Anyone refilling i860?

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and what kits/inks are you using? Are results as good as Canon
original inks?
One selling point of the Canon for me was the individual ink
cartridges and I'd like to try my hand at refilling. I used to buy
only HP's, tried refilling cartridge once and ended up with a big ink
mess on my desk. Apparently while I left the cartridge to "settle" on
a paper towel the ink worked it's way out of the cartridge and onto
the paper towel.

Would appreciate any opinions/experiences specifically with the i860.

Great printer, by the way, everyone who sees my 4x6 photo paper pro
prints are duly impressed.
 
NAT said:
and what kits/inks are you using? Are results as good as Canon
original inks?
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I have the previous model, the i850, and I refill using AtlanticInkjet
(Re-Inks.com in the US) bulk ink. I bought their refill kits at first,
which gave me all the supplies to refill, like syringes, exit hole caps,
ball plugs, ink, and even a pair of latex gloves. Now I just buy bulk
ink and refill as needed.

Quality is excellent, matching Canon colours almost perfectly. Photos
are waterproof on Office Depot photo paper, and end results are
virtually identical to Canon.

Using refill ink and Office Depot paper, I can make prints at home for
less than any photolab, and the results are so good, most people can't
tell the difference between my prints and the lab.
One selling point of the Canon for me was the individual ink
cartridges and I'd like to try my hand at refilling. I used to buy
only HP's, tried refilling cartridge once and ended up with a big ink
mess on my desk. Apparently while I left the cartridge to "settle" on
a paper towel the ink worked it's way out of the cartridge and onto
the paper towel.
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Refilling the ink tanks is very easy, much easier than HP. Even my first
refill went perfectly without spilling a drop and no mess at all. I
don't bother with gloves either. The clear tanks takes most of the
guesswork out of refilling.

I can refill a complete set of four cartridges in about 10 minutes. It
doesn't get much easier.
 
Quality is excellent, matching Canon colours almost perfectly. Photos
are waterproof on Office Depot photo paper, and end results are
virtually identical to Canon.
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What setting do you use for that paper? I tried some, set for
glossy photo paper, and the results were hideous. The same pictures
printed on Kodak and Canon paper were fine.
 
David said:
What setting do you use for that paper? I tried some, set for
glossy photo paper, and the results were hideous. The same pictures
printed on Kodak and Canon paper were fine.
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You got good results on Kodak?! How on earth did you manage that?! I, and
nearly everyone else who has tried Kodak media, have found it wouldn't dry,
beaded and smeared. That was in my ESP895, but once bitten...I wouldn't let
Kodak paper near my new Canon! I had to dismantle the Epson to clean it and
it took me most of a day. Never again!
 
I'm refilling the ink in my i860 and I was wondering what black ink to use
in their 2 black ink system. One tank (3E) is large...I assume this is used
for black text and the smaller black (6E) is the photo black? Where do you
find 2 different black inks? Most suppliers I have seen only have one black
ink not two...Thanks for anyone who can answer this question. Doug
 
I am not the person who made that comment but I have had good results using
Kodak Ultima paper AND using there free downloadable software which
apparently has the icc for that paper in that software.

There was a slight curve away from the printed side but I let it dry for at
least 24 hours.
 
OOOPPS


Printing with Canon i960

sorry


LifeIsGood said:
I am not the person who made that comment but I have had good results using
Kodak Ultima paper AND using there free downloadable software which
apparently has the icc for that paper in that software.

There was a slight curve away from the printed side but I let it dry for at
least 24 hours.
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Epona said:
David Gaudine wrote:
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You got good results on Kodak?! How on earth did you manage that?! I, and
nearly everyone else who has tried Kodak media, have found it wouldn't dry,
beaded and smeared. That was in my ESP895, but once bitten...I wouldn't let
Kodak paper near my new Canon! I had to dismantle the Epson to clean it and
it took me most of a day. Never again!
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same here on an Dj 970. Had a stack or several hundred sheets but fortunately
it was a gift so I didn't feel so bad when I tosses it all.

Mickey
 
You got good results on Kodak?! How on earth did you manage that?! I, and
nearly everyone else who has tried Kodak media, have found it wouldn't dry,
beaded and smeared.
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That's about what happened when I tried the Office Depot paper.
For the Kodak, I've used Ultima, the two-sided paper ("Picture
paper?") and another kind whose name eludes me (maybe "Superior"
or something like that.) No problems at all. The Office Depot
paper says to use a "glossy photo paper" setting, and I did.
I didn't experiment much.
 
Please - the listing for the software and icc... am interested in the OD
papers

- Kodak and I can't get together (canon s9000)

Thanks jcb
 
jb said:
Please - the listing for the software and icc... am interested in the OD
papers
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The OD paper doesn't need any special adjustments with ICC profiles
beyond basic colour matching. My monitor and printer were closely
matched and gamma adjusted before I started printing on OD paper, and I
didn't have to make any adjustments to switch from Canon Pro to OD.
- Kodak and I can't get together (canon s9000)
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Kodak paper is a poor choice with a Canon printer. The ink and paper
don't like each other. :)

Don't use the basic glossy paper setting, use either Photo Pro or Photo
Plus settings in Easy PhotoPrint.
 
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