges instead of 100% black, or again if you’re a screen printer or business you can run your art through RIP software like FilmMaker. If you don’t want to fill the cartridges yourself, Chromaline sells a black set of ink exactly meant for this purpose shop.chromaline.com/canon-pixma-ix6820-kit/
I just purchased the Cannon Pixma IX6820 and my films are not printing opaque enough. I have watched your tutorial several times to make sure I am using the correct settings. I am using the current version of CorelDraw. Any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong?
What kind of transparency film or paper are you trying to print onto? Our clear transparency film that we sell has a special coating on to increase the density for our stencil making kit.
Say you're printing simple text in black and white and on one printer you get sharp corners (like on the letter L for example). But on another printer (my Epson 1100) and using same file( done with vector), you get sort of a rounded corner, just enough to be annoying. What do they call that? I'm sure there's a word for it. The 1100 has excellent resolution also. -- anyone know ? -- thanks
Hmmmm... weird! Unfortunately I don't have a Mac to test on. You could post in our IKONART Crafters Facebook Group to see if anyone there can help! facebook.com/groups/ikonartcrafters/
For Mac, i had to go to System Preferences>Printers & Scanners>click to select your printer>click the + on the bottom left of the dialogue box>click on your printer>in the Use: drop down menu, select your printer instead of Airdrop/AirPrint, this will make another version of your printer>click Add. Then go into Illustrator and go to print setup, you should now see all the options I am however struggling to get an opaque black. I've tried CMYK all 100%, K 100%, CMYK 60 40 40 100, RGB all 100%, but still no luck. Will try to export to PDF and RGB and see if that works.
When I click on "set up" pr "page setup" a box comes up saying "The Print dialog box is provided by the operating system. To ensure that you can use the full print capabilities of Illustrator, please set all print options from the Print dialog box". Is this a new thing? I don't understand how come it won't let me do any of the stuff you did in the video :( please help!
I'm having the exact same problem on my mac. I just got this printer thinking it was going to rock my world for films, and I can't seem to find these settings where I can switch the doc to grayscale and adjust the intensity/contrast... Any luck on figuring this out yet?
Oh wow I think I just got it! For the Mac the set up window layout is just different.... When you go to "setup" there is a tab in the middle that says "layout" from there you can switch to Quality&Media and select the Photo Pro Platinum: Set print quality to custom and drag it all the way to one. Then from the same tab switch to "Color Options" to crank up the intensity and the contrast. And set it to grayscale. I just printed a beautifully opaque film...... THANK YOU!!
In this video yes. After I made this video I also tested the Arthur Imaging inks and they work great. They actually measured slightly darker than the Canon inks.
Hello, I have a question because I just realize that the dots in the minute 7 are the ones that I have in my prints but I don’t know if it’s because of the thickness of my paper, do you see them in most of your prints? Im using 130 grams I don’t think it’s too much.
I made this video when our printer was brand new and I think that is why you see those dots. I don't see them anymore and they didn't affect making my stencils.
@@muhammadsethidrisalhamidi4893 I don’t see that printer listed on their compatibility list, but you could reach out to the company, Arthur Imaging Inks, directly to confirm
@ikonart…. Can this printer print 0.3 to 0.5mm lines also for Screen Printing PCB ? I need Thin dark black lines with sharp edges…..so UV light does not pass through especially ingressing the edges?
No clue about all of that but do you have RIP software to run your artwork through?? Sounds like you will need that to lay down more ink. Chromaline sells this printer along with RIP software and a set of all black ink.
@@ikonartstencil i am Using Adobe Illustrator for this purpose. Will it give me reasonable results? Or i should get another DIP software. I asked Chromaline for Printer and ink but they said they dont ship outside US due to warranty issues.
I print using only the black channel but the printer can print in full CMYK color. Chromaline sells an all black set of Accu Ink that works in this printer if you have RIP software and want to use this for traditional screen printing.
If you have a question about settings or printing your artwork for Ikonart stencils, let us know. If you have a question about your printer or something not working with that, we recommend reaching out directly to Canon.
