Brother MFC-5890 cn icc profile

[djalfie]

anyone help me on this i have a brother mfc 5890cn a3 printer using pigment ink but when i print an image the picture lookes like the child has
jondices what way can i fix it

[Paul]

some ink supplier will provide with icc for they ink. worth to ask...

[pisquee]

... or Paul can make one!

[Paul]

i can :rolleyes: but ink suppliers normally have iccs already made... it depend what brand of the ink this is...

[JSR]

I think it's probably unlikely that the ink supplier will have a profile specific to this printer. They normally cater for the likes of HP, Canon, and Epson.

When I changed to a third-party dye ink in my 5890CN, there wasn't a hugely noticeable difference in colours (although Paul's custom profile does help improve it). However, pigment inks - particularly those not designed for the printer - have a notoriously low gamut. That's why "real" pigment printers tend to have more than four ink colours, so they can use special colours (red, blue, vivid magenta, orange, green, or whatever depending on the printer and inkset) to boost where the colour gamut is weakest. This was the primary difference between Epson's Durabrite (for entry-level printers) and Ultrachrome Hi-Gloss/K3 (for professional printers).

Putting pigment inks into a dye-ink printer is going to necessitate custom profiles to get the best out of it if you intend to print photos (it's not a worry if you're just using it as an office printer). Whenever my dye inks run out, I will most likely be replacing them with pigment inks, and I will be getting brand new profiles made up at the time.