jesoonster
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Hello everyone. I finally got an opportunity to buy formulabs ink from alotofthings and test it out with a computer graphic designer friend.
The test was done on a canon IP4000 printer with canon OEM inks and formulabs refill inks into virgin tanks. For the most part, I would have to say that formulabs ink is fantastic. However, I must say the magenta is WAYYYY off. -30 magenta on the magenta color profile will get rid of the darker red on people's faces but then at that kind of profile, it will drastically change the color of solid red objects (red to a more orangish color). We found that many black objects are also affected as an lighter shades of black color are made from a mix of black ink and magenta. We've tried the following settings for color:
-5, -10, -15, -20, -30, -40 color for magenta.
-5 for black w/ some of the magenta combinations from above.
The ultimate solution that we found was to use all of formulabs ink with the exception of magenta. We substituted magenta with canon OEM ink and the results were fabulous. We could still tell a SLIGHT tint of light blue (sky) and yellow (pigment on faces) but the difference was negligible.
I am preparing for a trip overseas so I can't scan these pics right now but in about 2.5 weeks I'll post some scans up for people on the forum to see.
In the meantime if anyone wants to recommend a good, cheap magenta source I would greatly appreciate it. Thx. (BTW I think the profile on this page is quite misleading for the formulabs magenta:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=10377832
If that profile were true, I can't imagine how "magentaish" inktecs ink would be.....
The test was done on a canon IP4000 printer with canon OEM inks and formulabs refill inks into virgin tanks. For the most part, I would have to say that formulabs ink is fantastic. However, I must say the magenta is WAYYYY off. -30 magenta on the magenta color profile will get rid of the darker red on people's faces but then at that kind of profile, it will drastically change the color of solid red objects (red to a more orangish color). We found that many black objects are also affected as an lighter shades of black color are made from a mix of black ink and magenta. We've tried the following settings for color:
-5, -10, -15, -20, -30, -40 color for magenta.
-5 for black w/ some of the magenta combinations from above.
The ultimate solution that we found was to use all of formulabs ink with the exception of magenta. We substituted magenta with canon OEM ink and the results were fabulous. We could still tell a SLIGHT tint of light blue (sky) and yellow (pigment on faces) but the difference was negligible.
I am preparing for a trip overseas so I can't scan these pics right now but in about 2.5 weeks I'll post some scans up for people on the forum to see.
In the meantime if anyone wants to recommend a good, cheap magenta source I would greatly appreciate it. Thx. (BTW I think the profile on this page is quite misleading for the formulabs magenta:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=10377832
If that profile were true, I can't imagine how "magentaish" inktecs ink would be.....