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I've just reinstalled Ubuntu and also reinstalled my printer - which used to work just fine before I reinstalled (was necessary for other reasons).

When I now print images, I have to select plain paper to get a half-decent result. If I choose glossy photo paper, then the result is wrong: it almost looks like a negative image, but completely without blacks.

Below is a scan of two printouts I made. Identical image, identical printer settings except for the plain/photo paper setting.

This problem is not specific to the current printer driver. It was the same on the default Ubuntu printer driver.

What is going on here? How can I troubleshoot this?

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Torben Gundtofte-Bruun
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    Not a realy good solution but because of so many issues with photo-printing and Canon drivers I finally gave up and installed a spare Windows XP in Virtual Box only just for printing photos. Apart from that: one thing worth checking is to make sure the driver is set to RBG, not CMYK. – Takkat Mar 03 '16 at 09:08
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    Thank you @Takkat, I tried RGB as well but it looked bad too - not like this, just very very much too dark. (I tried a lot of combinations of printer settings, and have a whole stack of photos to prove it.) – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun Mar 03 '16 at 09:56

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