IKONART Stencil I am. I’m doing it exactly as you. It only happens when I set paper to Pro Platinum. If I go back to plain its fine. Im using waterproof inkjet film. 🤷🏻♂️
@@esalchile Hmmmm.... I'm not familiar with waterproof inkjet film. I use the IKONART Inkjet Printer Film for all my film positives. You may need to adjust your settings since you are using a different film.
That is a bit misleading. They are definitely different, however if you mean that a raster image will also work, that is correct. If you have a high quality raster image at the size you want to print it, and you never need to scale it up, yeah, it will work. A lot of times people who use our system (at home crafters) have low quality raster images though (usually taken from Google or something like that) so that is why I try to explain the differences and importance of vector artwork.
This was so helpful! And having the PROOF to back up the experiments is awesome!
Glad you found it helpful!
Great video. Thank you for explaning steps in detail and not rushing. This helps with learning and not just watching someone who rushes through.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!!
Can I just say from the bottom of my heart. THANK YOU. I've printing greeting cards for over a year now. as much as the print quality setting I was using was fine. this has just completely changed the game. I searched high and low at the beginning of my business for this information and you have just saved me lots of money! Thank you x
You’re welcome!
This was an AMAZING tip. I have scoured the internet for literal months looking for ways to improve my print quality and this did it. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!
Glad it was helpful and that you came across it!
This was such a HUGE help with my fine art stencils. Thank you so much!
Great to hear! 🙂
Wow... I use Ikonics RapidMask HD & HT... Always had a density problem with my original HP printer for 2 years. I finally purchased the Canon Pixma iX6820 several months ago. Google through TH-cam, after several other channels; came across yours today. I am grateful for all your explanations regarding Adobe Ilustrator through the Canon specs. Tomorrow, I am excited to print my first AccuBlack under my new printer!!! Thanks again for your expertise sharing of your knowledge. Bob
Great to hear!
SUPER HELPFUL! Thank you for taking the time to share these steps :)
thx for watching 👍🏼
thank you so much for this video!!! i followed your print settings exactly and first try got a perfect positive and perfect screen. you literally saved me hundreds of dollars!!!
Settings make all the difference!!
This total noob can't thank you enough for such a clear and concise tutorial! So many questions answered, even though I'm using an ip8720 printer and Photoshop; virtually everything you discussed helped me move forward. Your approach to the settings looks to have solved the problems I'd been seeing. I'm involved with a DIY system using a layre UV LED strips for an exposure source to create screens for printing ceramic underglaze on greenware and bisque pieces. Should be an interesting project.
Love to hear that and good luck! Sounds like an interesting project!!
@@ikonartstencil I've continued to experiment with the prints and have found that visually (not tested yet with UV - just finishing my DIY UV light source) the darkest prints by far are with the printer set to manual color mgmt, Photo Paper Pro Platinum, Photoshop managing colors, Canon's PT2 profile and rendering set to saturated. I've been monitoring my ink levels and it looks like in this mode, only PGBK is used. So, pigment rather than the inks. I'm guessing/hoping that this is the most UV opaque setting. Further testing will tell... Thanks again for your video(s) (Not being a graphic artist by training or any other measure, your tutorials are very useful!)
I was able to test my UV source (LED UV light strips) and at 8 inches I get a great screen after 2-3/4 minutes. Very happy with all. :)
These tips are great, and they work! One thing I've found: You do not get the same results printing from other applications, like Photoshop or Preview-Illustrator seems to work best. My recent print was raster artwork, not vector, so I initially export a TIFF and printed from Preview-not as good! So even if your work is raster, drop it onto an artboard in Illustrator and print from there-that's how you'll get the best results 👍🏻
Great point!
Thank you so much for these amazing settings!! they produce perfect transparencies for my screen printing business, using the canon pixma ip8720 though, but works perfect!! thanks again!
@@nevaseez happy to hear!!
Canon switched things up a little bit on their latest Mac drivers, but once I found these settings, my transparencies turned out great. Thank you!
