To Rob & Neil:
I just tested the FOMULABS BCI-6 ink on my i960.
The results are out of this world. It prints better than CANON ink and MIS.
My monitor is calibrated and the colors matched perfect.
I used a PHOTOSHOP image with the profile set to RGB1998.
I set the printer to PHOTO PAPER PRO, color adjustment to MANUAL / NONE and the effect to IMAGE OPTIMIZER and PHOTO NOISE REDUCTION, using COSTCO/Kirkland paper.
To some these results may not be satisfactory, simply because some portraits may actually look better with an unnatural tint of red or magenta, but if you have a calibrated monitor and you want to reproduce the colors exactly, this is the ink. Also one can always adjust the tint to slightly red or blue if they wish.
The ink does not give the same results with the i860 or the ip5000, that is because what makes the color perfect is the combination of DARK and LIGHT MAGENTA and CYAN.
They also carry a BCI-8 for the 8 color printers, this color does not give good results on any of the printers I tested, it however may be perfect for the Canon 8 color printers, I cannot say.
As for the i860and the ip5000 they carry the BCI-3 and BCI-5 lines of ink, and they may work good for them, I have not tested them, and I think I will order a sample and run the test when I have the time.
I also did not experience any clogging of the printheads.
FORMULABS is now known as SENSIENT.
The proper names for these inks are:
BLACK (CPI-7900)
CYAN (IJC-4460)
MAGENTA (IJC-4424)
YELLOW (IJC-4440)
PHOTO-CYAN (IJC-4465)
PHOTO-MAGENTA (IJC-4428)
I was very surprised when they told me that they do not get many orders for this ink, being the best I have ever tried.
Robert
I just tested the FOMULABS BCI-6 ink on my i960.
The results are out of this world. It prints better than CANON ink and MIS.
My monitor is calibrated and the colors matched perfect.
I used a PHOTOSHOP image with the profile set to RGB1998.
I set the printer to PHOTO PAPER PRO, color adjustment to MANUAL / NONE and the effect to IMAGE OPTIMIZER and PHOTO NOISE REDUCTION, using COSTCO/Kirkland paper.
To some these results may not be satisfactory, simply because some portraits may actually look better with an unnatural tint of red or magenta, but if you have a calibrated monitor and you want to reproduce the colors exactly, this is the ink. Also one can always adjust the tint to slightly red or blue if they wish.
The ink does not give the same results with the i860 or the ip5000, that is because what makes the color perfect is the combination of DARK and LIGHT MAGENTA and CYAN.
They also carry a BCI-8 for the 8 color printers, this color does not give good results on any of the printers I tested, it however may be perfect for the Canon 8 color printers, I cannot say.
As for the i860and the ip5000 they carry the BCI-3 and BCI-5 lines of ink, and they may work good for them, I have not tested them, and I think I will order a sample and run the test when I have the time.
I also did not experience any clogging of the printheads.
FORMULABS is now known as SENSIENT.
The proper names for these inks are:
BLACK (CPI-7900)
CYAN (IJC-4460)
MAGENTA (IJC-4424)
YELLOW (IJC-4440)
PHOTO-CYAN (IJC-4465)
PHOTO-MAGENTA (IJC-4428)
I was very surprised when they told me that they do not get many orders for this ink, being the best I have ever tried.
Robert
