I hear you but what did you have to do to calibrate proper color with
your bulk or third party inks? My first color printer was an Epson
which worked well when fed with Epson paper and ink. I tried 3rd party
inks and papers which generally produced garish results. Learning to
calibrate color using third party inks and papers is not one of my most
desired skill sets. Do you have a shortcut?
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/19/2011 1:49 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Chuck, you aren't going to like my answer but here goes.
>
> 1. HP printers usually cost more for care and feeding than Canon and Epson.
> 2. You can order HP inks at a discount through one of my ink
> advertisizers on zone-10
> 3. You can orer 3rd part inks at a MASSIVE discount through one of my
> ink advertisers on zone-10.
>
> In case you've forgotten the website:
>
> www.zone-10.com
>
> :)
>
> On a serious note, I do the same as you and farm out almost all of my
> printing to Millers. But I do have a Canon printer that drinks ink
> like a sailor on shoreleave. So I buy bulk inks and refill my own
> cartridges. Doing it this way saves me about 90% on ink costs. My
> paper of choice remains the Ilfords with encapsulation technology. The
> surface swells to absorb the ink and then when it dries it seals the
> inks inside. No outgassing, and almost no UV fading inspite of my
> really mean testing.
>
> AG
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