You’re welcome... Glad you got it to work!!
hey ! i have a mac also however struggling to find these settings … please if you could let me know what to do 😩
how did you find these settings??
@@KantraBe78 Sorry, didn't see your question. Hopefully you've figured it out, but if not, when opening the Print dialog window (I'm using Illustrator), select your Canon printer. Assuming you've correctly installed your driver, click the Setup button near bottom left. In the new dialog window, click the button that has Layout selected. It's in this dropdown where you select the Quality & Media, Color Options, etc. detailed in this video. To save time for my next print job, I saved all these settings as a preset.
@@kileyurban8389 Hey, I didn't see that Anita before you had asked the same question so I replied to her. Just look up!
Thank you! Such a difference in the quality of my prints now!!
Great to hear!
Great video. We are in between Accurip subscriptions so this helped.
This was super helpful. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
I love you. that's all I have to say lol. I was struggling for hours.
Printer settings make all the difference!
This was Perfs!
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I needed this. These are things you don't normally understand with printing-different qualities among different printers and what they're capable of. It's still confusing because this feature has to be more readable in marketing when buying a printer. I used to think we needed the big printers to print clean images on different paper quality (especially glossy card stock).
So this Canon printer does it as good as how paperback covers for books are printed?
I only use it to print B&W images to make our stencils, so I’m not sure about book covers.
Needed this, could not figure out what setting I was missing to increase the ink density. Thank you.
👍🏼👍🏼
very helpful Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful!
Thanks for watching :)
this really help me alot
Love to hear that!
thank you....i am ordering your products...i just got my same printer delivered
Wonderful!
I notice you can see the wheel marks made as the substrate passes through the Printer
This printer was brand new when I recorded this. That didn’t affect making my stencils, and it went away pretty quick.
Are you using original canon ink cartridges. I think after market are too watery and they not staying on my transparency paper
@@Pauseblud in this video we use the Canon inks. Since filming this we found Arthur Imaging inks which work great!
Great video, why did you mirror the image before printing? 4:56 thank you
We mirror all our artwork before making our stencils so that the ink side of the printed artwork is touching the stencil film during exposure. However, this step is optional.
Hi, this is awesome thx. I have a question i got a pixma ix6820 too but when I ran out of ink I replaced them with compatible ink cartridges and now my yellow and magenta are darker than what image on screen is, do you have any suggestions on how to adjust this so my photos or prints are closer to the real image? Thx a lot in advance, have a blessed day !
You could try adjusting the color balance. Here is a tutorial on how to do it in the printer driver. ugp01.c-ij.com/ij/webmanual/PrinterDriver/W/PRO-1%20v1-1%20series/1.0/EN/PPG/Dg-c_color_correction02.html
Are you using original canon inks? I have the same printer and set your settings but the black isnt that dark
In this video I tested with the original Canon inks, but since then I have switched over to Arthur Imaging Inks and they print just as dark
This vid is very helpful! I'm on a mac though, and in my print preferences for the iX6820 I only see "Media: Auto Select / Photo / Envelope / Plain Paper". There also aren't other options for setting contrast etc. I'm getting some issues with flat black and I've tried things like changing it to rich black in the file, using only 100%K, printing from InDesign or PDF, and seems like it's somewhat random why it'll look muddled or not.
I had one successful test print using just 100%K and printing from a PDF. The black was pretty grey but it was a nice smooth tone. Not sure how to recreate that or get a smoother tone with darker blacks. It seems like you've done a lot of tests so I was wondering if you have any ideas?
I don’t have a Mac, so I can’t re-create this and I’m not sure what the answer is. Can you select the quality slider and move that all the way to high?
