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I am not using the OCP pigment Black - only the 8 dye based colors for my Pro9000. Still using the pigment black that I got from Precision Colors. Steve W.

I felt that I wasn't getting any better results with the German method - wasn't any faster or less messy for me. Since I much prefer using squeeze bottles rather than syringes for filling, I seemed to be getting more bubbles in the ink chamber that was causing me problems. It is said that top...

I use a #6-32 3/8" Stainless Steel Flathead machine screw to seal the hole in Canon CLI-8 cartridges. Although I haven't found the 3/8" length in Home Depot or Lowes, they can be gotten from E-Bay or Amazon for about $10 with shipping (or less) for 100 - a lifetime supply. BTW I am a top hole...

Unless you are using a printer profile specific to the Hobbicolors inks and the paper you are using you will have a hard time getting correct colors. You could play with various individual color controls in Photoshop, but it will be hit or miss getting the corrections needed. Again - you need a...

Been doing that ever since you first brought it up on dpreview. Actually have an open ticket (still open) to Datacolor about the problem. They actually admitted to it in one of their replies to me and said it was going to be worked on this summer. Well summer is almost over and nothing yet ;)...

Kepf, Actually I'm not using Prism anymore. I bought a Datacolor Spyder3Print device a few months ago - was getting a little frustrated with some of the Prism results. It really wasn't that good making profiles for Matte papers. So the profile I was talking about was made with the Spyder. When...

You don't need to open an .icc file, you install it. Assuming you are using a Windows PC there are two ways to install the file. 1. Right click (assuming your right handed - I'm a lefty) on the file and select Install - that will place it in your Profile directory 2. Copy or move it to the...

It is on sale again this week - 25 cents per pack after Easy Rebate and a limit of two packs. Bought my two packs today - the sales tax was more than the price that the paper will finally be. Actually the paper was slightly cheaper when it was on sale for $1 (no rebate needed) a few weeks ago...

No clogging issues at all with Image Specialist inks for me. Have been using them for about two years. Steve W.

I print decals for model railroad equipment and find that the only suitable printers are the ALPS - which are not easy to find or available for a reasonable price. I have an ALPS MD-1000 which I baby along - only prints decals. There are two forums for ALPS printers on the Yahoo Groups forum -...

If you download and install the printer driver you will find the individual printer profiles for that printer in the Profile Folder (for XP: Windows/system32/spool/drivers/color) and you can make use of them for any installed printer. You don't need to have the printer to install the driver - I...

I have had that very thought many times - is say PURPLE to me the same to everyone else. Guess there are some tests that can determine what stimulus the eye sees and if it is the same for others.

Since your drive can read CDs/DVDs but not write to them it appears that your driver is wrong/corrupted. Try this - Go to Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager - expand the listing + sign for DVD/CD-ROM drives. Does your unit show there? If so select Properties and maybe try updating the...

Depends on a couple of things. Any switch from Canon OEM ink and paper to something different may require new printer profiles - depending on how critical you are of your prints and what application you are using to print from. Yes - you can keep your OEM R and G cartridges in until they become...

Unfortunately the R & G are used so little in the Pro9000 that there aren't many empty cartridges around. There is an E-Bay posting right now for two R and two G full Canon OEM cartridges for $28 including postage but I am not sure he will send to Canada. That is not a bad price - tempted but I...

Here is a link for removing the covers on an ip4500: http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3415 Took apart one of my ip4500s because one of the purge unit pads came out of it's holder and dropped into the waste pad area. Got it apart, got the pad and reassembled the unit. Go slowly...

I was just in my local Costco (King of Prussia, PA) today and they had a sizable stock of both the 8.5X11 and the 4X6 Kirkland paper. All the boxes of the 8.5X11 that I could see were Made in Mexico - didn't see any Made in USA even in a carton or two that were well in the back. Looks like this...

Grandad35, It looks like they just raised the price by $2 - inflation? I still have an unopened box of the Made in USA paper and it has the same item number as the one in your link and there are 150 sheets in the box also. The 125 sheet per box was the Made in Switzerland - also have an unopened...

Have you looked at Red River papers? Of course it depends on where you are located. I haven't used any 13"X19" yet but have used their Ultra Pro Satin in 11"X17" and am very happy with it on my Pixma Pro9000. The 13X19 runs a little over $1 per sheet in the 50 quantity (plus shipping of course)...

Anyone here with a Canon Pro9000 Mk II who knows how to get into Service Mode and print out the Extended Nozzle check (Service Test Print)? I found a utility called CD Print Tool V5 that allows me to get the EEPROM Information print - hitting Print 1 in the program. Hitting Print 2 gives me an...