Re: PhotoForum Digest, Vol 44, Issue 1

[Klaus Knuth <klausknuth@xxxxxxx>]

I guess we can agree that “consumer-level” printers are pretty cheap and the inks are expensive.

This means that manufacturers rely on their (sometimes chip protected cartridge) ink sales to make a profit and - as far as I know - they usually don’t even tell the consumer that there is such a thing as a “waste tank”. So - when that unknown something fills up inevitably, an error message appears and the printer turns into junk.

Personally I had a positive experience with a Canon Pixma 600 (or so) using 3rd party inks (except for the new tanks leaking on occasion) and since then I have been doing just fine with an Epson 3880 and 3rd party inks as well.

Just me,

Klaus

 

On Mar 17, 2015, at 10:28 PM, Randy Little <randyslittle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well you do that.  Lots of 3rd party inks are very very very good.  Mostly because they come from the same product lines at the same factories.  I've used about a 4000 ml of these inks. I know many places that also use these inks.  the place that sells the ink is a print shop that uses them day in and day out.  

 

Randy S. Little
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks,

I have a type2.  The print head is removeable.  I found this out when working with the Canon tech diagnosing the problem on the original Pro 9000.  I talked with the tech from the local Canon photo printer "certified" shop and he had a print head in stock but gave me a quote on cleaning the "waste tank".  Then another malfunction showed up.   The cost of the repairs exceeded the cost of the Pro 9000 MK-II.  And I had some unused Canon ink cartridges.

So I guess I'll play it safe and continue using Canon ink.

Thanks again.

Bob

On 3/17/2015 2:06 PM, Dan Mitchell wrote:

The printer you buy, and the ink you use depends on how often you need to use the printer. 

There are 2 distinct types of printer - one (1) has the heads/jets integral with the ink tanks, while the other (2) has non-removable heads/jets as a fixed part of the printer plus use simple ink-tank(s).

With a type 1 printer you can use after-market ink, since the heads/jets are changed with the cartridge, so if an ink jet gets unclearably blocked all you need to do is replace the ink cartridge.  However with a type 2 printer an unclearable printing jet (nozzle or whatever it is called) means an expensive service charge to dissemble the printer and clean the captive heads; sometimes it spells death to that printer.

I left a type 2 Epson unused for a few months and it never was able to work again, no amount of head cleaning freed the gummed-up jets, and the service cost was higher than the cost of a new one.  So now I always buy a  type 1 printer as I seldom do much color printing these days, partly due to the excessive ink costs.  And thus one answer to the O.P. is if you have a type 2 printer it is perhaps best to use only the maker’s inks as hopefully they are less likely to clog the printing heads.

On 17 Mar 2015, at 11:00, photoforum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Today's Topics:

  1.  printer ink (Bob)
 
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From: Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx>
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My Canon Pro 9000 died and I bought Pro 9000 MkII.  When I had my first 
Canon photo printer the print head died and the guy at the service shop 
told me to use Canon ink.  He was very serious to the point that he 
replaced my aftermarket in with Canon ink at no charge.  Havin been in 
computer service for forty years and being used to using "our" ink I 
only used Canon ink in the Pro 9000.

Has anyone had experiences, good or bad, with aftermarket ink?

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