@@ikonartstencil Yup, I tried that and it helps. Actually I just realized yesterday if my file is in CMYK it comes out really crappy looking, but if I export a PDF as RGB and print that, it looks much closer to the version on screen
Hey, it sounds like you are not using the installed Canon driver, but instead the default Mac driver, that's why you are getting less customization in your print settings. Of course, you may have figured this out by now, but hopefully this will be helpful to someone. If you're printing over wifi, you will need to delete the printer from your list of printers, then re-add it. When you search for available printers, there should be one instance that uses "Bonjour" or AirPrint (which are Mac ... things) and another that comes up (a few seconds later, perhaps) that says something like "Canon IJ Something-or-other"-that's the one you want to add! If your situation isn't a wifi one, you might just have to google how to switch the driver you're using. Hope that helps!
@@sweeaught I think that's mostly right, but it seems that Canon actually has 2 drivers of their own for some reason? My girlfriend and I each downloaded a driver from their website and somehow she downloaded the IJ driver and I got the bonjour one.
She had way more options for most things when printing, but strangely the "quality" setting doesn't let her change anything, and seems like it always prints to the highest quality while mine lets me choose, even though I can't make many other custom choices like color profiles etc.
Do you need to fill all cartridges with black ink because I want do to screen printing.
For our process and our light strength you do not need to use a rip or put black in all the cartridges. That would be for traditional screen printing where they use a stronger light.
What kind of paper you used? Can you please provide what kind of printable medium was that?
Ikonart Inkjet Printer Film
Another question I bought 3rd party ink but do you think if I changed my cmyk settings to 0 and black to 100 I could keep my colored ink in my printer instead of putting all black cartridges in
For our stencils, we only use the black channel. We do not put black ink in all of our channels. However, if you are using this for traditional screen printing, or have a stronger LED light, I cannot speak to that. That may require black ink in all the channels.
Why did you mirror your image? Wouldn't that make the stencil
backwards when you expose it?
Mirroring your artwork is optional, but I like to do it. That way when I expose my stencil I flip my artwork upside down so I can read it, and then the side I printed on is touching my stencil film. This isn’t a huge deal but if you have artwork with very fine details it helps create a better seal between your artwork and the stencil film so that no light can seep in under the edges.
How can I learn to make simple artwork like that "home sweet home" I used to know how to do it when I was in my teens and early 20's but now I forgot all these stuffs. I am planning to buy my own printer and use it to do things like these. I hope you can help me. There are online platforms like skillshare but i dont know what kind of skill to look for to this type of skill.
Erwin Pangilinan First choose your design program then watch TH-cam videos on how to use it. A free one is InkScape. Here are some other artwork resources as well: ikonartstencil.com/artwork-faq/
Thanks! Very helpful!
This was so helpful!! I just got this printer to print my digital artwork, but when I go to print via photoshop, it tells me to turn of printer color managment so photoshop can do that instead, but I can't find where I can do that in the settings. Any guide on how? Thanks again!
When you click print in Photoshop and your print settings box shows up, right under your printer selection there is an area called Color Management. Under color handling there’s a drop-down where can either choose “printer managers color” or “Photoshop manager color”
@@ikonartstencil Yes, but when I choose photoshop manages colors, a warning above appears saying "Remember to disable the printer's color managment in the print settings dialog box." So when I go to printer settings box and look through there I don't see where I can do what it's telling me to do. Thank you for the response btw!!
Also my art is coming out much darker than what I see on screen :(
@@SPACEDE4TH That is just a reminder. There should be a box you can check that says “don’t show this to me again”. It’s just reminding you to go to that area that I mentioned to determine your color management choice.
@@ikonartstencil Thank you!
Hi did you have any problems with connecting to the wifi? I have been trying to connect to my ipad but it can’t detect a printer and says make sure your printer is set up to a network. I have tried so many things... just wondering if you had this problem at all. Thanks!
I have mine hardwired to my computer. I haven’t tried the wifi connection.
@@ikonartstencil hmmm ok, what kind of usb cable do you have to connect it?
@@emilyrodenberg8910 whatever came with the printer
Same here Emily. I tried to connect to my laptop wirelessly with the blue flashing light and it never recognized the printer at all. It didn't even come up as an option. But when I have it hardwired in, there's no problem. Not a deal breaker but I have to run downstairs to connect my USB cable in order to print from my laptop. Very irritating.
