bci-6 cyan vs. photo cyan??

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I have a Canon Pixma ip4000 photo printer.

The cartridges haave always included:

BCI-6M (magenta) amd
BCI-6C (Cyan)

In looking to buy replacement cartridges I now see the above but also BCI-6
photo magenta and BCI-6 photo cyan.

I am confused. Which ones do I get?? What is the difference?

Mel
 
MZB said:
I have a Canon Pixma ip4000 photo printer.

The cartridges haave always included:

BCI-6M (magenta) amd
BCI-6C (Cyan)

In looking to buy replacement cartridges I now see the above but also
BCI-6 photo magenta and BCI-6 photo cyan.

I am confused. Which ones do I get?? What is the difference?
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You get the 6M and 6C as that is what your printer calls for.
The 6PM and 6PC are designed for other models and have a different density
than yours.
Using them would cause a quite noticeable degradation in image quality due
to color shift.
 
Thanks. The reason I got confused is that I see a number of sales on EBAY
and they have 6 cartridges, including the photo ones (+ the ones I use)

Mel
 
I have a Canon Pixma ip4000 photo printer.
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The cartridges haave always included:
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BCI-6M (magenta) amd
BCI-6C (Cyan)
Click to expand...
In looking to buy replacement cartridges I now see the above but also
BCI-6 photo magenta and BCI-6 photo cyan.
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I am confused. Which ones do I get?? What is the difference?
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The S4500 I have uses six cartridges for photo quality.

It has two "heads" and for normal use one "head" is loaded with black and
the other has three colours - yellow, magenta and cyan.

For photo quality the black "head" is replaced with a different one
containing photo black, photo cyan and photo magenta. The latter, as far
as I can determine, being "lighter" formulations to allow the printing of
more delicate shades of colour.

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Make sure you buy Canon carts. The proper names are in the driver
window. All are BCI6 + the letter C, Y, M or K. The pigmented black
are BCI3E carts.
 
MZB said:
Thanks. The reason I got confused is that I see a number of sales on EBAY
and they have 6 cartridges, including the photo ones (+ the ones I use)
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That must be the generics that will clog your printhead and produce
lower quality fadable photos.
 
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