Objective To study the effect of calendering on coating properties and inkjet printing performances of color inkjet paper, to obtain the optimal technological conditions to guide the practical production. Methods Different color inkjet papers were obtained through changing the temperature(50, 60, 70, 80 ℃ ) , pressure(30, 50, 70, 90 N / m) and speed(7, 11,15,19 m / min) of calendering. According to the analysis results of whiteness, smoothness, tone and color density, the optimum parameters were obtained. Results With increasing the temperature, pressure and speed, the whiteness decreased; with increasing the temperature and pressure, the smoothness of paper increased. With increasing of the speed, the smoothness decreased; with increasing the temperature and pressure, the tone replication curve slope was declined. Under low calendering pressure, with increasing the speed, the slope of curve increased at first and then decreased; with increasing the temperature, the color density decreased. At high calendering speeds, with increasing the pressure, the color density decreased. Under low calendering pressure, with increasing the speed, the color density increased at first and then decreased. Conclusion The optimum parameters are as follow: whiteness ( temperature, 70 ℃ ; pressure, 30 N / m; speed, 15 m / min) ; smoothness ( temperature, 70 ℃ ; pressure, 90 N / m; speed, 11 m / min) ; tone reproduction ( temperature, 70 ℃ ; pressure, 30 N / m; speed, 11 m / min) ; color density ( temperature, 60 ℃ ; pressure, 30 N / m; speed, 15 m / min) .