Same here @Emily Rodenberg. I then realized that the flashing light is for WiFi, and not for blue tooth connection. My wife suggested getting a USB blue tooth adapter to connect the laptop to the printer wirelessly. In theory that should work so I'll give it a try when I get one and report back here.
Hello, I have the same printer, and I can't found all of your printer setting, where can I see these options? Working on Microsoft word? Or an specific canon printer app? Thanks a lot
I have these print setting options no matter what program I print out of (Illustrator, Acrobat, InkScape, Word, etc). No special app. Maybe reach out to Canon and ask??
@@ikonartstencil What about accurip Ruby?
@@greathandsatl not sure what Ruby means but yes you can use a rip and the accu set of all black inks to make your prints darker if you are familiar with that
please help. i am using canon e414 printer and my sticker paper doesnt absorb black ink, i am using glossy sticker paper and idk what to do
I am not familiar with that printer. You could try contacting Canon.
Hi
Am new to screen printing
My question is on the printer should I put only black ink or can also add all the the color the come with the printer I have the same printer as you
Or I can fill them up all them with black?
Hope you can help me thank you
Your printer would not recognize the cartridges if you put a black cartridge in every slot. There are options out there to trick the printer and put black in every slot, but then you would need to use Rip software to make your printer pull ink from those different cartridges.
@@ikonartstencil thank you for answer my question is any other way I can contact with you ?
Thank again for your time
Did you use your regular canon ink our did you use a 3rd party ink.
This video and these density numbers are for regular Canon inks. We have since started using Arthur Imaging inks, and the density measured slightly higher.
@@ikonartstencil ok thank you for the info that helps. I just got that printer today and I don’t want to mess it up
@@ikonartstencil ok thank you for the info that helps. I just got that printer today and I don’t want to mess it up
Every time I print the ink in the transparent paper always smears and leave a print mark I’ve been researching and following steps but none worked. I just bought this printer as well. Do you have any clue why it’s doing this?
It could depend on what transparency film you’re using. I only use our Ikonart Inkjet Printer Film which has special coating on it to avoid smearing, so I’m not familiar with how the inks react on other clear films.
@@ikonartstencil I’m using waterproof ink jet paper for screen printing
You are probably printing on the wrong side of the paper
If u need a total solid 100% pure black, just refill the CMY ink cartridges with BLACK INK. NOW u have all ink cartridges with 4 black and when you print on the film, u will HV a pure solid black☑️ just print it in CMYK mode...
Works great for businesses that only use their printer for this one purpose, but not if you want to continue using your printer for printing other stuff. If you do this you also have to setup your artwork as a blend of colors rather than 100% black so that it pulls from all the cartridges instead of 100% black, or again if you’re a screen printer or business you can run your art through RIP software like FilmMaker. If you don’t want to fill the cartridges yourself, Chromaline sells a black set of ink exactly meant for this purpose shop.chromaline.com/canon-pixma-ix6820-kit/
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I just purchased the Cannon Pixma IX6820 and my films are not printing opaque enough. I have watched your tutorial several times to make sure I am using the correct settings. I am using the current version of CorelDraw.
Any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong?
What kind of transparency film or paper are you trying to print onto? Our clear transparency film that we sell has a special coating on to increase the density for our stencil making kit.
@@ikonartstencil I am using JDS's house brand. Can you send me a sample sheet to test?
@@Joe-ps9ff we don’t send out samples of our printer film but here is the link to purchase a 10 pack ikonartstencil.com/inkjet-printer-film/
Say you're printing simple text in black and white and on one printer you get sharp corners (like on the letter L for example). But on another printer (my Epson 1100) and using same file( done with vector), you get sort of a rounded corner, just enough to be annoying. What do they call that? I'm sure there's a word for it. The 1100 has excellent resolution also. -- anyone know ? -- thanks
Hmmmm…. I haven’t experienced that. I’m not sure.
Thanks for the great video, I followed all the instructions when I print out my film one side looks purplish, got any suggestions
What type of printer film are you printing on and what type of ink is in your printer?
