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I was actually coming to post this same info! And, I just ordered one so we'll see if it takes. I already have an i9900, but I got this for my wife so she can print when she wants and because it can use the same refillable Hobbicolors ink that I do. Heck, the Canon carts alone are work $60-70!

Well, as panos and grandad suspected, it looks like it may have been a bad cart and not a nozzle clog afterall. In an earlier post I noted that the only carts I didn't initially change were Photo Cyan, Black, and Green. I popped all three out and closely inspected them and both the Black and...

A couple of notes: I think the scans are cr*ppy because I didn't spend anytime optimizing them and then I had to resize them to get under the 300K posting limit. If you can give me some hints on the scan settings to get something better, I'm all ears. I hardly use my flatbed, so the more...

Panos, Thx for the reply. Here's one of the first nozzle checks after noticing the banding issue: Also, the only carts I didn't replace yesterday were: Photo Cyan, Black, and Green. The second photo has the same banding pattern but it's really hard to see. But it also has that other...

I'm a professional dumb*ss, and as such, I am licensed to do stupid things which I otherwise wouldn't recommend to folks who are not professional dumb*sses like me... So the other night I fired up my i9900 opened the trays and put some paper in. I also have a ceiling fan in my office where the...

My local Circuit City has the i900D for $85 and the iP3000 for $77. I know the i900D is a 6-tank, but I think it's older and slower when compared to the 4-tank the iP3000. I'm looking for a photo printer for my wife and I already have an i9900 with Hobbicolor refills so I want to stick to a...

Doug, I've been using Hobbicolors for about 3 weeks now and I'm very pleased with the results. In fact, until I got the HC inks, I hadn't printed anything larger than 8.5x11 on my i9900. I've since printed several 13x19 and I don't care a wit about the cost of the ink because it's so d*mn...

Grandad, Ironically, the paper that was casting all the reds was the Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy. With all OEM ink, the colors are spot-on. But with my new Hobbicolor ink, there were oversaturated red shades particularly in the skin tones and they were driving me bonkers. If this upload...

Grandad, Thx for the info. Perhaps I'll share more details on why I became interested in this...You often see people with Canon printers who claim that once they go to non-OEM inks, they start getting really bad red/magenta color casts and/or oversaturation in their prints. You know, like...

Grandad, Funny, I was hoping you'd jump right in here and supply the answer! =8^) Afterall, I used one of your other posts that referred me to that http://www.iccview.de site. Some wierd profiling behavior got me to thinking there might be some substance to this. I will put a similar post...

I apologize in advance if I don't describe this well, but here goes: all other things being equal (e.g., ink quality, longevity, etc.), will a printer profile with a larger/wider color gamut create a better print than one with a smaller gamut? I use Profile Prism to create custom printer...

I will be receiving my Hobbicolors ink & cartridge blanks in the next day or two. Because I want to get a good profile done and start printing, I will be filling all the blanks and putting a complete set in. Here are some questions I have: 1. Until I decide what to do with my existing "in...

Thx for the reply and your link. I considered a CIS, but I didn't see many available for the Canon i9900 and a CIS looks like a relatively large front-end investment. Perhaps this is the first step in that direction, but we'll see. I always feel like the red-headed stepchild with things like...

Lots of great info here and some folks who are REALLY serious about their ink! So I had the usual questions about how I can get the best quality Non-OEM ink/cartridge in order to print to my hearts' content and not go broke. To be honest, the idea of doing refills doesn't sit real well with...