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You may test Printfab as a kind of RIP software bypassing the normal driver and allowing you to make adjustments for the amount of UCR - undercolor removal https://www.printfab.com/en/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterfarbenreduktion UCR defines how much a gray tone is created as a mix of...

You effectively could use the 114 inks in any Epson 4 color printer - with refill cartridges or reloaded bottles for Ecotank printers. You may look as well to other older 6 color printers. But you cannot run Epson inks on Canon printers, the Canon GI-53 inks are the best bottled Chromalife 100...

Yes, there are more printers on the market - like the ET-8550 or the Epson P5300 at the upper end of 17" printers, https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/category/articles-and-reviews/printer-reviews/ You may have a look to very detailed printer reviews here - covering a wide range of models -...

There are too many questions open to give you a decent recommendation - What are you planning to print - and for whom ? What format are you looking for ? What quality - what type of papers are you planning to use - glossy or matte what is your expected print volume ? Hazzle free - Are you...

What are you missing of your dye ET-8550 vs,. the Pro100 ? Or do you plan to switch over to pigment ink printers - Pro 300 or Pro 1100 ?

There is no need to continue any refill activity, either get a Canon Megatank G620/650 or an Epson Ecotank ET-8500 which comes with both dye and pigment black inks, the G620 only comes with a dye photo black. And if you look for other printers just go for those with a user replaceable waste ink...

How do you know ? Be aware that this may even change with different driver settings - e.g. borderless - photo paper etc, the Canon paper black has a pretty warm tone, it could be that the driver adds cyan to change the look of the paper black ink to a neutral tone, which creates a more...

I only can say from all recent tests with the 106, 114 and T54C inks that their performance is pretty close, and may vary when you select another paper type, it's never the ink alone but must be viewed together with the paper in a particular test - e.g. cast coated papers lower the overall...

And what are you missing at the ET-8550 up to a 'real' photoprinter ?

Epson won't tell you - they expect you to use that ink which they asigned to be used with a particular printer. But what's the problem - the 502 ink is classified by Epson as a Claria ink which is the premium line of Epson dye inks.

Leave the cleaner for a while in the printhead ink channel before you remove it again - via a cleaning cycle etc.

Pushing air tlhrough the nozzles - ? I rather would connect a syringe directly to the ink receptactle in the carriage , and not through a cartridge - and alternatively pushing gently and sucking a cleaning fluid several times, and with the last stroke a push to have a liquid - and not bubbles -...

The 502 inks in your region are actually Claria inks as per the description by Epson, these are the Epson premium inks - bottled in this case, and not in cartridges as otherwise used in the Epson photo printers. https://epson.com/For-Home/Ink/Epson%26reg%3B-502%26reg%3B-Ink-Bottles/i/T502520-S...

That's most likely just a different region code - where are you located ?

I wouldn't see a problem swapping the inks - the CMY 664 and the 102 inks are dye inks, the 774 and 102 black are pigment inks, the inks are not different - the bottles - the keyed bottle heads are different.

thanks, that clarifies a lot, the printer in question is the G620 in the U.S. using the GI-23 inks https://www.usa.canon.com/shop/p/gi-23?color=Red&type=New It is stated in the description for this ink that it is the Chromalife 100 ink. It is nevertheless not mentioned anywhere else and not...

You may search the forum for 'Chromalife' or 'GI53' which would get you plenty of hits. I have tested the GI53 ink in comparison to the Epson 106 and 114 Claria inks recently, and there are more tests posted in the past. The G550 comes as well in another configuration - G650 - in Europe, you...

You are right wirh your assumption that different models of the G series printer family may use different inks - and not just making the destinction pigment vs. dye. It's the G550 printer standing out with the inks - this is the only Canon printer which uses the Chromalife inks - which come...

I wouldn't know at this point how to proceed other than replacing the printhead

It is my understanding that the problems - misprints - happend with sveral printheads in a row which still let me think that the problem is with the printer somewhere and not with the printhead(s) in the first place. Could it be that the tubing is somewhere squeezed on the way from the ink...