@@ikonartstencil I'm using the canon ink that came with the printer and using inkjet high quality waterproof film
@@biscorsi hmmm… if your artwork is setup as 100% black and you selected grayscale in the settings, I’m not sure why it would look purple
Im on a Mac and I cannot find these setting after clicking on page set up :(
Hmmmm... weird! Unfortunately I don't have a Mac to test on. You could post in our IKONART Crafters Facebook Group to see if anyone there can help! facebook.com/groups/ikonartcrafters/
Were you able to find out how to get the settings for a MAC ?
@@katherinevillalobos1252 I have the same issue. Anyone find out? My film is just going straight through without printing on it.
For Mac, i had to go to System Preferences>Printers & Scanners>click to select your printer>click the + on the bottom left of the dialogue box>click on your printer>in the Use: drop down menu, select your printer instead of Airdrop/AirPrint, this will make another version of your printer>click Add. Then go into Illustrator and go to print setup, you should now see all the options
I am however struggling to get an opaque black. I've tried CMYK all 100%, K 100%, CMYK 60 40 40 100, RGB all 100%, but still no luck. Will try to export to PDF and RGB and see if that works.
@@mustardmm123 This is the answer here. Make sure the driver is installed.
Are you using Illustrator on a PC, is not showing the same options. I use Mac
Yes I’m using a PC. Not sure why it would show different on a Mac??
perhaps, I only see the standard dialog from the system. I updated te Canon application
Now are working with the updated application. Great video thanks
do u use dye ink or ?
For this video we used the Canon inks that are meant for the Canon Pixma iX6820. I believe they are pigment based.
When I click on "set up" pr "page setup" a box comes up saying "The Print dialog box is provided by the operating system. To ensure that you can use the full print capabilities of Illustrator, please set all print options from the Print dialog box". Is this a new thing? I don't understand how come it won't let me do any of the stuff you did in the video :( please help!
Are you on a Mac? Printing from your desktop? What type of printer do you have? I have not seen this message before.
@@ikonartstencil yes, I am using a Mac
I'm having the exact same problem on my mac. I just got this printer thinking it was going to rock my world for films, and I can't seem to find these settings where I can switch the doc to grayscale and adjust the intensity/contrast... Any luck on figuring this out yet?
Oh wow I think I just got it! For the Mac the set up window layout is just different.... When you go to "setup" there is a tab in the middle that says "layout" from there you can switch to Quality&Media and select the Photo Pro Platinum: Set print quality to custom and drag it all the way to one. Then from the same tab switch to "Color Options" to crank up the intensity and the contrast. And set it to grayscale. I just printed a beautifully opaque film...... THANK YOU!!
I can't find this printer in Australia. Is there another printer that you would recommend? Thank you.
Any inkjet printer or laser printer will work for Ikonart stencils
Hi new to this but what cartridges did you use to fill the ink with sublimation ink? CUse mine don't print I need help
I don't do sublimation, so I'm not sure. I don't think this printer is compatible with sublimation inks, but you can check with Canon
Are they the original Canon cartridges?
In this video yes. After I made this video I also tested the Arthur Imaging inks and they work great. They actually measured slightly darker than the Canon inks.
Hello, I have a question because I just realize that the dots in the minute 7 are the ones that I have in my prints but I don’t know if it’s because of the thickness of my paper, do you see them in most of your prints? Im using 130 grams I don’t think it’s too much.
I made this video when our printer was brand new and I think that is why you see those dots. I don't see them anymore and they didn't affect making my stencils.
What is the track lines through the darker one? I am getting those too! How do. I get rid of them?
This was a brand new printer when I filmed this. I don’t get them anymore so I’m not sure. It has never affected my final stencil.
You like this printer? I wat tinking of it for vinyl making Decals for the outside? Any recomended printers anyone?
Yes, we like this printer
Compatible for canon iX 6870?
We don’t have that printer specifically to test, but I would think it would be fine… which part specifically are you asking about compatibility?
