Recent content by BWlover

Thanks for the warning. I my case I really think it was not a case of clogging but just ink flow: the pressure I applied was really not very high. I had the strong feeling that there was nothing in the channels but filling it with ink helped a lot. Maybe a general advice could be then to try...

will try that: thanks!

Yes, good tip. I am trying that. Actually I took a slightly more rigoruous step by sealing it with a plastic glue gun. Will see whether it work correctly now.

Thanks for the tip: I live in the Netherlands and added it (hope it shows up correctly now). The answer surprises me a bit: I read somewhere (I even think it was this forum) that you get erratic behaviour with the canon (ip4700 but it might have geen ip4500 or ip4600): they report that...

I must say it is going well. I get some very nice prints. Some learnings: - the 'colour' (or better: the tint) depends TO A EXTREME EXTEND (I am really suprised just how big this effect is!) on the kind of paper used. Same ink, very different colours. - I get very sharp and powerful pictures...

Maybe something you can use. Or want to comment on since I am fairly new at this. In my attempt to convert a S800 printer into a 100% black and white printer, the Photo Magenta position did not print at all anymore (I had an ink flow problem in one of my catridges: I think it can be blamed on...

I bought an IP4700. Rather nice printer in many respects, though it has some quirks. For one, if you use the Canon glossy photo paper with their recommended settings (the general 'glossy photo' setting) the photo is very weak, lacking contrast and power, and has a distinct magenta cast. The...

Thanks. I appreciate the help and all the good tips. I am now also looking into the kind of paper I want to use: since I noticed the blacks look very different on different papers, I thought I select the paper first and then try to optimize the colour. I am reading about this 'swellable' vs...

Thanks very much! This seems to resemble the original Canon BCI-6 ink a lot... The CLI-8 ink (at least the ink replacement of Inktec) is much warmer, brownish (although much closer to black/gray than to actual brown of course, just a tint). The CLI-521 original Canon ink seems to sit in between...

slightly wet with water, but it all really does not make a lot of difference... A one to 10 dilution with water in advance will also work.

A slightly wet (soft is best) brush is best, but: yes...

Dilution ratio does not matter really: just one big line until the brush runs out of ink... At the end (when it is thinner) you can see the color tone. Wondering about it: I just received a pixma IP4700 printer yesterday. Took some ink with a brush carefully from the sponge. This is ink is...

I am living in the Netherlands. People seem to be very fond of third party cartridges, but not of refilling... My experience with the Pelikan cartridges is positive: less than half the price, nearly identical colours, but very hard to get (only one site sells all I need for a reasonable price...

Just with water: the other co-solvents are just for the ink cartridge and will hardly affect colour. Dilution can even happen on the paper itself: as long as you dilute it so much that you get a light gray: as long as it is black it is very difficult to see the tone (unless you have it is very...

You should be able to see it use a wet brush with some ink and then putting a line on photo paper. The GP-501 is cheap photo paper from Canon ('everyday photo printing paper' they market it here; I like because it is cheap (~22 euro 100 A4) and very white, maybe a bit too thin). Any photo paper...