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This got me to wondering, do Canon print heads wear out? I'm presuming: 1. Always having quality ink in the system. Never run dry. 2. No electrical failures. Obviously, this can't be controlled for. The luck of the draw. Or, Irish, eh? :)

Yes, I have been a huge Irfanview fan for almost 20 years. Does most of what I need w/o lots of unwanted, often confusing options in other programs, and fast. Too bad it doesn't have a decent Thumbnails function with a library. Moving into my new home a couple of years ago, I printed many...

UPDATE: Since Precision Color wasn't shipping for a week or more (second time I ordered at a bad time!) I bought a set of compatible cartridges from Amazon for $24. At first I was impressed, by that I mean they were branded on the cartridge and came with a warranty card and a website...

Thanks for that great observation, Hat. It so happens that I ordered more magenta's from PC after I refilled the carts. Did I make a mistake? Sure looks like it. It's also time to change out the original yellow to PC's empty cart. Fun, fun.......

I've owned several iP-4300's and am on an iP4500 for several years now. Been refilling BCI carts for many years, back to the S800? and even earlier printers. As these are the last of the BCI carts, I just yesterday decided to look and buy another to keep as a backup. With some luck and good...

As I said, nozzle test just fine. Also as said, didn't have time until last night. Not only is it OK, but a little test print shows that the magenta hue is MUCH worse! Strangerer and strangerer. No streaking, nothing leaking.

What's with that attitude Joe? So unlike here. I have explained what I observed and that I am not able to run another one imminently. Not sure why my observation of no problem with the yellow nozzles would even be called into question.

Not sure when I can get around to running another nozzle check, but the fact of the matter is that when I ran one after reloading the carts, yellow was fine, only the gray and light gray had banding. Not sure how such a thing would impact the results I have. Same hue, color or B&W.

Really. Doesn't seem logical, but what do I know? I thought that trying to mix to get black was the Achilles heel of cheap photo printers. Versus dedicated photo black (and grays.)

A nozzle check is how I learned of the banding of gray and light gray. Yellow was fine. Further, if I check the box for "B&W," I presume there is no use of yellow, magenta or cyan inks. Black, gray, light gray only. No?

I was a regular here a few years ago, now back with a major problem. I hope you can help! This could not have happened at a worse time! I have a display of 24 images going up at my library this month and my trusty PRO-100 suddenly won't print true! The narrative bottom line is that there is a...

Regardless of the original paper finish, it will end up whatever the spray is. The two ends of the surface spectrum, gloss and matte, come out reliably close to original with a spray of the same name. Even there, and overlooking possible defects like dust or runs, the finish will vary with...

I have a very good friend, a Brooks trained photographer, and we have been having discussions for several years about the whole Retro movement in technology. He is now into tube (valves to you who speak funny English) audio amplifiers. There are companies designing and building new tube/valve...

While I readily admit that The Hat knows a hell of a lot more than I do about inkjet printing, I also have to say that he is strongly prejudiced about certain matters without evidence. In this case, aftermarket cartridges. He dismisses them as "colored water," as if they drop food coloring and...

As I said, this isn't the first time I've found outright errors or other variances in MSDS's. No, no print protector that I've ever actually seen, investigated, or used uses isoproyl alcohol or acetone. None, ever. Old fashioned hair spray is lacquer, I think. Can't prove it and not worth my...

@Smile: Yes, it would hurt to buy PT-101 and then spray it! Nevertheless, if mounting naked, it's the smart thing to do. Or, smarter thing to do, put behind glass. Spray lacquer comes in both glossy and semi-gloss from the hardware store at about half the price of Print Shield even w/o...

I have used it. Or, more accurately, tried to. Overkill for many needs. One of the most accomplished professional photographers I know uses ACDSee. No PS except for rare occasions. And even if you want most of what it can do, there are a lot of less expensive options from Corel, for...

Photoshop is a drug. Everyone bows deferentially and presumes one absolutely must be able to use all of its (mostly useless) functions. As I've mentioned on other threads, I totally lack the Adobe gene. Nothing, in any of their programs, is even slightly intuitive for me. And that's not even...

Vinnie is a Canon consultant.............

I still use, I'm guessing, 15 year old inks. No problemo. I recently dumped a bunch of very old inks but mostly to reduce inventory, as it were. I think ink expiration dating is a bogus fear factor. I'm also willing to admit that my experience may not match others. YMMV.