Canon Imageprograf TC 21 /Lucia TD inks and harvesting inks from 300ml/ 700 ml cartridges

[Ink stained Fingers]

I wouldn't expect some ink to be perfect, but suiting the requirements and I would not expect technical problems with the inks in discussion, the Canon GX... series printers and printers like the TC20/21 work with very similar droplet sizes, so the physics to get the ink droplet onto the paper through the printhead nozzles are very similar for 4 - 5 picolitres. it may be different with the photo printers running smaller droplets through smaller nozzles.
As mentioned before the TC20 is not advertised as a photoprinter which may have as well inmpact onto other
properties like bronzing or gloss differentials which are very much visible effects caused by a particular paper/ink combination. It is quite possible that one ink/paper combination - mainly glossy or silk type papers - may look (almost) perfect, and prints with the same ink, but another paper - another brand - may just look terrible, or vice versa - everything is possible. That's the point where Canon comes in with its gloss optimizer reducing such
effects very much. Such gloss optimizer is part of the inksets of their photoprinters but no office type printer has it - you have to live with it - Canon does not tell you to print photos with an office printer . It may be good enough for you - that's o.k. but you are effectively running the printer out of spec. That's the reason I mention to you to run some tests so that you can find the best looking combination of inks and papers. And I would think that you
wouldn't care about bronzing in some print if that's technical drawing of some machine or construction elements.
I had a TC20, the prints are good, very good - as good as they can be with a 4 color printer and 5 pl droplets.

 

[hdtvjeff]

My goal is to print life-site cutouts of people I know that or maybe 60 long. Perfection is not a requirement. I have Canon image prograf 1000s that I will only use with OEM ink

I have used CMYK printers in the past with dye based and pigment as well basically with Epson

I will take the plunge and experiment with the GI26 inks I have roll paper in gloss and matte

The glasses from a company called RC and the matte is from Canon

The GI26 inks coming 167 ml for black and 137 ml CMY

Thank you for all your help!

 

[hdtvjeff]

I wouldn't expect some ink to be perfect, but suiting the requirements and I would not expect technical problems with the inks in discussion, the Canon GX... series printers and printers like the TC20/21 work with very similar droplet sizes, so the physics to the ink droplet onto the paper through the printhead nozzles are very similar for 4 - 5 picolitres. it may be different with the photo printers running smaller droplets through smaller nozzles.
As mentioned before the TC20 is not advertised as a photoprinter which may have as well inmpact onto other
properties like bronzing or gloss differentials which are very much visible effects caused by a particular paper/ink combination. It is quite possible that one ink/paper combination - mainly glossy or silk type papers - may look (almost) perfect, and prints with the same ink, but another paper - another brand - may just look terrible, or vice versa - everything is possible. That's the point where Canon comes in with its gloss optimizer reducing such
effects very much. Such gloss optimizer is part of the inksets of their photoprinters but no office type printer has it - you have to live with it - Canon does not tell you to print photos with an office printer . It may be good enough for you - that's o.k. but you are effectively running the printer out of spec. That's the reason I mention to you to run some tests so that you can find the best looking combination of inks and papers. And I would think that you
wouldn't care about bronzing in some print if that's technical drawing of some machine or construction elements.
I had a TC20, the prints are good, very good - as good as they can be with a 4 color printer and 5 pl droplets.

Also I will be buying Canon OEM GI 26 not third party