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    Kodak vs HP paper

    qwertydude, Kodak's ultra premium paper is micro-porous/nanoporous paper while HP Premium Plus is swellable paper. Most microporous papers are instant dry and therefore dries faster which obviously not tacky like a swellable paper. Most swellable paper is not waterproof and that is the...
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    The Ultimate pigment ink test in Canon i9950 A3+ dye ink printer

    There you have your answer. Just as I had preliminary thought. I don'think it's so much as to your microporous photo paper that is causing the ink adhesion problem. The postives note is that there is no clog issue with the ink. As it's very important for ink manufacturer to take care of clog...
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    The Ultimate pigment ink test in Canon i9950 A3+ dye ink printer

    pharmacist, I believe you understood me when I mentioned "gentle rub test" is use your fingers/thumbs to "gentle rub" or rather the action of gently brushing/stroke the printout. Just like when one accidentally drop their photo on the floor and after picking up the paper, using fingers/hands...
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    The Ultimate pigment ink test in Canon i9950 A3+ dye ink printer

    pharmacist, I am not too sure if you are open to my opinion since you were not very receptive/skeptical to my suggestion previously when I ask you include "gentle rub test" as part of your experimentation in your previous test (http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3048&p=2). So...
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    Commercial head cleaning TCS-01LP, OCP-RS worth it?

    Yes, I saw those lines in PM and M in your pictures. This shouldn't be difficult to clear. As you have already uses the solution/or cleaning the printhead externally, there isn't any necessary to undergo another round of external cleaning again. What you have now are just lines/streaks, usually...
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    Commercial head cleaning TCS-01LP, OCP-RS worth it?

    The yellow ink passage way is at the center of the printhead. In my opinion, during heavy printing demand, the yellow ink reaches much more readily to the nozzles bank area than it would have been for other colors. If you had one confirmed dead printhead, you can try to dismantle it and remove...
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    help with 2 missing pages on this book.

    Hi I wonder if anyone could help. I am looking for these pages 44 and 45 pages in this book The Evelyn Wood 7-Day Speed Reading & Learning Program. I am trying to recommend this book to my family member who is lacking some learning skills. I remembered reading this book many many years ago...
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    What is Caon Doing with their new printers

    The newer models like IP4600 if you need to reset the waste ink full, or print out any EEPROMS info, or extended/details nozzles checks print, in some region, you may be fortunate enough to go Canon and register for the service tool utility program. Some region you may have to bring the printer...
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    HP Professional Matt Paper 120gsm

    Hi May I know if anyone had any experience with this HP Professional 120 matt - Matte paper? I needed some double-sided coated inkjet paper which has water-resistance properties. Due to different region, I am unable to purchase paper that would be recommend at your region. There aren't many...
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    CompuBiz Inkjet

    Pharmacist, the acrylic storage clip provide a much better seals than the orange seal holder as show in your link. I had those orange seal holder. Not only can the acrylic storage clip seal the exit port for storage but it can be useful for refilling (esp for those using the traditional top...
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    CompuBiz Inkjet

    Does anyone have any ordeal in getting reply from inkjetsaver? The first time I send email to enquire about the shipping cost for the item to oversea, I was thankful that I received reply from Eileen. I was still looking at their website to see if there is anything else that I would like to...
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    iP4600 disk printing

    Trigger37, yes, now even the waste ink reset is done via Software for this new series of printer. So Users would have to go back to Canon or registered for it depending the locality of the users, to reset waste ink.
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    Clogged Canon print head

    In reference to #177 I do agree with Trigger37 on this. If a user had PH with electrical problem such that there is missing band of nozzles in symetrical order in your nozzles check (some PH depict this as half band or entire missing band in nozzle check)/extended nozzle checks via Service Test...
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    Printer putting too much ink on page?

    Tin Ho, the reason canon place the extra pigment black ink is to enhance the printing of black text so that it's give the black text a sharper look. And images may not necessary meant photo images. When a user select plain paper mode, majority are trying to print documents that may have text as...
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    B&W Prints

    ghwellsjr, I did a similar test like yours before. When one select photo related paper selecting (not plain paper setting that uses pigment black cart), irregardless grayscale was selected or not, the result were exactly like yours. That is to say, whether you are telling the printer to print in...
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    Cli cartridge clips

    mrelmo, I have one of this acrylic clip cartridge holder which I absolutely love to use for refill as it provide an air-tight seal much better than the orange cap that came with canon oem cartridge. Even since I owned one of this acrylic clip, I no longer use the orange cap to seal the exit...
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    Canon Pixma ip6000D printer optimizer and color adjust settings ??

    pharmacist, For those printing using CLI-8/PGI-5 chip, those chips errors msg such as 'there are more cartridges of colour XXX installed, please remove the cartridge" can be bypassed by using the resetter. Similarly, if user who is using original canon cartridge to refill and encounter those...
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    Vertical lines on test strip

    bsegel, This is cause by the timing strip. Wipe your timing strip with a soft tissue to wipe away any grease stains that might have accidentally gotten onto the timing strip.
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    IP4500 CISS - using original canon cartridges

    yes, there are 2 school of thoughts as to where to insert and fix the tubing for those who use Original Canon Cartridge in their CISS. One is on top of the sponge chamber where the air inlet hole is and the other is at the ink reservoir chamber where the refill hole is. Most normal user would...
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    IP4500 CISS - using original canon cartridges

    For those who have read my replies in regards to the Rubber plug (http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3348&p=1) would have read about me mentioning the obstruction created by Canon for CISS users. As such, nowsaday the Canon CISS non original canon cartridges in the market are...
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