I know this is anecdotal, but I do have one friend who refuses to buy third party inks after one exploded in a printer bascially and ruined the printer. Third party ink experiences? Good or bad? Company names? I think barring an epson horror story we will probably get this printer...
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:54 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:49 PM, David Turk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Normally, I don't recommend using generic ink, but if you're not going > for excellent color reproduction or archival quality, generics can save you > $. > > There are companies, but not a lot of them, that make "generic" inks > for many printers that provide for better color reproduction and a > higher degree of archival quality than the inks offered by the printer > makers themselves. These ink makers do not primarily cater to folks > who are simply looking for cheaper inks for their printers, but rather > to folks who seek very high quality inks for purposes usually related > to the production of artwork. Some of their basic are less expensive > then what is offered by the printer manufacturer, while many of their > higher-end inks are not, and some of their ink sets are not even > offered by the printer maker, probably most specifically the quadtone > inksets and carbon-based inks for black and white imaging. These > carbon-based inks can create b&w images that are virtually > indistinguishable from real photographic silver prints. Higher end > inks are usually paired up with certain papers using ICC color > profiles to be able to achieve the intended final result. > > My point is that third-party ink makers are not necessarily > providers of lesser quality inks. However, most generic ink makers do > not provide inks that are the equivalent of the original inks made by > the printer manufacturer. The best generic ink suppliers will give > you information about how their inks stack up against the originals. > They will do this by comparing the chemical analysis of their inks > against the inks made by the printer manufacturer, including two > important points, the viscosity and ph factors of the ink. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
