Epson ET-8550 Bronzing?

[pdan]

No ,your finger must be dry ,better you use a clean dry cloth.
With damp finger the dye ink will also smudge/desolve.

Oh! OK...will try again.

 

[pdan]

Oh! OK...will try again.

With clean dry tissue, I'm not getting any smudging in either of the black channels?

 

[pdan]

just put a drop of water on the nozzle print and let it penetrate by itself and see if you see a black ring after the water droplet has diffused through the paper: rubbing is not a good way to determine it. It should be done by passive diffusion to see.

How does this look to you?

 

[pharmacist]

You can draw the conclusion yourself

 

[pdan]

You can draw the conclusion yourself

PB is dye ink

 

[pdan]

This all leaves me completly baffled! On my old ET-7750 I was getting good prints on premium glossy. But on the ET-8550 bronzing problems renders the printer unusable. On Epson Matte the ET-8550 is more than capable of making very good prints. I'll just use the printer on matte paper in the future.

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

I'm not running my ET-8550 with the 114 inks but with the inks 106 for the ET-7750 which I previously used. I'm doing this not for reasons of bronzing or similar effects but for simple pricing reasons - 106 inks are at about at 10€ in Germany and 114 inks at 13.50€. Only the 114 gray ink is genuine.
The head of the ink bottles can easily be unscrewed with some force, filling 106 inks into the 114 ink reservoirs is simple. And it possibly could fix the bronzing problem with the 114 PB photo black

 

[pdan]

I'm not running my ET-8550 with the 114 inks but with the inks 106 for the ET-7750 which I previously used. I'm doing this not for reasons of bronzing or similar effects but for simple pricing reasons - 106 inks are at about at 10€ in Germany and 114 inks at 13.50€. Only the 114 gray ink is genuine.
The head of the ink bottles can easily be unscrewed with some force, filling 106 inks into the 114 ink reservoirs is simple. And it possibly could fix the bronzing problem with the 114 PB photo black

Thanks for this, something to keep in mind!

The dye ink costs are much cheper for the ET-18100 A3+ than for the ET-8850 in the UK, £10.00 a bottle, compared to £16.00 a bottle. Since this bronzing problem is driving me nuts (it just dosen't make any sense), I'm seriously considering buying the ET-18100.

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[Ink stained Fingers]

Please be aware that the Epson 107 inks in the ET-18100 have a somewhat lower fade resistance than the 106 inks which in this case is reflected in the pricing. The dfiferences are measurable but not very significant e.g. compared to 3rd party inks. I did some testing a while ago

https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/fading-test-epson-106-vs-107-inks.16033/

You may use as well the 106 inks of the ET-7750 in the ET-18100, and using a dilutant for the light inks.

 

[pdan]

Please be aware that the Epson 107 inks in the ET-18100 have a somewhat lower fade resistance than the 106 inks which in this case is reflected in the pricing. The dfiferences are measurable but not very significant e.g. compared to 3rd party inks. I did some testing a while ago

https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/fading-test-epson-106-vs-107-inks.16033/

You may use as well the 106 inks of the ET-7750 in the ET-18100, and using a dilutant for the light inks.

Wonderful information, thank you! I always assumed that Epson used "Claria" inks in all their dye-based photo printers. No wonder the 107 inks are cheaper. Must say, it has put me off from considering the ET-18100. Not because I'm an archival freak, but because I don't like the idea of buying an Epson photo printer that uses inferior inks.