It's a Canon Pro9500 vintage 2008. Actually I'm finding that using the printer everyday consumes less ink. I think what's happening is the cleaning cycle that executes on every startup uses less ink. When I was using it every so often, it could use a half of a cartridge just blowing the cobwebs out of the print head. Multiply that by 10 cartridges and tears flow faster than ink.
Shortly after I bought it, I was in the hospital for a while and didn't use it for about 3 months after I returned home. I used almost a full set of cartridges in the deep cleaning cycle. These things want to be used. After this project, if I go through a period of non-use, I'll print a nozzle check sheet every couple of days just to keep the thing happy. In the long run it will likely be less expensive. gs George Sinos -------------------- [email protected] www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Kenton Brede <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:28 AM, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is number six in the series "Print a Day for 30 Days" >> >> This duck is a visitor to a small pond in a park near my home. >> >> <http://georges.posterous.com/duck-print-a-day-6> >> >> The reflections on the pond surface made this one of the more >> challenging prints so far. Printers generally have difficulty with >> some of the hues in the blue-green area. There is a lot of subtle >> detail in the pond surface that relies on these specific colors. >> >> It's the first print that had very significant differences in the >> settings between the screen and print versions. In the end, the print >> version looks fine, but my skills haven't quite developed to the point >> where I can achieve the depth that is seen on the screen. I've >> flagged this image for more work in the future. > > Did you have to purchase a new, what would it be ... cyan ink > cartridge, after printing this one? :) What printer are you using > George? > > -- > Kent Brede > http://kentonbrede.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
