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Subject: [OM] Re: Buying advice: Which printer?
From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:09:17 -0800 (PST)
>   They've fixed that for the newer ones, just set "monochrome
> image" in 
> the printer driver and that seems to do the trick.

Have you tried that WITHOUT the black cartridge? (giving time to
purge)  Setting to monochrome on mine (and I've got the
latest/greatest drivers) hasn't made any difference. I've
heard/read that they changed that with the "i" series or
something, but others have claimed no change.  It surely would
be nice, though.

On the plus side, it gives beautiful blacks--probably the
blackest black I've seen in a color print and blacker than most
anything I can get in the darkroom.

As to clogging of nozzles, the Canon uses a slightly different
technology than Epson and the nozzles rarely clog. If they do,
you might want to consider a different brand ink. One particular
no-name brand had a very thin viscosity whereas another was more
syrup like.

I've had excellent results with ColorLabs inks. The tanks are
middle-of-the-road quality-wise. Not as good as Canon's, but
definitely better than some other ones. I have had problems with
the vent holes with Colorlabs, but the exchange/replacement
policies of the vendors take care of that.  It helps to always
have one spare tank of each color handy in case the new
replacement has a problem.  You'll know it right away as it will
drip ink when you are installing it. I've slapped a piece of
tape over the hole and got by too.

I'm going to check into something tonight as to the
time-to-sleep function of the printer and how that relates to
the auto-cleaning function.

AG


                
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