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@Ink stained Fingers all of this is obvious, most of the points you mentioned are beside the point of this thread. Here I just wanted to outline the simplest scenario for those who want to improve photo output on glossy papers from DURABrite printers. In fact I replaced all colors in my test...

Here I will try to answer this question, but first of all - why in hell would one even consider doing this? Well.. DURABrite family of printers has evolved over the years tremendously. Years ago they were slow and primitive but now they have some very interesting printers among them which can...

@Nigel My man right here! Great idea, nothing crazy about it, just shows you are a creative person. I get ideas like that every other day! ;) You could try that, if you can pull it out. I think it would be a totally workable solution. That's why we have forums like this one - retailers are...

@Nigel Your best bet would be a few sets of original cartridges modified for refilling and a resetter. I found a resetter here, but this company only does wholesale, but if they have it, the Chinese should have it to -...

Ok, this is how it all unfolded. I replaced matte black with photo black on my Epson WF 7610 and after profiling it produced amazing photo quality prints. Surprised me that color transitions were smoother and dot patterns became much finer on glossy paper comparing to printing with matte black...

@The Hat Of course, quality has to be good or at least good enough. Lots of nozzles means you can produce that good quality in less time.

@The Hat Ok, I will report back in a different thread. I have already done some preliminary speed tests with my WF 7610 (same printer, just A3 size.) 4x6 in Standard quality with borders 36 sec. Not bad. You would think it would be quicker considering what a crazy amount of nozzles this printer...

The conundrum is that pigment is cheap but RC paper for it is expensive (2-2.5 times more expensive, to be exact), of course it is a much better paper. On the other hand dyes are more expensive (about 5-10 times more expensive) than pigment, but paper is much cheaper. After careful consideration...

Thank you for your input, Ink stained Fingers, I really appreciate it.

That's what I tend to think as well. Ok, that's very useful info, thank you. You can't bit statistics. Yep, that's exactly what I'm talking about .. Once shipped to Oz, they become ~ $150AU/700ml, fine for photos but way too expensive for leaflet printing. Have you noticed that even laser...

Hi Ink stained Fingers. Thank you for your ideas. Yes, I covered this in my original message in 1. I called these inks 'stable'. I would go with these if there was a steady supply of them on eBay or Amazon at low prices, but there isn't. Retail price for them in large cartridges is still high...

Ok, it goes something like this - right now I have a couple of Canon printers with CISSs and dye ink that I use for printing leaflets and other promotional type material for people. I use double sided media that produces photographic quality prints on both sides and I'm very happy with it. The...

This is how pro printers or big printing houses store their ink - in dedicated fridges. around 10 degrees Celsius should keep your ink in good condition for a long time. Another tip for those who buy OEM ink in large cartridges and extract it for use. Common practice is to extract ink from...