Download free printer color ICC profiles for your Canon MAXIFY GX series printer using Canon GI-26 Inks.
Printers in this series include:
- GX3020
- GX4020
- GX5020
- GX5120
- GX6020
- GX6021
- GX6120
- GX7020
Red River Paper provides premium inkjet media in the sizes you need, sourced from the finest mills and coaters. Our media consistently delivers quality that rivals—or even surpasses—that of the big-name brands.
Red River Paper supports the Canon MAXIFY GX series printers with profiles and a Full Range of Photo & Fine Art Inkjet Papers.
Mac User Alert - This Canon printer does not support printer profile use on Mac OS. See below for more.
Profile Support
How to Install Profiles - Windows
How to Install Profiles - Mac
How to Use Profiles
More Profile Support
All Profile Download
Updated June 27th 2025 to add our new Trinity River Velvet
Click Here to download all profiles for the Canon series printers using Canon GI-26 inks
The download includes ICC profiles for the following products:
Photo Papers
- Polar Gloss Metallic 255
- Polar Luster Metallic 255
- 68lb. UltraPro Gloss 2.0
- 68lb. UltraPro Satin 4.0
- UltraPro Luster 300
- 66lb. Palo Duro Satin
- 75lb. Arctic Polar Luster
- 50lb. Arctic Polar Luster Double-sided
- 42lb. Pecos River Gloss
- 60lb. Pecos River Gloss
- 86lb. Pecos River Gloss DUO
- 96lb. Pecos River Gloss
Matte Papers
- Polar Matte Papers - All Weights
- Premium Matte Papers - All Weights
- Paper Canvas 230
- 60lb. River Linen 2.0
- 26lb ColorJet
Fine Photographic Art Papers
- Big Bend Baryta 310
- Palo Duro Baryta Fiber 300
- Palo Duro Etching 315
- Palo Duro Smooth 310
- Palo Duro SoftGloss Rag
- Aurora Art White
- Aurora Art Natural
- Baram Hanji
- Noori Hanji
- Trinity River Velvet
Specialty Media
- Transparent PET film
MAC USER NOTICE
Canon does not support the MAXIFY series printers with a driver on Mac OS. Instead, they fall back to Apple AirPrint, which is a generic printer driver that does not allow for correctly using ICC color profiles.
What does this mean?
It means you cannot use color profiles provided by Red River Paper or other paper brands on Mac OS when using this printer.
What can I do?
You can allow the printer to manage colors. Use the recommended media settings, outlined below. There are no workarounds (other than printing from Windows instead of Mac OS).
Compatible Media
This series of Canon printers works with our full line of photo and art papers, though we don't recommend our transparency sheets with this model of printer.
Additionally, this line of printer is not designed for doing a lot of matte cotton art papers in a row. If printing frequently onto cotton art papers, the printer will make you stop and perform roller cleanings every 20 sheets or so. This isn't an issue with other types of papers, but you may see this with our Aurora Art, Palo Duro Etching, and Trinity River Velvet papers.
We recommend using the top-rear paper feed for all Red River media on this line of printers.
Some papers require special settings or special handling, as noted in the chart below.
We recommend ordering samples of any paper you intend to use with this printer so that you can test out the paper with your specific printer before ordering a whole box of anything.
The information below are guidelines based on our testing of this printer to help you get started quickly. Absolutely do experiment on your own. Read the manual for your printer. Play with different settings and try different feed paths, have fun learning your printer and see what works best for you.
| Red River Media | Media Type Setting | Notes and Tips |
|---|---|---|
| Adhesive Glossy | Photo Paper Plus Glossy II | |
| Adhesive Matte | Matte Photo Paper | |
| Arctic Polar Luster | Pro Luster | |
| Aurora Art Natural 250 |
Matte Photo Pape |
|
| Aurora Art Natural 300 | Matte Photo Paper | |
| Aurora Art White 250 | Matte Photo Paper | |
| Aurora Art White 300 | Matte Photo Paper | |
| Big Bend Baryta | Plus Semi Gloss | |
| Color Jet | Matte Photo Paper | |
|
Hanji Baram Hanji Noori |
Washi |
If pages have a lot of curl on the edges, turn on "Prevent Paper Abrasion" setting Select "Washi" in print driver and "Others" on the printer as the Media Type |
| Palo Duro Baryta Fiber | Pro Luster | |
| Palo Duro Etching | Matte Photo Paper | If you see burnishing on the surface, turn on "Prevent Paper Abrasion" setting. |
| Palo Duro Satin | Plus Semigloss | |
| Palo Duro Softgloss Rag | Plus Semigloss | |
| Paper Canvas | Matte Photo Paper | |
| Pecos River Gloss 155 (42lb) |
Photo Paper Plus Glossy II |
May notice light "pizza wheel" marks on surface. |
| Pecos River Gloss 230 (60lb) | Photo Paper Plus Glossy II | If pages have a lot of curl on the edges, turn on "Prevent Paper Abrasion" setting. May notice light "pizza wheel" marks on surface. |
|
Pecos River Gloss 320 (86lb) Pecos River Gloss 360 (96lb) |
Photo Paper Plus Glossy II | Turn on "Prevent Paper Abrasion" setting. May notice light "pizza wheel" marks on surface. |
| Polar Matte 230 (60lb) | Matte Photo Paper | |
| Polar Matte 330 (88lb) | Matte Photo Paper | |
| Polar Metallic Gloss | Photo Paper Plus Glossy II | Brush with an anti-static brush before printing |
| Polar Metallic Luster | Pro Luster | Brush with an anti-static brush before printing |
|
Premium Matte 120 (32lb) Premium Matte 176 (47lb) |
Matte Photo Paper | |
|
Premium Matte 185 (50lb) Premium Matte 230 (60lb) |
Matte Photo Paper | |
| River Linen | Matte Photo Paper | |
| Transparent Film | Photo Paper Plus Glossy II | May notice significant roller marks on surface. We don't recommend using our transparency sheets with this line of printers. |
| Trinity River Velvet | Matte Photo Paper | If you see burnishing on the surface, turn on "Prevent Paper Abrasion" setting. |
| UltraPro Gloss | Photo Paper Plus Glossy II | |
| UltraPro Luster | Pro Luster | |
| UltraPro Satin | Plus Semigloss | |
| UltraPro SemiGloss Duo | Plus Semigloss |
Troubleshooting
We know all too well how frustrating printers can be sometimes! Here are some steps to take if you find yourself running into issues printing on your Canon printer using our media.
With any printer, the Canon MAXIFY series included, the first troubleshooting step if you are running into issues with color, centering/margins, paper jamming, missing media types, or other technical problems, is to ensure you have the latest official Canon printer driver installed.
You can download the official Canon driver for Windows from the Canon support website.
On Mac OS, there is no official Canon driver for this series of printer, so it will fall back to Apple's generic print driver which they call "AirPrint".
Most common issues are addressed in our Infocenter and our Frequently Asked Questions page.
You can also contact us with technical support questions through this page: https://www.redrivercatalog.com/contact-us.html
About Red River Color Profiles
All ICC profiles have been carefully crafted in-house to ensure the best possible prints on our media.
ICC color printer profiles are useful for getting consistent and accurate inkjet prints. While using a profile adds steps to your printing workflow, the end result will be less wasted ink and paper and less stress on your part.
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