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You get the best light fastness with the OEM Epson inks 106 or 114 for the ET-7750 or ET-8550 - these type numbers may vary in your country. I did refill with these inks longer time ago on Brother MFC-585.

I consider the OBA content in most regular glossy resin coated photo papers as a problem; I don't need the OBA, most of my prints are viewed indoor where the OBA enhancing effect is minimal. it is a problem that you basically need to profile such papers twice - for indoor and outdoor placement...

Yes, it'll work as you describe it, that's the M2 mode - no OBA's active. You may just run the i1 diagnostics on this i1Pro1

I agree that the mentioned 3D viewers wouldn' fit well into YAAW; I just mentioned them since 3D viewers are rather rare overall as stand alone programs. I cannot remember that Monaco Gamutworks ever had a Linux version. Gamutworks can display several image and/or profile files at the same...

may I add the 3D display tools - profiles and such - which I'm using. I'm using the Monaco GamutWorks program since a long time which is quite flexible and allows you to display pixel clouds of .tif files (uncompressed - no LZW) and *.icm files as well, and overlaying multiple files, this in...

What is the status of the ink level ? Did the printer run empty on magenta ?

You may have a look to this thread https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/re-lubricating-the-carriage-guide-rail-epson-et-8550.17604/#post-148087 I only would look for some greasing if you hear some noise from the print mechanism

I assume from your posting that you are familiar with refilling and have the necessary tools - cartridges etc available. The best inks you can get are genuine Epson inks - those for the Ecotank printers which come in 70ml bottles . You easily can unscrew the bottle head to get to the inks. I...

You can do one thing as long as the old computer is still running - creating an image file of the installaion CD, and you install a virtual CD drive on the new computer , open the image file there and install the drivers again. Be aware, you may get installation problems when the newer Windows...

Borderless printing needs some provision to catch the overspray; there is a piece of absorbant underneath the print path . That's the technical reason, and the waste ink counter does a separate count of the overspray, you'll find 2 separate values when you do a readout. This overspray counter...

for which format do you need the borderless option - 10 x 15 cm or A4 ? This narrrows down the model options pretty much. You may look to an Epson WF-2010W or WF-2110W as the successor, it's a printer with cartridges and pigment ink. Refill is easily possible with refill cartdridges with auto...

There is a series of Canon Maxify tank printers - the GX series starting at the GX1051 model - all running with pigment inks. That's printers for the (home) office type applications and running with bottled pigment inks. Please let prints thoroughly dry before you do any topcoating.

You may use the Chromalife dye inks of the G550 printer instead on a Canon printer like the G1230. But I'm at this point not clear which printer model - Canon or Epson - you are actually looking for.

There is an ET-8550 which runs with dye inks as a photo printer, but you'll find several offers to switch over to pigment inks on tlhis model. This should be the same with the L3550, but you should directly initialize the printer with pigment inks . I did that several time on other printers like...

My L805 printer - 6 inks dye - got a defect with the paper transport mechanism, strange noise, whirring gear wheels, it is quite difficult to get to the mechanics, the tooth wheels. I decided to replace this printer with a new L805, the unit started up Dec 2021 and printed 72 000 pages since...