@@ikonartstencil this ink, can apply for cannon iX 6870..
@@muhammadsethidrisalhamidi4893 I don’t see that printer listed on their compatibility list, but you could reach out to the company, Arthur Imaging Inks, directly to confirm
What program are you running?
In this video I’m using Adobe Illustrator but the print preferences area should look the same out of any program
after i print my positives all inks are wet and not dry and washed away. what do i do wrong ?
selcuk saglam are you using our inkjet printer film? Sounds like you printed on the wrong side.
or may your ink looks pigment
What ink do you use for film transparency?
We use Arthur Imaging inks. Canon inks also work.
What app I it?
Hello. I’m not sure what you are asking??
@ikonart…. Can this printer print 0.3 to 0.5mm lines also for Screen Printing PCB ? I need Thin dark black lines with sharp edges…..so UV light does not pass through especially ingressing the edges?
No clue about all of that but do you have RIP software to run your artwork through?? Sounds like you will need that to lay down more ink. Chromaline sells this printer along with RIP software and a set of all black ink.
@@ikonartstencil i am Using Adobe Illustrator for this purpose. Will it give me reasonable results? Or i should get another DIP software. I asked Chromaline for Printer and ink but they said they dont ship outside US due to warranty issues.
What if you don't have Illustrator?
You can use any design program. Inkscape is a free one that works.
It only prints black inc or does it do all Colours?
I print using only the black channel but the printer can print in full CMYK color. Chromaline sells an all black set of Accu Ink that works in this printer if you have RIP software and want to use this for traditional screen printing.
How do we work this out on Mac tho??
I don’t have a Mac so I don’t know what looks different for you. I would recommend contacting Canon support.
Can you convert it to a sublimation printer?
Super Mom Convert what??
I’m sorry I’m talking about the ink can you use sublimation ink
Ahhh... gotcha... I don’t believe that would work, but I’m not 100% certain. What kind of sublimation printer do you have?
I’m looking to buy one they sold out of the epson 7710 and 7720
how about in photoshop? what's your setting?
I don't use photoshop. I use Illustrator. So I just use the CMYK color space and make sure my artwork is set to 100% black.
Does this work with the IX 6850 too?
I don’t have that printer so I’m not sure, but I think the settings should look similar
I need help
If you have a question about settings or printing your artwork for Ikonart stencils, let us know. If you have a question about your printer or something not working with that, we recommend reaching out directly to Canon.
Can i use pigment inks for all colour?
I don’t think I understand what you’re asking
@@ikonartstencil this printer is used pigment ink only black colour so i want refill another pigment C, Y, M, BK.
@@winkyaw2375 sounds like a question for the manufacturer… try contacting Canon
I have the same printer and im using the exact same settings and im getting a blueish semi transparent print 😔😩
esalchile are you using genuine Canon inks?
IKONART Stencil I am. I’m doing it exactly as you. It only happens when I set paper to Pro Platinum. If I go back to plain its fine. Im using waterproof inkjet film. 🤷🏻♂️
@@esalchile Hmmmm.... I'm not familiar with waterproof inkjet film. I use the IKONART Inkjet Printer Film for all my film positives. You may need to adjust your settings since you are using a different film.
Dam it doesn’t work…are you using Mac pro, right?
I’m hooked up to a PC
@@ikonartstencil Ah, that’s why. But right now, I got it. It worked! Thanks!
A raster image is not different than a vector image at 100 percent magnification.
That is a bit misleading. They are definitely different, however if you mean that a raster image will also work, that is correct. If you have a high quality raster image at the size you want to print it, and you never need to scale it up, yeah, it will work. A lot of times people who use our system (at home crafters) have low quality raster images though (usually taken from Google or something like that) so that is why I try to explain the differences and importance of vector artwork.
@@ikonartstencilfor spot color, yeah you would want vector.
I always have trouble hooking up my printer to my wifi. Any help 🥹🥹
I have mine hard wired so I’m not sure, but you could probably call the printer manufacturer for help