Greeting from a newbie. Have been lurking in the background for a while and thought I might as well register and say Hi. Was referred here by Burt on the printer newsgroup. Wonder if FotoFreek = Burt? Yes?
I use a Canon i860 printer with MIS bulk inks and Costco's house brand "Kirkland" paper. Been a long time user of both. Oh, just noticed InkSupply (MIS) has added Costco paper in their offerings but the price is outta sight, 25sheets @$12.75. Nice profit for them when a full box is slightly less than $19 US.
Here are some rambling comments based on various posts I've been reading.
Was hoping to find a profile for the printer/ink/paper I use but have not seen one. But on the other hand I'm not sure how much I need one. I've DL's the "Gettyimages" file of the three ladies and I'm very pleased with the output as printed using Canon's Easy PhotoPrint program (8x10). Flesh tones look very good, no color cast I can detect and image is sharp, can read the bottom line of the eye chart. The banana's look natural with the yellow, brown and green tones. The gray scale at the top of the photo, I can see the gradients down to the darkest 4 grades. On the volt meter in lower right corner, I can see all the individual scale lines. I'm not sure what more I could ask of this set-up.
I refill my carts. Still using the OEM carts and have been refilling them since the OEM's first ran low. I've gone through about a third of a 4oz bottle for each of the colors and a half bottle for the pigmented blk. Have seen quite a discussion about how to fill, what stopper to use, how to plug the lower opening during the fill process or during storage. I use rubber plugs, can't recall where I bought these but they are green and have worked perfectly for me. Just need to make sure to press firmly in the center to insure a complete seal. Head is a mushroom design with an arrow point on the end of the stem. For closing the lower opening, I kept and use the molded caps that came with the cart. I secure them with a med-width rubber-band. Never have had a problem with this method. I do have a second set of carts that have been used so I have some experience with LT storage of used and filled carts.
Not sure what kind of contributions I can make as there are a lot of real knowledgeable people already here.
Nice friendly site, keep up all the good work.
I use a Canon i860 printer with MIS bulk inks and Costco's house brand "Kirkland" paper. Been a long time user of both. Oh, just noticed InkSupply (MIS) has added Costco paper in their offerings but the price is outta sight, 25sheets @$12.75. Nice profit for them when a full box is slightly less than $19 US.
Here are some rambling comments based on various posts I've been reading.
Was hoping to find a profile for the printer/ink/paper I use but have not seen one. But on the other hand I'm not sure how much I need one. I've DL's the "Gettyimages" file of the three ladies and I'm very pleased with the output as printed using Canon's Easy PhotoPrint program (8x10). Flesh tones look very good, no color cast I can detect and image is sharp, can read the bottom line of the eye chart. The banana's look natural with the yellow, brown and green tones. The gray scale at the top of the photo, I can see the gradients down to the darkest 4 grades. On the volt meter in lower right corner, I can see all the individual scale lines. I'm not sure what more I could ask of this set-up.
I refill my carts. Still using the OEM carts and have been refilling them since the OEM's first ran low. I've gone through about a third of a 4oz bottle for each of the colors and a half bottle for the pigmented blk. Have seen quite a discussion about how to fill, what stopper to use, how to plug the lower opening during the fill process or during storage. I use rubber plugs, can't recall where I bought these but they are green and have worked perfectly for me. Just need to make sure to press firmly in the center to insure a complete seal. Head is a mushroom design with an arrow point on the end of the stem. For closing the lower opening, I kept and use the molded caps that came with the cart. I secure them with a med-width rubber-band. Never have had a problem with this method. I do have a second set of carts that have been used so I have some experience with LT storage of used and filled carts.
Not sure what kind of contributions I can make as there are a lot of real knowledgeable people already here.
Nice friendly site, keep up all the good work.