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That's a very comprehensive test and overview of a wide range of papers . I just don't get get why the paper manufacturers make it such a big secret whether and how much they use OBA'S or not. (It's not much better why they don't just indicate if a if a paper is of the RC or PP type )

I have an Action shop in the vicinity and got some of the A4 photo paper for a test - with dye inks type 106 on a ET-8550 and with pigment inks on a T3100X. The Action paper sells in Germany for €1.49 for 30 sheets, the paper does not curl at all with the dye inks and not with the pigment inks...

Here is a comparison of a few papers in regards to their UV response showing the difference between the HP Premium Plus Photo Paper and the Canon PT101. The high gloss and similar RC papers have the paper core sandwiched between very thin PE foils/films - on both sides - one side carries the...

I'm not aware of an Ecotank like photoprinter - inks in bottles - with pigment inks -. Pigment bottled ink is used in a 4 color CMYK set for printers targetted for office type use - print on matte papers - copy papers and alike, and the bottled black is for matte papers only. I'm using on my...

The HP paper CR672A , as well the CR674A which is more difficult to get in Germany , are the only papers I have tested over a longer time which does not have any optical brighteners in the coating, and I have tested a lot of these RC - resin coated papers. There are a few fineart papers as well...

I made similar experiences with cast coated papers - one brand curls, another one runs quite well with pigment inks, another one has a wider gamut than the other papers or a better black level than other papers - you need to test if a particular brand meets your requirements and balancing the...

@palombian - you are reaching the limits of a cast coated paper, some don't like pigment inks at all. Sellers promise you the best colors ever - the widest gamut and all that - I made the same experience. It may look a little bit better with dye inks.

@Smile - I'll try the above link early next year.

@Smile - thanks for the links, the aliexpress links just tell me that the item is not available at my location; I'll try early next year to contact the 'Made in China' link, There is a rarely known effect with the i1 spectro and this halogen lamp, when you reach the end of the lifetime of this...

I just got a set of T49H dye ink bottles - 150 ml - for the T3100X - which I have to use up since I loaded pigment inks into the T3100X instead, leftover pigment inks from the gone P7600

I'm a prime user of Epson hardware and Epson/Epson compatible inks, I tested Canon inks in the past when I got such inks which I then included into the tests, and I still have plenty of leftover inks from other previous tests. Chromalife 100+ inks are only available in cartridges for the Pro...

That book looks pretty good but requires some pre-knowledge about methods , tools and materials for commercial printing

@Smile - do you have a seller where such a lamp can be purchased - or even a part/item number to look for a source . Tks

I got the T3100X delivered last Friday - on a Europallet on an Epson pallet - the printer with all its styropore is covered by a big box open at the bottom and strapped to a pallet with several strong straps. I got the printer initialized and running with pigment inks - leftovers from my old...

May I draw your attention to a flag in the driver which affects the handling of profile settings in application software e.g. PaintShop - and not in the driver. It's in the extended settings on the maintenance tab of the ET-8550 driver I'm using Qimage and cannot tell you which impact this...

You may a look as well to the extensive testing by maximilian59 which includes Chromalife inks. https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/chromalife100-vs-chromalife100-fading-test-update-18-june-2021.14742/post-128730

I'm placing the test targets into the outside environment with a varying amount of sun, humidity, temperature and UV radiation which all I don't measure so I can't even come close to Aardenburg numbers, not to talk even about issues with the reciprocity approach Aardenburg and Wilhelm Research...

Thanks for keeping us informed; so we can assume that the problem could not be adjusted away and could have been an assembly problem.

Not really - you just need to move the printhead carriage a bit out of the way - just power up the printer and pull the power cord as soon as the carriage starts moving. This moves the carriage out of the way and you can easily move it around. And please do a nozzle check after the purge - scan...

Printer hoarding was already a subject in the forum quite some time ago https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/introducing-hansteis.11138/post-93654 I dumped my 20 year old Epson Pro 7600 about half a year ago and have an Epson SC-T3100X on order which is supposed to be delivered just...