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How about encapsulated dye inks 'We also employ molecular encapsulation in our dye formulations.' Copied from https://www.vermontphotoinkjet.com/our-dye-technology Conecolor is claiming to ship the only 3rd party encapsulated pigment inks but how abut this offer : LUNAJET inks are...

WicReset should give you a 5% bonus for free with the 'trial' key , so you can continue printing for a short while. here is an explosion view of the XP-412 which is probably very close to the XP-410. https://www.gedat-spareparts.com/ex/xp_412.pdf Page 4 of the document shows you the box with...

you are asking the wrong person - I'm not responsible for assumed omissions in publications and listings by other companies

about the ink on the paper - the printouts I think we can close your inquiry at this point.

As I mentioned before just look for the InkTec E0010 inks you can use for refill, the top of the ET-8500 bottles can be unscrewed with some force. This is the status at Ebay in Germany - there are plenty of suppliers...

I think you should go back to the situation as discussed in posting # 20 that the blacklevel raises for the ArgyllCMS profile when BPC gets switched on - the starting point of the discussion and the title of the thread. I remember from a previous discussion about 1 - 2 years ago that the effect...

I'm not clear yet why you would try to avoid printing with photo black. Pricing of the 106 or 114 inks is a matter of the local Epson marketing organisation, and yes - prices vary over time, the prices for the 106 ink oszillate in germany between 9 to 12€ per bottle. 3rd party offerings run...

Here is a display of the B/W response curve of Gamutvision, only the black point at L*=0 is of interest if there are any shifts of the output value as reported earlier, this is an overlay of 2 Gamutvision screen shots - with BPC of and on and rel col rendering, the diagrams look exactly the same...

You want to use a 3rd party on Epson ink in place of the 114 dye black ? I have seen several offers for 3rd party inksets for the ET-8500, any 3rd party Epson compatible dye black ink should do like the InkTec E0010, but please be aware that 3rd party inks typically exhibit a worse longevity...

I did a check of the profiles , I'm wondering about the result that both profiles are completely identical, they don't differ by a line width of the plots in the diagram. I'm displaying here the media black points of both profiles - they are identical to the last decimal digit of the...

ConeColor is publishing some comments about various issues with pigment inks, longevity, congruence with Epson inks and more. The article is as well addressing as well the complexity of fading tests , advertising claims and more. ConeColor/Inkjetmall is delivering to European countries , they...

The B/W plot of Gamutvision in rel. col. mode should show if the colorprof -nI option has an impact on the blacklevel value although it wouldn't clear any conflict with Lightroom - I don't use it either. So just go ahead and post a profile with this option and we can check if we see any impact

I would not make much of a difference between the 106 and the 114 dye inks, pricing between the inks may vary - over time - and by country . I see several offers of alternative pigment inks for the ET-8550 and similar . Be aware that performance like lightfastness or gloss/bronzing etc is not...

You can ask the potential seller(s) of the mentioned device offers to run the i1 diagnostics which works as well on the ColorMunki and should tell you the overall usage time of the device. You may choose to buy the unit with the lowest usage time ...

'mininal differences' - below visibility ? How would you differentiate between measuring tolerances and actual hue and saturation differences of your print ? You would have to print several copies of the target sheets and measure them several times and average all readings - there is a reason...