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- Jan 4, 2012
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- Location
- UK
- Printer Model
- Canon Pro9000 II
I upgraded to a Canon Pixma Pro9000 ll about a year ago, when the cashback offer was made. As many others have found, the cost of OEM cartridges, prompted a search for a cheaper solution, which materialised in the form of NiftyStuff and all its contributors.
May I say thank you to all, for providing the solutions and much entertainment.
I think I found the most absorbing was the saga of the chip. Which proved to be less of a threat than was speculated.
Trying to follow The Hats helpful check list:
Located in UK, daily use for photo. Refilled about 3 times.
I am using top refill OEM cartridges, with OctoInkJet (Image Specialists) inks, Photo Paper Direct 280g Glossy Photo Paper (micro porous), Data Color Spyder 3 monitor calibration and SpyderPrint profiling of ink and paper.
Now my first problem, which concerns a colour shift visible in printing mid greys, noticeable if RGB values are around 186. I first noticed it while printing the image PrinterEvaluationImage_V002_ProPhoto.tif (which is available on numerous web sites)
The image has a thin border of 186 grey and after about half an inch of print, this changed from the initial shade to a grey with a distinct brownish tinge. I think this colour shift occurred in all parts of the print, but was only noticeable in the greys.
I have been searching for a solution for sometime. My suspicion tended towards clogged breather passages in the top of the cartridges, but having purged the cartridges until all traces of colour have been removed, before refilling, I still have not corrected the resulting prints. Unfortunately I do not now have OEM ink to test for this effect.
I have also tried cleaning the ceramic priming system filters with Mr Muscle Kitchen spray cleaner (specially formulated to tackle tough kitchen grease and grime fast and effectively, anti-bacterial, leaves kitchen surfaces sparkling clean)(contains among other not stated ingredients, less than 5% non-ionic surfactants, EDTA) (Do not use on gold plated fittings)(avoid prolonged contact with wood, enamel, aluminium, painted, lacquered or soft porous surfaces.) (Avoid prolonged skin contact, wash and dry hands after use.) Flooding the ceramic surface for about 30 seconds lifted the black coating into many colours and left a clean grey surface. I included the details for those that take an interest in the chemistry.
I have ensured that the printer colour management is set to none. I am using Photoshop Elements 8 and Canon Easy PhotoPrint Pro with the Spyder profile, with similar results.
Switching to a Canon Glossy profile produces much lighter, less saturated colours with lighter brown-greys (rather than greys) and a hardly noticeable colour shift in the first half inch. This profile is not a good match to the paper.
In other respects the Spyder profiled prints of the evaluation image are excellent and satisfy all the described judgement criteria associated with this test image.
I would be interested to know if anyone else finds this colour shift in greys, which is visible on Photoshop created 186 grey test strips as well.
Please read color for colour and gray for grey depending on your orientation!
Regards Ian
May I say thank you to all, for providing the solutions and much entertainment.
I think I found the most absorbing was the saga of the chip. Which proved to be less of a threat than was speculated.
Trying to follow The Hats helpful check list:
Located in UK, daily use for photo. Refilled about 3 times.
I am using top refill OEM cartridges, with OctoInkJet (Image Specialists) inks, Photo Paper Direct 280g Glossy Photo Paper (micro porous), Data Color Spyder 3 monitor calibration and SpyderPrint profiling of ink and paper.
Now my first problem, which concerns a colour shift visible in printing mid greys, noticeable if RGB values are around 186. I first noticed it while printing the image PrinterEvaluationImage_V002_ProPhoto.tif (which is available on numerous web sites)
The image has a thin border of 186 grey and after about half an inch of print, this changed from the initial shade to a grey with a distinct brownish tinge. I think this colour shift occurred in all parts of the print, but was only noticeable in the greys.
I have been searching for a solution for sometime. My suspicion tended towards clogged breather passages in the top of the cartridges, but having purged the cartridges until all traces of colour have been removed, before refilling, I still have not corrected the resulting prints. Unfortunately I do not now have OEM ink to test for this effect.
I have also tried cleaning the ceramic priming system filters with Mr Muscle Kitchen spray cleaner (specially formulated to tackle tough kitchen grease and grime fast and effectively, anti-bacterial, leaves kitchen surfaces sparkling clean)(contains among other not stated ingredients, less than 5% non-ionic surfactants, EDTA) (Do not use on gold plated fittings)(avoid prolonged contact with wood, enamel, aluminium, painted, lacquered or soft porous surfaces.) (Avoid prolonged skin contact, wash and dry hands after use.) Flooding the ceramic surface for about 30 seconds lifted the black coating into many colours and left a clean grey surface. I included the details for those that take an interest in the chemistry.
I have ensured that the printer colour management is set to none. I am using Photoshop Elements 8 and Canon Easy PhotoPrint Pro with the Spyder profile, with similar results.
Switching to a Canon Glossy profile produces much lighter, less saturated colours with lighter brown-greys (rather than greys) and a hardly noticeable colour shift in the first half inch. This profile is not a good match to the paper.
In other respects the Spyder profiled prints of the evaluation image are excellent and satisfy all the described judgement criteria associated with this test image.
I would be interested to know if anyone else finds this colour shift in greys, which is visible on Photoshop created 186 grey test strips as well.
Please read color for colour and gray for grey depending on your orientation!
Regards Ian