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Posted: Wed Sep 25th, 2013 17:52
 
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jk wrote:
amazing50 wrote: Any pigmented ink will settle in time. If you decide to use them, hold each cart up rite and shake them horizontally for at least a minute, then install the carts and let them rest for about an hour so that any fine bubbles will dislodge. You don't want air trapped in the print lines.
That is a good tip.  I recommend you follow this advice if you use pigmented inks.

I'm somewhat surprised that the printers themselves dont have a shaker device to do this after first installation of the cartridges to ensure best ink pigment mixing during life of the cartridge.


They do...they move side to side when printing that must shake it up sufficiently...if you print regularly.



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Kathy Baker wrote:
I ordered the old ink.  We will see what happens.  If I have to clean anything I will be back. :'( :needsahug::bowing:


Good luck with it Kathy, I am sure UPS will give it a good shaking!


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jk wrote:

I'm somewhat surprised that the printers themselves dont have a shaker device to do this after first installation of the cartridges to ensure best ink pigment mixing during life of the cartridge.


Why would they do that?  Then you would need to buy less ink.   :devil:


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Kathy Baker wrote:
jk wrote:

I'm somewhat surprised that the printers themselves dont have a shaker device to do this after first installation of the cartridges to ensure best ink pigment mixing during life of the cartridge.


Why would they do that?  Then you would need to buy less ink.   :devil:


True, but whatever happened to the famed Customer Care that was one of the reasons why people bought goods from USA? Probably the same as the famed British engineering. They went down the pan when the accountants took control to enable greater shareholder value.

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i have a five year old canon ip6600d printer it takes six cartridges the canon branded ones work out around £90+ for the set ,i have now used for the last four years refills from a local supplier that cost me £12 for the full set ,never had a problem ,they work the pics don't seem to fade .all good .
saying that i also have a year old canon scanner /printer gifted by my son a mp499 it takes two cartridges which i have to take to the ink shop to be refilled and this cost £15 for the two ,he gave me the printer as it was cheaper to buy a new one than get a canon refill .weird world we live in .

 




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jk wrote:
I'm somewhat surprised that the printers themselves dont have a shaker device to do this after first installation of the cartridges to ensure best ink pigment mixing during life of the cartridge.



Some Canon large format printers have shakers. My ipf6100 24 inch (about 60cm) shakes every day for a few minutes if it is not powered down. It's on a battery backup/surge box and it often sits idle for weeks when I travel. It does a head check and sometimes a cleaning and then prints without any problems.

The Canon ipf 6100 uses 12 carts and the OEM ink is over  $100 a cart. I get aftermarket carts from the US for about $50 each including shipping. The ink usage is way less than my old Epson 4000 17inch printer and there are no clogging problems so it was well worth recycling the Epson and buying the Canon.



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jk wrote:
I'm somewhat surprised that the printers themselves dont have a shaker device to do this after first installation of the cartridges to ensure best ink pigment mixing during life of the cartridge.



Some Canon large format printers have shakers. My ipf6100 24 inch (about 60cm) shakes every day for a few minutes if it is not powered down. It's on a battery backup/surge box and it often sits idle for weeks when I travel. It does a head check and sometimes a cleaning and then prints without any problems.

The Canon ipf 6100 uses 12 carts and the OEM ink is over  $100 a cart. I get aftermarket carts from the US for about $50 each including shipping. The ink usage is way less than my old Epson 4000 17inch printer and there are no clogging problems so it was well worth recycling the Epson and buying the Canon.


I love that printer but I chickened out buying it as I rarely make prints larger than A3+ size.
I got the Canon Pixma Pro9000 Mk2 as it uses dye inks which work better for CIS systems.



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I had 2 HP photoprinters which were no longer compatible with the newer windows OS's, so I got rid of them. The small inl reservoirs required replacement after only 4 or 5 8"X 10" high quality prints so ink was the most costly item. I've been looking into a new printer, but, from following this discussion, I tend to think that I may just send the photos I want printed to somewhere like MPIX and bypass the hassles with clogged heads, etc..

 




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Ed if you don't want a lot of your pix printed a comercial printer is a good choice. Even with a a large format printer I still send out my 4x6 prints. They can do it cheaper.



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