Epson SC-P800 pigment printer converted to dye ink printer

[pharmacist]

Why didn't you make your grey ink from black+cib?

Actually I idid: the LLK I made from the 116 grey ink (30%).

 

[ptprintfan]

Actually I idid: the LLK I made from the 116 grey ink (30%).

Ok, I see, I had to look at the SC-P800 ink set, so if I'm understanding it well you used:
- 106K -> PB
- 114G -> LK
- 70% CIB + 30% 114G -> LLK

Maybe this is asking too much from the CIB, but following the rule of 70%+30% do you think this is possible?:
- 70% CIB + 30% 106K -> LK
- 91% CIB + 9% 106K -> LLK

 

[pharmacist]

The LK made from the PB is actually 15%, so the LLK would be only 5% PB

 

[ptprintfan]

The LK made from the PB is actually 15%, so the LLK would be only 5% PB

Why have you used the 114G instead of making it with PB + Clear Ink Base?
Do you think there will be a problem especially making the LLK with only 5% of PB with 95% of Clear Ink Base?

a bit off topic: I have only used your Clear Ink Base formula in a Canon printer that I had; recently I had to buy a 114G ink bottle for my ET-8550 but was tempted to make it with 114PB and you Clear Ink Base formula.

 

[pharmacist]

No problem at all you can choose what you want. How is the formula working in the Canon printer?

 

[ptprintfan]

No problem at all you can choose what you want. How is the formula working in the Canon printer?

I don't use that Canon printer(TS6350) anymore, the printer had problems from the beginning but at some point I decided not to waste any more good ink and paper with it so I started using some 3rd party inks and the worse papers that I had at the time; one of those inks had one color denser than the others so I used it with ~35%CBI. So not the best case to tell how well the CIB performed, but with that combination I still printed more than 200 A4 photos before the printer gave up. In that very small sample of more than 200 A4 photo prints I didn't see any visible difference in how the printhead used the ink+CIB and the other inks.