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Print Quality Settings (7.00)
Quality settings for the iP1800 are accessed through the printer driver. Users can select High, Standard, Fast, or Custom. Custom allows users to set the Halftone printing method. The printer is set to Auto and assigns the method based on the print quality and paper selections. Users can override this in the Custom Quality window. Dither is best used for printing graphics, while Diffusion is best for photos.
Internal Editing (7.00)
All editing is done through the printer driver or third party software applications. The selections are useful, especially for those users who may not have photo editing software. Users have a range of choices including color adjustments, as well as settings for brightness and contrast. These are accessed through the Main tab of the driver window under "Manual" in the Color/Intensity section.
Several other image correction or enhancement tools can be found on the Effects tab. Simulate Illustration gives the photo an overall cartoon-like look. It bumps up the contrast and makes the colors more vivid. Image Optimizer smoothes out jagged edges formed by digital cropping. Photo Optimizer PRO sets automatic adjustments for exposure. Photo Noise Reduction corrects for digital image artifacts, such as streaks in skies and highlight halos.
All of these selections can be previewed within this tab, but only on a stock image of a child. A live preview of the image being printed would be preferable.
Dedicated B&W Settings / Effects (7.00)
Grayscale printing can be selected in the printer driver’s Main tab. Monochrome effects are selected on the Effects page. Monochrome options allow users to adjust their photo to a single color, such as sepia, green, blue, or pink as standard options. The custom option activates a slider tool which allows more fine tuning of the color selection.
Media Types (8.00)
Canon offers a wide variety of media for the iP1800. For documents, any plain inkjet or multi-purpose paper will do. Choices for photos are vast, including the commonly used glossy paper in various sizes (only up to 8.5-by-11-inch for the iP1800), high resolution paper, 4-by-8-inch greeting cards, credit-card-sized paper, photo stickers, and double-sided album pages.
Users can also use non-Canon photo paper. Other Photo Paper is the media type choice to select in the driver, but users should experiment with the other settings. Creating customized profiles for other papers is an option, but probably not something users of this printer would be interested in.
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